As Joey explains, Activity Monitor consumes a lot of resources and yields little usable data. Here are some third-party alternatives. I get to work with a lot of customers, so I get to see a lot of ...

The expanded support provides visibility into query-level metrics and detailed explain plans so all Microsoft customers can benefit from Database Monitoring With this expanded support, engineers and ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SentryOne today announces new editions of SQL Sentry, the company’s top-rated database performance monitoring product, to help companies select the monitoring ...

ManageEngine, an IT management company, is releasing real-time alerts for SQL Server audit activities in SQLDBManager Plus. SQLDManager Plus is the company’s availability and performance monitoring ...

See performance gains by using indexed views in SQL Server Your email has been sent A view is a saved T-SQL query in SQL Server. The view definition is stored by SQL Server so that it can be used as a ...

There are plenty of ways to get the most out of SQL Server without just upgrading to the latest version. For database admins working with older (maybe much older) SQL Server systems, here are four ...