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Tell us about how you monitor your databases

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The 2021 State of Database Monitoring survey is now open, and we want to know how you’re currently tackling your server, instance, and database monitoring. By taking part, you’ll contribute to the sole industry-wide report on database monitoring, and provide insights into how SQL Server professionals manage their estates and what challenges they face. Plus, you’ll receive an advanced copy of the report and entry to a prize draw to win a $500 Amazon voucher.

2021-04-19

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SQL Monitor v11.1 now supports Azure SQL Managed Instances

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Migration to the cloud and PaaS solutions has accelerated in the past years, and many organizations now manage hybrid estates. To reflect this, the latest release of SQL Monitor adds Azure SQL Managed Instances to its list of supported cloud platforms. This article explains how to monitor performance and activity for Azure SQL Managed Instances using SQL Monitor, with advice on monitoring hybrid estates and migrating from on-prem to Azure SQL Managed Instance.

2021-04-15

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Is Tempdb Causing a Bottleneck?

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One of your SQL Server instance shows a major dip in performance or throughput, affecting all the user databases. You notice that the slow interludes coincide, as if orchestrated. On investigation, it appears that several transactions running over that period were using a lot of space in tempdb. However, which of them, if any, are causing the tempdb bottleneck, and why?

2021-01-26

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Two Table Hints

What happens when I run this code: 

SELECT
  p.ProductName
, p.ProductCategory
FROM dbo.Product AS p WITH (NOLOCK, TABLOCK);

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