Recently during Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I had a very interesting conversation. SQL Server has introduced Activity Monitor many version earlier. I think everybody is now pretty familiar with this tool and use it frequently. However, during my consulting work, I use different scripts which are much more efficient than Activity Monitor. However, it is alright to use it once in a while.
SQL Download – SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) – Performance Dashboard
It has been quite a long time since I stopped posting about various SQL downloads available on the interest. The reason was that many users were not interested in learning about it. However the latest release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), requires a mention about it. The latest version contains Performance Dashboard by default.
SQL SERVER – Discovery Report – How to Find Information About Installed Features?
Many times, we need to find information about the various features / version of SQL Server installed on a machine. If you ask a DBA, he can provide you information by looking at services and tell what all are installed. He might run some WMI/T-SQL queries to list the services of SQL Server and their versions. Let us learn about the Discovery Report.
SQL SERVER – Performance Dashboard – Historic Information
There are a lot of games that I play with my daughter in spare time. Some of them are for just for fun and a lot of them are fun filled with some learning. As she started to grow up, it was important for me to weave learning into her…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Performance Dashboard: Current Activity Section Reports
You are driving on the highway and you want to know your speed because there are cops generally in that areas – you watch the dashboard. Your kid seems to be fiddling with your cell phone – you want to see what they are doing actually and not accidentally making…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – SSMS: Performance Dashboard Reports – Home Page details
Earlier we discussed in detail what the SSMS: Server Dashboard Report looks like when working with SQL Server Management Studio standard reports. These dashboard reports are an arsenal of amazing wealth of information packed in one single view. The Dashboard homepage for Performance Dashboard reports are no less in that…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – SSMS: Performance Dashboard Installation and Configuration
If the standard set of reports were not enough, in this blog, let me introduce an interesting addition to the reports. This is called as Performance Dashboard reports. There are a set of predefined additional custom reports, built by Microsoft SQL Server Support team members, which are worth a look…
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