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Performance Monitor: Free SQL Server Monitoring That Doesn’t Phone Home

2026-05-26 · by Hannah Vernon · in tools

I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about tools. Some of them are good. Some of them are overhyped on LinkedIn. This one is neither overhyped nor underpowered. It’s the real deal….

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