Configure SQL Server Alerts for Azure SQL Managed Instance
How can we setup alerts in Azure SQL MI to notify us when there are issues?
2025-09-15
alerts
SQL Server Worker Thread Alert
We decided to build a quick worker thread alert so we know when we are near the limits.
2019-05-02
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Receive SQL Server Alerts through Slack
In this tip we look at how we can use Python and SQL Server 2017 to send alerts from SQL Server to Slack messaging service.
2018-06-25
2,903 reads
Alerts and Notfications for SQL Server Login, Database User and Role Membership Changes
Check out these scripts to create SQL Server jobs and Alerts when a login is created or dropped, a database user is added or dropped and when logins are added or removed from server roles or users are added or removed from database roles.
2018-04-24
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2017-01-10 (first published: 2017-01-05)
937 reads
Managing Database Data Usage With Custom Space Alerts
A quick how-to on configuring SQL Server Agent alerts to manage file space usage.
2012-05-30
15,496 reads
Get Alerts for Specific SQL Server Login Failed Events
In a recent MSSQLTips.com question, a user asked how they could get an alert whenever a login failed due to the account being locked out. As with many problems, there are several ways to solve this issue.
2012-02-01
1,962 reads
Bringing Alerts and Operators together with Notifications
FatherJack shows you how to check that your alerts and notifications are linked up so that when an Alert condition is met that you get the appropriate Notifications sent to Operators.
2011-12-05
2,306 reads
Create Mirror Alerts for All Mirrored Databases
Creates Mirror State-Change Alerts for ALL mirrored databases on a server - can save hours when setting up multiple mirrored instances
2013-11-29 (first published: 2010-11-23)
4,175 reads
SQL Server Email Alerts Notifications
This article details a creating a more flexible and user friendly email alerts system.
2010-10-28
3,981 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future
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I haven’t posted in a while (well, not here at least since I’ve been...
Keeping MS Docs Up to Date
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One of the things that I like about the SQL Server docs (MS Learn...
Patch Tuesday – Where to get more information
By Brian Kelley
For a number of years I have subscribed to Randy Franklin Smith's Patch Tuesday...
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Question of the Day
What is the PRODUCT
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
CREATE TABLE Numbers ( n INT) GO INSERT dbo.Numbers ( n ) VALUES (1), (2), (3) GO SELECT PRODUCT(n) FROM dbo.NumbersSee possible answers