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(When you don’t have any $$$$)

David Stokes [email protected]

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https://twitter.com/dstokes123

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-stokes-3b00142a

Working as SQL Server DBA since 1999

14 years as a Dept. of Defense Contractor

Currently working for Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.

PASS member since 2005

Member of HRSSUG leadership team

Why I love working at Ferguson….

Built in tools

Free Tools*

Free Scripts*

Free Reports*

Free Training

*Free as in “Free Speech”, not “Free Beer”

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/31717/what-do-the-phrases-free-speech-vs.-free-beer-really-mean/

Read the license agreement!

Only use tools/scripts/reports from reliable sources

Always use in test environment first

Not a comprehensive list!

Overlap between tools

Use what works for you

Use a code repository for organization/documentation

SSMS CMS PBM

Built in Reports PowerShell

Extended Events Developer Edition Activity Monitor

Profiler/Trace SSDT

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt238290.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb934126.aspx


http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3743596/SQL-Server-Management-Studio-Reports-and-Dashboard.htm

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh245198.aspx


https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-editions-developers

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh212951.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187929.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt204009.aspx

Database Health Monitor

Plan Explorer

Idera Permissions Extractor

SQL Skills AG add in

SQL Search (Red Gate & ApexSQL)

SQL Refactor

Minionware

Statistics Parser

http://databasehealth.com/



https://sentryone.com/plan-explorer

https://sentryone.com/plan-explorer

https://www.idera.com/productssolutions/freetools/sqlpermissionsextractor

https://www.sqlskills.com/free-tools/ssms-availability-group-add-in/

https://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-search/?utm_expid=108631182-45.nBKBZLSARnqvmOM0yitBFA.0&utm_referrer=https://www.red-gate.com/products/

https://www.apexsql.com/sql_tools_search.aspx

https://www.apexsql.com/sql_tools_refactor.aspx



http://minionware.net/

http://statisticsparser.com/

Idera

ApexSQL

SentryOne

Redgate

DNA (Andy Leonard SSIS community Ed.)

https://www.idera.com/

https://www.apexsql.com/

https://sentryone.com/sentryone-rebrand-overview

https://www.red-gate.com/

https://dilmsuite.com/ssis-framework-community-edition/

Sp_whoisactive

SP_blitz (First Responder)

Glenn Berry Diagnostic Queries

SQL Diagnostic Runner Mitch Wheat

Ola Hallengren Maintenance

Sp_SrvPermissions and SP_DBPermissions

George Walkey SQLTranscriptase

Dbatools.io (powershell)*

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2016/10/18/sp-whoisactive-the-big-fixes.aspx

https://www.brentozar.com/blitz/

https://github.com/BrentOzarULTD/SQL-Server-First-Responder-Kit

http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/glenn/category/dmv-queries/

https://mitch-wheat.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/sqldiagcmd-standalone-runner-for-glenn.html

https://ola.hallengren.com/




https://sqlstudies.com/free-scripts/sp_srvpermissions/

https://sqlstudies.com/free-scripts/sp_dbpermissions/

https://github.com/gwalkey/SQLTranscriptase




https://dbatools.io/



SQL Server Performance Dashboard reports

Central DB

Enterprise Policy Management Framework

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29063

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29063

http://crazydba.com/sql-server-inventory-and-performance-baselining-using-powershell-and-ssrs/

https://epmframework.codeplex.com/

https://epmframework.codeplex.com/

PASS virtual Chapters

SQL Saturday

SQL Server Central (Stairways)

MSSQLTIPS

Microsoft Virtual Academy Virtual Labs

SSWUG

Pluralsight*

Blogs/Vendor Sites

YouTube

Dba.StackExchange Stack Overflow

CodePlex

http://www.sqlpass.org/PASSChapters/VirtualChapters.aspx

http://www.sqlsaturday.com/

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/stairway/

https://www.mssqltips.com/

https://mva.microsoft.com/

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs/default

https://www.sswug.org/

https://www.pluralsight.com/

http://www.youtube.com/

http://dba.stackexchange.com/

http://stackoverflow.com/

https://www.codeplex.com/

Documents

(When you don’t have any $$$$) - Hampton Roads Sql ...hrssug.thecloudlyfe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/FreeTools.pdf · PowerShell Extended Events Developer Edition Activity Monitor