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Database Health Monitor 4.1792: Smarter Exports, Server Recovery Pages, Themes and a New Password Policy Check
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Database Health Monitor 4.1792: Smarter Exports, Server Recovery Pages, Themes and a New Password Policy Check

Steve Stedman Oct 20, 2026

Everything in Database Health Monitor 4.1792: an export that asks what the file contains, a recovery page and tree badges for servers that will not connect, a Theme menu with Follow Windows, accessible 10x controls, a new Quick Scan check for SQL logins with the password policy off, and 527 fixes.

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Evaluating a SQL Server Monitor With Sample Data
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Evaluating a SQL Server Monitor With Sample Data

Steve Stedman Oct 19, 2026

The advice to point a monitor at a real server first is wrong. Here is how sample data, the connect card and the tour work, and what each one does not tell you.

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Scalar Function Performance: Read the Blocker Matrix First
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Scalar Function Performance: Read the Blocker Matrix First

Steve Stedman Oct 18, 2026

Improve scalar function performance by reading one screen in the right order: the verdict strip, the blocker matrix, then the grid beneath them.

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SQL Server Untrusted Constraint: Why Plans Quietly Rot
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SQL Server Untrusted Constraint: Why Plans Quietly Rot

Steve Stedman Oct 15, 2026

A SQL Server untrusted constraint breaks nothing and costs you plan quality everywhere. Here is how to find them, rank them and re-check them safely.

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Pending RECONFIGURE: Find Settings That Never Took Effect
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Pending RECONFIGURE: Find Settings That Never Took Effect

Steve Stedman Oct 14, 2026

A pending RECONFIGURE means a setting you changed is not the one SQL Server is running. Here is how to spot it, and what else the settings list gives away.

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Database Health Monitor 4.1743: Query Tuning Workbench, Backup SLA Policies and 920 Fixes
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Database Health Monitor 4.1743: Query Tuning Workbench, Backup SLA Policies and 920 Fixes

Steve Stedman Oct 13, 2026

Version 4.1743 adds the Query Tuning Workbench, Backup SLA policies with a compliance report and alert, a Default Trace Events report, safer Quick Scan fixes, easier navigation and 920 fixes.

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SQL Server Connections: Who Is on Your Database?
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SQL Server Connections: Who Is on Your Database?

Steve Stedman Oct 13, 2026

Twenty SQL Server connections can be healthy or a leak. Split them into running and sleeping, spot the open transaction and the sa login, then act.

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Wait Based Tuning: Which Part of the Bar to Read First
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Wait Based Tuning: Which Part of the Bar to Read First

Steve Stedman Oct 12, 2026

Wait based tuning starts with one question: is this query running or waiting? Read the Waits by Query report in the right order.

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SQL Server Disabled Index: Why Your Query Ignores It
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SQL Server Disabled Index: Why Your Query Ignores It

Steve Stedman Oct 11, 2026

A SQL Server disabled index sits in the catalog and does nothing. Here is how to find it, plus the low fill factor and hypothetical indexes hiding beside it.

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SQL Server Missing Indexes: Read Write Cost First
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SQL Server Missing Indexes: Read Write Cost First

Steve Stedman Oct 10, 2026

SQL Server missing indexes look like free speed until the writes pay for them. Learn to weigh benefit against write cost before you build anything.

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