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Announcing General Availability of SQL Secure 3.1
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Secure 3.1. Existing users may upgrade to this version through the IDERA Customer Portal....
SQL Inventory Manager 2.3 Released
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Inventory Manager 2.3. Existing users may access through the Idera Customer Portal....
SQL Server 2016 Has a Little Something for Everyone
This Thursday, June 23, IDERA is sponsoring a virtual Windows IT Pro event to discuss what’s new with SQL Server 2016 — which was released on...
Thinking Strategically about SQL Server on Linux
People all over the database world were in for a stunner this week when Microsoft announced that they will be supporting SQL Server installations...
Configuring Query Monitoring in SQL Diagnostic Manager 10.0
The SQL Diagnostic Manager Query Monitor is a powerful feature that has the capability of greatly reducing the time that it takes to identify...
T-SQL Tuesday #67: Introduction to Idera SQL XEvent Profiler
This month’s #tsql2sday is hosted by the delightful Jes Borland over at Less Than Dot, on the topic of XEvents. When I saw this come up on...
Identifying the cause of tempdb autogrowth using SQL Diagnostic Manager
Autogrowth in your tempdb database may not seem like such a bad thing, but it can cause quite a headache if it’s uncontrolled. Unplanned...
Understanding and Monitoring Tempdb
June 2, 2015 at 11:28 pm Vicky HarpKeymaster I’ll be presenting Understanding and Monitoring Tempdb for an Idera Geek Sync on June 3, 2015. Have any...
SQL Saturday Silicon Valley
Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending SQL Saturday 375 in Mountain View, California. This was my second time attending this particular event,...
Updating SQL Elements health check intervals
Periodically when I am speaking to users of SQL Elements I receive a request related to changing the interval at which health checks are run for...
Altering wait categories in SQL Diagnostic Manager
SQL Diagnostic Manager ships with built-in categorization of wait types which are encountered in monitoring. These categories are used on both the...
SQL Admin Toolset 1.8 Released
We’re happy to announce that SQL Admin Toolset 1.8 has been released. This version adds full support for SQL Server 2014 for all tools in the...
Changing the Max Concurrent Service Connections for SQL Diagnostic Manager
SQL Diagnostic Manager automatically limits the number of connections that a collection service may make to an individual monitored server. This...
Quickly grouping events in SQL XEvent Profiler
As you may know, Idera has a number of free tools for SQL Server and we’re always coming out with new ones. Earlier this year we debuted SQL...
Survey: Oracle in your environment
A recent survey indicated a significant number of our customers use Oracle in their environment. Please help us better understand how we can help...
Survey: What database platforms are you using?
We are always looking for feedback to ensure we produce products that make your job easier. We’d very much appreciate if you’d take this short...
Welcome to the Idera Azure SQL Database Backup forum
June 23, 2014 at 8:24 pm #815 Vicky HarpKeymaster Welcome to the Idera Azure SQL Database Backup forum. Please feel free to post your questions,...
Webcast: Edge Case Testing for the Database Professional
UPDATE: Slides are available here. This Thursday at 11 AM CDT, I will be presenting an educational SQL Server webcast entitled “Edge Case...
Survey: Idera’s new SQL Server job management solution
We are currently working on a new SQL Server agent job monitoring and management tool, to become available later this year. This first release will...
Upcoming Events: SQL Saturday and TechEd 2014 in Houston
We’ve got a busy week coming up for the Idera team. On Saturday, May 10 we will be at SQLSaturday Houston, which is being held at San Jacinto...
Counter calculations in SQL Diagnostic Manager
Probably the three most common questions I get about counters in SQL Diagnostic Manager are: “How can I prevent alerting on temporary noise...
SQL Elements 1.1 is now available
We are happy to announce the general availability of SQL Elements 1.1. Existing users may upgrade to the latest version through the Idera Customer...
Custom counter – deadlocks in the past X hours
In response to a couple of requests, here’s a custom counter that allows you to alert on the total number of deadlocks which happen in a...