Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports 18 additional SQL trace flags that you can enable through database parameter groups. Trace flags are configuration switches that modify SQL Server engine behavior — such as query optimizer cardinality estimation, lock escalation, statistics management, and memory handling — to allow database administrators to fine-tune performance and address workload-specific challenges. With this expansion, you have greater flexibility to optimize and stabilize your SQL Server workloads directly within your managed RDS environment.