Since Azure SQL Database is online and fully managed by Microsoft, there’s just no need to monitor any more, right? Wrong. Monitoring Azure SQL Database is still a necessary part of understanding how your system is behaving and ensures that you have the information needed to make necessary decisions about your databases in a timely and accurate manner. In this demo webinar, Microsoft Data Platform MVP and PASS President, Grant Fritchey shows you the important metrics that you need to track on your Azure SQL Databases, including: • DTU and vCore utilization • Resource usage: memory and IO • Wait stats

1. Importance of Monitoring Your
Azure SQL Database
Grant Fritchey
Redgate Software

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

4. 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

5. Architectural
Differences
The hardware is
effectively invisible
Within Azure, you get
what Microsoft gives
you
Most tools are already
known to you
It’s on the cloud

6. 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

9. Demo

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

11. Theme: Compliant Database DevOps in the Age of
Digital Transformation
London, UK: April 30 2019 Los Angeles, USA: May 15 2019
Austin, USA: May 22 2019 Brisbane, AUS: May 31 2019
Christchurch, NZ: June 7 2019 Melbourne, AUS: June 14 2019
Register today using the code ‘Webinar’ to claim your complimentary
ticket to attend:
Theme: Standardizing Database Change Management
Across your Organization
When: Wednesday 3 April 9AM-2PM Eastern / 2PM-7PM BST
Where: Livestream on the Redgate Hub
Speakers: Kenda Little, Steve Jones, Kathi Kellenberger & Grant Fritchey
Visit the website for further details and to register a place for you, and
your team.
https://www.red-gate.com/hub/events https://www.red-gate.com/hub/events

12. 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

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