Why Activity Monitor May Be Hurting Your SQL Server's Performance As Joey explains, Activity Monitor consumes a lot of resources and yields little usable data. Here are some third-party alternatives.

SQL Server Activity Monitor can help you identify locking and blocking issues. Closely watch the Wait Time, Wait Type, Wait Resource and Blocked By values for listed processes.

While Microsoft SQL Server is capable of supporting huge databases and applications, one of its marketing strengths in smaller organizations and departments is the perception that it “just runs ...

Hedgehog can quickly be installed to provide comprehensive database activity monitoring, auditing and breach protection. In 2007, Network World named Sentrigo one of 10 IT security companies to watch.