Max degree of parallelism (MAXDOP) is a Microsoft database flag available for use in Cloud SQL for SQL Server

## Feature [Max degree of parallelism (MAXDOP)](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/flags#max-degree-of-parallelism) is a Microsoft database flag available for use in Cloud SQL for SQL Server. This flag lets you limit the maximum number of threads used when running a single query in a parallel plan.