2. Yes, You Should Monitor Azure SQL Database
Grant Fritchey
Redgate Software

3. Goals Learn why you should be monitoring your Azure SQL Databases
Understand the important metrics that are available for monitoring Azure SQL Databases
Apply the knowledge gained here to better manage your own systems

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5. Monitoring as the Basis of Knowledge
Monitoring is the ultimate example of knowledge is power
Is the database online and available
Are there errors we need to know about
What does the performance look like
Immediate performance information
Historical performance information
Ability to compare to a known state

6. Platform as a service offering
Azure SQL Database
Platform as a service offering
Single database
Elastic pools

7. Billing
DTU
vCore
Geo-Replication

8. Metrics & Measures Sys.dm_db_resource_stats Sys.dm_db_wait_stats
Extended Events
Metrics & Measures

9. Demo

10. SQL Monitor The same metrics More metrics Better reporting
More complete output
Longer history
Analysis
Baselines
Easy alerts
Hybrid management

11. Goals Learn why you should be monitoring your Azure SQL Databases
Understand the important metrics that are available for monitoring Azure SQL Databases
Apply the knowledge gained here to better manage your own systems

12. Grant Fritchey scarydba.com grant@scarydba.com @gfritchey
youtube.com/c/GrantFritchey