SQL Resources

SQL Server resources to help improve performance and monitoring

Listed below are some of the best SQL Server resources we have found. If you have other great resources to add to this list, please leave us a comment with your suggestions.

• SQL Server Magazine announced Editors’ Best products of 2009, and one of the winners for Best Database Monitoring and Performance Tool was Ignite for SQL Server from Confio Software.
• SQL Server Backup Tools
• SQL Server Performance Monitoring
• SQL Server JDBC Driver
• Tips on SQL Server Wait Types
• Microsoft has detailed information on how to design efficient schemas, optimize queries, fine-tune indexes, perform efficient transactions,  and build efficient stored procedures.
• SQL Server Security
• SQL Server Video Training Tips
• Awards for SQL Server products from SQL Server Magazine
• SQL Server Magazine- smart guide to building SQL applications
• Free trial of SQL Server performance intelligence software
• White papers on SQL Server 2008 from Microsoft