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SQL Server Tools includes storage engine that includes a complete set of graphical tools and command prompt utilities that allow users, programmers, and administrators. SSMS, SSRS, SSIS & SSAS are most commonly used tools.

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SQL Server troubleshooting tools PSSDiag, SQLDiag, SQLNexus, RML Utilities and ReadTrace: which one to choose?
Not alone with SQL Server you would be able to identify the root cause of a performance issue or to monitor any kind of activity. As you may be aware SYSMON (PERFMON) and PROFILER will help to some extent of finding offending processes on the SQL Server Read More...
SQL Server 2005 logging providers - make best use for SSIS packages to diagnose the issues
Log or trace of activities will help you to get detailed information on what's going wrong, that too very useful for ETL based processes. In this regard within SQL Server 2005 using SSIS you can enable such logging within the package's runtime. This will Read More...
SQL Server 2005 Agent XPs disabled error - how to resolve this issue?
When SQL Server 2005 Management Studio's Object Browser shows the SQL Server Agent service with a red down arrow and the text Agent XP's disabled , the service is not started or disabled. This used to be a problem prior to Service Pack 2 for SQL Server Read More...
Having 'black-box' recorder for SQL Server!
Say you have a serious performance problem and few times you will have assertion issue with a dump files creation, in real world say this can be matched to a airplane crash. Where you will know the sequence of events from Black-box records in the flight Read More...
SQLServer2005 Profiler (profiler90.exe) fails to launch with Application Error (0x0000005)
Further details and resolution for this problem can be found from this FAQ entry. Read More...
SQL Server 2005- Is it possible to schedule Data Tuning Advisor?
I came across interesting post in SSP looking for a way of automating the Database Tuning Advisor tool of SQL Server 2005 with the help of SQLServer Agent. As the originator looking to schedule it on a regular basis to scan a trace (Profiler) file and Read More...
How to Grant ALTER TRACE in Management Studio?
In SQL Server 2005 the good feature is a SQL user can run the PROFILER or Trace without having a SYSADMIN privilege, as referred on this FAQ . Nice feature, isn't it. At the same time few users might be interested to perform same using SQL Server Management Read More...