---
title: "An overview of SQL Server monitoring tools"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/an-overview-of-sql-server-monitoring-tools-tzjqxjcn3
source_url: https://www.sqlshack.com/an-overview-of-sql-server-monitoring-tools/
type: article
source: "SQL Shack"
published: 2023-12-12T14:50:42.212Z
updated: 2023-12-12T14:50:41.245Z
tags: ["tools", "performance", "database", "monitoring", "microsoft-sql-server"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 3
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# An overview of SQL Server monitoring tools

**[SQL Shack](https://daily.dev/sources/sqlshack)** · 6 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

This article provides an overview of SQL Server monitoring tools and techniques, including SQL Server Profiler, SQL Server Extended Events, SQL Server Management Studio Reports, SQL Server Management Studio Activity Monitor, dynamic management views and functions, Windows Resources Monitor, and third-party tools. It explains the importance of database monitoring and highlights the availability of free and commercial tools for SQL Server monitoring.

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Tags: [#tools](https://daily.dev/tags/tools), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#monitoring](https://daily.dev/tags/monitoring), [#microsoft-sql-server](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft-sql-server)

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