When it comes to monitoring and troubleshooting SQL Server performance, two commonly discussed tools are SQL Profiler and Extended Events (XEvents). While both serve the purpose of capturing events ...

Expert Tips for Using SQL Server’s Extended Events and Notifications SQL Server offers plenty of details on problems that have already occurred. But what about potential issues lurking in the shadows?

A method using Extended Events is presented for capturing blocking in SQL Server. It details how to create an Extended Events session to monitor lock waits, filtering for sessions experiencing ...

ACTION(package0.callstack,package0.collect_cpu_cycle_time,sqlserver.client_app_name,sqlserver.client_hostname,sqlserver.client_pid,sqlserver.database_id,sqlserver ...

(SET filename=N'G:\ExtendEventFiles\CheckpointTracking.xel',max_file_size=(5)) WITH (MAX_MEMORY=4096 KB,EVENT_RETENTION_MODE=ALLOW_SINGLE_EVENT_LOSS, MAX_DISPATCH ...

The much-used Microsoft SQL Profiler is a tool headed toward obsolescence. What options are available once the tool is deprecated? We examine SQL Server Extended Events as a possibility. The ...

One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or ...