Here is a look at the best tools available today, as well as a quick introduction to what an SQL database actually is for the uninitiated.

Spotlight Cloud makes it easy for teams to solve complex SQL Server performance issues and reduce IT costs, and as a SaaS platform, enables reduced human labor on managing the monitoring tool itself.

Depending on the other services installed, you may also have access to a variety of performance counters for that service, including SQL Server and SQL Server Analysis Services. PerfMon also allows ...

What the SQL Server performance tools do better than Activity Monitor is aggregating data and highlighting outlier behavior.

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features ...

Microsoft, apparently trying to enhance every product it has with an AI-powered Copilot, announced a new one for the latest release of SQL Server Developer Tools (SSDT) in Visual Studio.

Microsoft said SSMA can process up to 10,000 Oracle objects in one migration and boasts increased performance and report generation. The new tool supports migrations of Oracle 9i databases and later ...

Tim Chapman discusses your iteration choices in SQL Server 2008 and explains why determining which option performs better depends on the situation.