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SQL Server 2014 Development Essentials
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SQL Server 2014 Development Essentials

by Basit A. Masood-Al-Farooq
July 2014
Intermediate to advanced
214 pages
4h 47m
English
Packt Publishing
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SQL Server 2014 tools for monitoring and troubleshooting SQL Server performance

There are a number of tools that you can use to monitor SQL Server Database Engine performance. These are explored in the following sections.

Activity Monitor

Activity Monitor is a tool in SQL Server 2014 Management Studio that gives you a view of current connections on SQL Server. You can use it to view information about the current processes and locks held on SQL Server resources. To open Activity Monitor in SQL Server Management Studio, right-click on the SQL Server instance name in Object Explorer and then select Activity Monitor.

To find blocked processes with Activity Monitor, use the following steps:

  1. First click on Processes in Activity Monitor to open the Process ...
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ISBN: 9781782172550