Get Down and Dirty with SQL Server Profiler

Ever felt that your SQL Server instance was trying to hide something from you? You know it's busy doing something, but it won’t tell you what. And your users are complaining about poor response...

If only there was a tool you could use to find out just what was going on? Well there is! You can use the SQL Server Profiler tool to learn anything and everything you want to know about what's going on behind the scenes in SQL Server..

You will learn how to:

* Use Profiler safely without impacting your system
* Spot offending queries
* Diagnose deadlocks and blocking issues
* Spot bugs in SQL code!

Joseph Lax is the founder and President of DB Directions, Inc., a company specializing in all aspects of database administration, architecture, design, and implementation. Joe has spent the last eighteen years providing his expertise to clients in the areas of performance optimization, Scalability issues, disaster recovery strategies, and data modeling

Joe shares his knowledge of SQL Server by running the NYC Metro SQL Server User Group in NYC. He speaks at conferences and user groups as well as writes and delivers trainings on SQL Server. He was recognized as a Microsoft SQL Server MVP in 2006 for his contributions to the community.