In SQL Server codenamed “Denali” we are moving our diagnostic tracing capabilities forward by building a system on top of Extended Events. With every new system you face the specter of migration which is always a bit of a hassle. I’m obviously motivated...

SQL Server MVP Jonathan Kehayias ( blog ) emailed me a question last week when he noticed that the total memory used by the buffers for an event session was larger than the value he specified for the MAX_MEMORY option in the CREATE EVENT SESSION DDL....

If you have not seen it already, Jonathan Kehayias is writing a 31 day series on extended events in celebration of the public release of Denali CTP1. You can start at the master post to find links to each days efforts. As of this writing he is on day...