Product Reviews and Articles

Performance Advisor: A Quick "Two Thumbs Up"
SQLBlog.com, Aaron Bertand, SQL Server MVP - July 15, 2008

Manage SQL Databases
TechNet Magazine, Greg Steen - Mar. 01, 2008
The larger and more complex your infrastructure, the more you need to be concerned with maintenance and operational tasks interfering with each other. This can lead to process flow havoc for your end users. Fortunately, there are a few tools available for the database and system administrator to help coordinate a complex environment's schedules. One such tool that you may want to consider for your multi-database server environment is SQL Sentry Event Manager.

Product Review: SQL Sentry Event Manager
Database Journal, Steven Warren - Dec. 18, 2007
As a DBA in today's 24x7 world, managing multiple SQL Servers can be quite a challenge. Having an arsenal of tools by your side that can help you save time is a must. Fortunately, a tool is available on the market to help take some of the stress out of your life. SQL Sentry Event Manager provides you with a tool that enables you to manage all of your SQL Server jobs across your entire infrastructure from one single point of entry.

Know What's Happening: Keep tabs on your SQL Server jobs
Redmond Magazine, Joshua Jones - Sep. 01, 2007
We've all been in situations where we spend a great deal of time navigating the complicated Web of inter-server SQL Agent jobs to find resource contention and scheduling problems. When you add the layer of complexity that many SQL Agent jobs simply run DTS or SSIS packages, the problem becomes even greater. One of the few third-party devices available to help with this task is SQL Sentry Event Manager.

MaximumASP Raises the Bar on SQL Server Hosting with Event Manager
DM Review Magazine, Sarah Barela - Jul. 01, 2007
Before Event Manager, we used the burdensome process of specialized scripts and manual documentation to manage our job schedules. We also tried a collection of different third-party products, but nothing exhibited a true understanding of what DBAs really need. I can't imagine going back to the old methods or using some of the less comprehensive competing products in an attempt to tackle the same problems.

Save Time (and Money) With SQL Sentry Event Manager
SQL Server Performance.com, Dinesh Asanka - Apr. 01, 2007
As a DBA, the first thing you do in your database environment is check the jobs that ran the previous day. Just imagine the trouble this can cause in multi-server environments. You'll have no choice but to log on to each SQL server and check it manually. Things become more frustrating when your servers are located around the globe and if you have Oracle servers. The calendar view is the most fascinating feature available in Event Manager. From the calendar view, you can visualize all the jobs on all the servers in your enterprise at once, which helps you uncover conflicts. I highly recommend Event Manager.

Product Review: Event Manager for SQL Server
SQL Server Magazine, Michael Otey - Mar. 01, 2007
You could think of Event Manager for SQL Server as SQL Agent on steroids, but its functionally actually goes far beyond SQL Agent. One of SQL Sentry's most valuable features for the DBA is the all-devices global calendar view, which gives you a big picture of your enterprise job execution schedule. If you need to manage a complex job execution environment that's spread across multiple servers, or if you need to manage jobs on both the SQL Server and Oracle platforms, then Event Manager for SQL Server belongs on your shortlist. Event Manager for SQL Server is a must-have product for DBAs who need to manage a large number of jobs across multiple systems.

Getting Started with SQL Server Integration Services
SQL Server Worldwide Users Group, Stephen Wynkoop - Jan. 24, 2007
SQL Sentry Event Manager can help you manage SSIS by showing how jobs are stepping on one another with drill down capabilities to optimize your SQL Server schedule.

MFG.com Buys Time with SQL Sentry
DM Review Magazine, Geoff Hiten - Jul. 01, 2006
SQL Sentry immediately allows MGF.com to see multiple SQL Server job schedules and interactions on multiple systems, giving a clear picture of the timing and sequencing involved in the overnight processing and data transfer.

Power, Productivity, and Performance
SQL-Server-Performance.com, Brad McGehee - Jun. 05, 2006
SQL Sentry is an enterprise-level SQL Server job automation/scheduling and monitoring tool that makes it easy to manage and monitor SQL Server jobs and Windows Task Scheduler events, from a single console. Take an in-depth look at how well SQL Sentry meets its stated goals.

SQL Server Performance Optimization
SQL Server Worldwide Users Group, Stephen Wynkoop - Apr. 21, 2006
SQL Sentry is one tool that you really need to try out - put it through it's paces on your servers. See what it exposes and see the time it can save you by helping fine tune your scheduling and server management.

Hidden Jobs, Hidden Schedules and the Impact on your Server
SQL Server Worldwide Users Group, Stephen Wynkoop - Mar 31, 2006
Take a look at the real-world impact of your SQL Server Agent job subsystem and the not-so-obvious loads it can place on your system.

SQL Sentry Relieves Your SQL Server Job Headaches
SQL-Server-Performance.com, Dinesh Asanka - Mar. 13, 2006
SQL Sentry is a tool that can help alleviate you of the headache associated with managing multiple SQL Server jobs on multiple SQL Servers. The benefit of a powerful job-monitoring tool for SQL Server is enormous.

Interview with Brooke Philpott of SQL Sentry
SQLServerCentral.com, Andy Warren - Jan. 19, 2006
The guys that build software rarely get exposure of credit. After a meeting at TechEd, Brooke Philpott, one of the two core developers of SQL Sentry, answers some interesting interview questions about the product.

A Review of SQL Sentry v2.5
SQLServerCentral.com, Brian Knight - Jan. 12, 2006
SQL Sentry 2.5 is highly recommended as the single most important tool. It easily saves DBA users an hour a day across 12 servers by using the tool.

Administrative Tools Keep SQL Server Running Smoothly
SQL Server Magazine, Editors Focus - Aug. 24, 2005
SQL Sentry's time efficiency wins by a 500 percent margin over its next-closest competitor. One voter called SQL Sentry the "best on the market."

SQL Server Job Performance Checklist
SQL-Server-Performance.com - Feb. 28, 2005
Focus on how to identify, and correct, potential job-related performance issues.