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PREEMPTIVE_MSS_RELEASE

Category: Other
SQL Server versions: 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017

What is PREEMPTIVE_MSS_RELEASE?

Never

This wait has never occurred recently

PREEMPTIVE_MSS_RELEASE has not occurred recently on 4207 instances checked.

Prevalence of PREEMPTIVE_MSS_RELEASE across the Spotlight Population