Azure SQL and SQL Server Database Monitoring

Description



Information is at the heart of most software systems and the lifeblood of many organizations, so you want the database that stores this information to be efficient and reliable. But as we know, things happen; sometimes bad things. One of the ways that we can prevent bad things from happening is to know about them in advance like the old saying says, “To be forewarned is to be forearmed.”



Azure SQL in its many forms has an abundance of features that help you to monitor the state of your databases and database server. Ranging from prebuilt automated monitoring that is augmented with artificial intelligence through to dynamic management views, SQL Server monitors and logs all aspects of the database engine’s operation and configuration. Intelligent Insights and Azure SQL analytics enable you to easily access the wealth of diagnostic and performance data in an easily digestible format.



Learning Objectives

Understand the key elements of database monitoring

Learn about the features of Intelligent Insights, Azure’s AI-based database monitoring service

Create graphical reports using SQL Server Management Studio

Understand how wait statistics can show you where threads have to wait and how this can be used to monitor performance

View and fix index fragmentation

Monitor database storage

Implement notification alerts on various database platforms



Intended Audience

This course is aimed at database administrators or anyone who wants to learn how to implement systems that can find potential issues that may disrupt the delivery of their database services.

Prerequisites



To get the most out of this course, you should have experience with SQL Server Management Studio, be familiar with reading and writing SQL, and have an understanding of basic database architecture and administration tasks, like indexes and backups.