If you are reading this, chances are you’re considering a 30 day trial of ‘Foglight for Cross Platform Databases’. Before you do, here are a few tips that will help you get a fully functional Foglight installation up and running qui…

So, is parameter sniffing a think of the past with SQL Server 2022? Well, it looks promising, but I wanted to understand how Foglight SQL PI would show me what’s going on. I took some sample code from https://www.brentozar.com/sql/parameter-sn…

Cloud Migration – How Foglight can eliminate guesswork on workloads and cloud costs View webcast here This webcast covered: How to optimize your virtual machines to get prepared for the cloud Learn how to find the correct subscription for my v…

Quick Start Guide to Foglight (5) You’ve just been handed access to Foglight. Now what? These basic sessions will help any NEW Foglight administrator or user get familiar with the tool. We suggest you start here in order to understand the funda...

Foglight for SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) provides analysis monitoring for SQL Server BI services: Integration Services, Reporting Services, and Analysis Services. In this (Part 3) blog, the focus is SQL Server Analysis Services or &lsq...

Foglight for SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) provides analysis monitoring for SQL Server BI services: Integration Services, Reporting Services, and Analysis Services. In this (Part 2) blog, the focus is SQL Server Reporting Services or &lsq…

Foglight for SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) provides analysis monitoring for SQL Server BI services: Integration Services, Reporting Services, and Analysis Services. In this (Part 1) blog, the focus is SQL Server Integration Services or &lsquo…

As part of most any database monitoring software evaluation, it includes comparing that software to similar solutions. Logically, it often means doing head-to-head comparisons to database tools that come bundled with that particular DBMS. Regularly, …

*Record Scratch* *Freeze Frame* Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got into this situation... I was just minding my own business, trying to configure a SQL Server connection in Spotlight Enterprise, when it starts chirping about errors …

If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? PILGRIMS! (Yep, a bona fide Dad joke) So, May 1st has come and gone and some of you may have been wondering why you hadn't seen this month's edition of "Rabbit, Rabbit!&quot...

In April 2017, we started this webcast series directed specifically at existing Foglight administrators and users within your organization. We call the series, “Foglight Skills 101.”  We present topics that have a broad int...

Like popcorn with your movie, consider the natural pairing of Spotlight and Litespeed. If you are responsible for managing a SQLServer environment, keep reading. Spotlight - Proactively monitor your SQL Server environment and diagnose database p...