{"id":237,"date":"2019-09-17T13:13:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T13:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/sqlmct.com\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2026-08-17T17:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:36:31","slug":"sql-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/sqlmct.com\/sql-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server Community Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"h-tools-and-utilities\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tools and Utilities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/columnscore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ColumnStore ColumnScore <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/www.nikoport.com\/columnstore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(Niko Neugebauer)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/db-engines.com\/en\/ranking_trend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DB-Engines Ranking<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/glennsqlperformance.com\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diagnostic Information Queries (Glenn Berry)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/github.com\/microsoft\/diskspd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DiskSPD (Storage Performance test)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.hammerdb.com\/download.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HammerDB Benchmark Tool<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/use-these-updates-to-sqlskills-index-procedures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Index Help and Find Duplicates (Kimberly Tripp)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/statisticsparser.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OStress (SQL Stress Utility)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/dbatools.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Powershell DBATools<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/statisticsparser.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Set Statistics IO \/ Time Parser (Richie Rump)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/straightpathsql.com\/tool\/sp_checksecurity\/\">SQL DBA Utility: sp_CheckSec<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/straightpathsql.com\/tool\/sp_checksecurity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">urity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/github.com\/DavidSchanzer\/Sql-Server-DBA-Toolbox\">SQL Server DBA Toolbox (David Schanzer<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/github.com\/BrentOzarULTD\/SQL-Server-First-Responder-Kit#sql-server-first-responder-kit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server First Responder Kit (Brent Ozar)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/ola.hallengren.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Maintenance Solution (Ola Hallengren)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/github.com\/nocentino\/sql-mcp-server\">SQL Server MCP Demo (<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/github.com\/nocentino\">Anthony Nocentino)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/github.com\/erikdarlingdata\/DarlingData\/tree\/main\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Troubleshooting Scripts (Eric Darling)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/erikej.github.io\/SsmsExtensions\/\">SSMS Extension Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sql\/sql-analysis-dotnet-tool\/\">T-SQL Analysis Tool<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.sqlskills.com\/help\/waits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wait Types Library (SQLSkills.com)<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/github.com\/amachanic\/sp_whoisactive\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WhoisActive (Adam Machanic)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-recommended-reading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/relational-databases\/performance\/cardinality-estimation-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cardinality Estimations (Microsoft Docs)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/www.nikoport.com\/columnstore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ColumnStore Indexing (Niko Neugebauer)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/06\/p700-antonopoulos.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Constant Time Recovery in Azure SQL Database<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.sql.kiwi\/2012\/04\/query-optimizer-deep-dive-part-1.html\">Query Optimizer Deep Dive (Paul Whi<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.sql.kiwi\/2012\/04\/query-optimizer-deep-dive-part-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">te)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.red-gate.com\/products\/dba\/sql-monitor\/entrypage\/execution-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Execution Plans (Grant Fritchey)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/sqlserverfast.com\/epr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Execution Plan Reference Guide (Hugo Kornelis)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/resources\/books\/simple-talk-published-books\/complete-showplan-operators\/\">Complete Showplan Operators (Fabiano Amorim)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.brentozar.com\/archive\/2017\/03\/why-cost-threshold-for-parallelism-shouldnt-be-set-to-5\/\">Cost Threshold For Parallelism (Brent Ozar)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/bertwagner.com\/posts\/visualizing-nested-loops-joins-and-understanding-their-implications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Loop\/Merge\/Hash Join Operators (Bert Wagner)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/relational-databases\/in-memory-oltp\/sql-server-in-memory-oltp-internals-for-sql-server-2016?view=sql-server-ver15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In-Memory OLTP Internals (Kalen Delaney)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/where-do-the-books-online-index-fragmentation-thresholds-come-from\/\">Index Fragmentation Thresholds (Paul S. Randal)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/sqlity.net\/en\/2033\/the-page\/\">How SQL Server Stores Data (sqlity.net)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.brentozar.com\/archive\/2013\/06\/the-elephant-and-the-mouse-or-parameter-sniffing-in-sql-server\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What is Parameter Sniffing? (Jes Chapman)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/why-you-need-query-store-part-ii-plan-forcing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why you Need Query Store (Erin Stellato)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.sqlskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sql-server-performance-tuning-using-wait-statistics-whitepaper.pdf\">Performance Tuning Using Wait Statistics (Stellato and Kehayias)<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/sqlperformance.com\/2018\/11\/sql-performance\/understanding-log-buffer-flushes#:~:text=%20Following%20are%20conditions%20that%20trigger%20a%20log,e.g.%2C%20during%20a%20checkpoint%20process%2C%20and...%20More%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Understanding Log Buffer Flushing (Itzik Ben-Gan)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/dmmaxwell.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/30\/proc-convert-lsn-from-hex-to-decimal-for-fn_dblog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Convert Log Sequence Number from Hex (David Maxwell)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-information-amp-guidance\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Information &amp; Guidance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/relational-databases\/system-dynamic-management-views\/system-dynamic-management-views?view=sql-server-ver17\">Dynamic Management Views (DMVs)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.dberror.org\/sql-server\/\">Microsoft SQL Server Errors Library<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/relational-databases\/sql-server-guides?view=sql-server-ver17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Architecture Guides<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/github.com\/microsoft\/tigertoolbox\/blob\/master\/BPCheck\/Check_BP_Servers.sql\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Best Practices Check<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/tools\/sql-assessment-api\/sql-assessment-api-overview?view=sql-server-ver15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Configuration Assessment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/tools\/sqldiag-utility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Diagnostic Utility<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/github.com\/microsoft\/SQL_LogScout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Log Scout<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/ssms\/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?view=sql-server-ver15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/t-sql\/queries\/hints-transact-sql-query?view=sql-server-ver17\">SQL Server Query Hints<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/aka.ms\/sqlreleases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Release Blog<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/aka.ms\/SQLShortcuts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Shortcuts (Official Microsoft Links)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/aka.ms\/sqlserverteam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Team Blog<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/troubleshoot\/sql\/welcome-sql-server\">SQL Server Troubleshooting Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/aka.ms\/sqlupdates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Updates<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SQL Server Versions and Builds<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/aka.ms\/tigertoolbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tiger Team Toolbox GitHub<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/http\/aka.ms\/traceflags\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trace Flags<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-community-websites\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Community Websites<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/community?activetab=pivot_1%3aprimaryr4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure Data Community<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLlrxD0HtieHieV7Jls72yFPSKyGqycbZR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Data Exposed<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/www.youtube.com\/c\/DataGrillen\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Data Grillen<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/round-lake.dustinice.workers.dev:443\/https\/eightkb.online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EightKB &#8211; 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