IDERA has released SQL Query Store Optimizer, a new tool in its portfolio of database monitoring tools to help database administrators (DBAs) manage and troubleshoot SQL Query Stores. The free tool ...

Redgate Software is launching a new version of its SQL Server monitoring tool to enable accelerated analysis of SQL Server problems. The platform, SQL Monitor, is a web based SQL Server alerting and ...

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 ...

It's time for KPIs to be brought up again at my workplace, and to that end I've identified what I want to track, now I just need the method. I only care to see server uptime/downtime, network uptime, ...

“Free” is a term rarely associated with Microsoft offerings, especially at the server end of the spectrum. Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint, Hyper-V — IT admins know functionality comes at a ...

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As a SQL Server administrator, you have a lot on your plate. There's server configuration, database design, performance tuning, troubleshooting, security and a host of other tasks all vying for your ...

The software arm of Dell Inc. yesterday announced new versions of a bevy of products for the caretaking and development of SQL Server relational database management systems (RDBMSes). Dell Software ...