Performance Monitoring and Tuning How-to Topics
There are a variety of tools and techniques that can be used to monitor Microsoft SQL Server. Understanding how to monitor SQL Server can help you:
- Determine whether performance improvements can be made.
- Determine user activity to find out what queries users are issuing and who is connecting to SQL Server.
- Troubleshoot problems.
- Test applications.
In This Section
This section contains information about how to use SQL Server performance monitoring and tuning tools as listed in the following table.
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Contains information about using Microsoft Windows tools, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Trace, and SQL Server Profiler to capture information about SQL Server events to troubleshoot performance problems. |
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Contains information about how to use Database Engine Tuning Advisor to tune the physical SQL Server database design. |
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Contains information about using the graphical Showplan feature of SQL Server Management Studio. |