Tools and Utilities
- Apex Free SQL Tools
- Best Practices Check
- Diagnostic Information Queries (Glenn Berry)
- OpenQueryStore
- Performance Dashboard Reports
- PowerBI Desktop
- Powershell DBATools
- Redgate Free Tools
- SQL Down Under Tools (Greg Low)
- Sentry One FREE Plan Explorer
- SQL Server Maintenance Solution (Ola Hallengren)
- SQLDiag and SQLNexus
- Tiger Team Toolbox GitHub
- Wait Types Library
- Whoisactive (Adam Machanic)
Information & Guidance
- Azure Blog
- DB-Engines Ranking
- SQL Server Feedback
- SQL Server Guides
- SQL Server Release Blog
- SQL Server Standards Support
- SQL Server Support Lifecycle
- SQL Server Team Blog
- SQL Server Updates
- Trace Flags
Community Websites
- Personal Book Recommendations
- Brent Ozar Unlimited
- Columnstore Index Page (Niko Neugebauer)
- DBA Fundamentals Virtual User Group
- Guy in a Cube (Power BI)
- Microsoft SQL Tips
- PASS Community
- Powershell SQL Virtual User Group
- Professional Association of SQL Server
- Simple Talk (RedGate)
- SQL Authority (Pinal Dave)
- SQL Performance
- SQL Saturday Events
- SQL Server Central
- SQL Server Pro
- SQL Shack
- SQL Skills Blogs
- SQL Studies (Kenneth Fisher)
- SQL with Bert (Bert Wagner)
- SQL Workbooks (Kendra Little)
- Team Senty One
- Wait Statistics Guide