The [priority boost](../database-engine/configure-windows/configure-the-priority-boost-server-configuration-option.md) configuration option can be used to increase the priority of the threads from an instance of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] to 13. This is referred to as high priority. This setting gives [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] threads a higher priority than most other applications. Thus, [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] threads will generally be dispatched whenever they are ready to run and will not be preempted by threads from other applications. This can improve performance when a server is running only instances of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] and no other applications. However, if a memory-intensive operation occurs in [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)], however, other applications are not likely to have a high-enough priority to preempt the [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] thread.
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