Jason Hall

Jason (@SQLSaurus) leads SQL Sentry's Client Services team, which provides customers with support services, troubleshooting, and defect resolution. Jason's certifications include: MCSE, MCP + Internet, MCSD, MCPS, and MCPD Enterprise App Development. Jason’s blog provides an in-depth review of some of the technical challenges that customers present to the Client Services team. It also details how SQL Sentry software can be utilized to tackle these issues.

SQL Sentry v10 : Your world's about to get a whole lot bigger

With some homage to the Walking Dead, Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) gives an interesting overview of some of the exciting functionality coming in SQL Sentry v10.

Speaking at SQL Cruise in January

Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) shares some exciting news: He's been announced as the final technical lead in the upcoming SQL Cruise!

SQL Sentry v9.0 : Virtualization, Cloud VMs, Global Baselines

Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) explains major features in the SQL Sentry v9 release, including virtualization, cloud support, global baselines, and enhanced setup.

SQL Sentry v9.0 Virtualization Support : Hyper-V

Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) explains SQL Sentry Performance Advisor monitoring of Hyper-V virtual machines as a follow-up to his v9.0 announcement post.

SQL Sentry v9.0 Virtualization Support : VMware

Continuing from his v9.0 announcement post, Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) describes SQL Sentry Performance Advisor monitoring of VMware guests and hosts.

Get SQL Sentry Alerts on Slack

Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) describes configuring SQL Sentry to send alerts to slack channels through IFTTT, which opens up all kinds of doors for automation.

Nothing Is Free, Including Buffer Space

Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) explains what "free memory" means in terms of buffer space on the SQL Sentry Performance Advisor dashboard.

T-SQL Tuesday #66 : Monitoring

For T-SQL Tuesday, Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) reminds us about checks and balances – your monitoring solution needs to be monitored to some degree, too.

A New Chapter Begins

Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) talks about his career here at SQL Sentry – from his early beginnings as a developer to his future as a Product Manager.

Mining Performance Data from SQL Sentry : Part 6

Continuing his series on mining performance data from the SQL Sentry database, Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) shows us how to use dynamic PIVOT to aggregate data.

Mining Performance Data from SQL Sentry : Part 5

Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) takes his series on mining performance data to the next level, explaining how to derive current and historical performance data.

Mining Performance Data from SQL Sentry : Part 4

Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) continues his series on mining performance data with a post about obtaining file and VLF information from the SQL Sentry database.

Mining Performance Data from SQL Sentry : Part 3

Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) adds to his series on mining performance data from the SQL Sentry database, this time showing how to get information about disks.

Mining Performance Data from SQL Sentry : Part 2

Jason Hall (@SQLSaurus) continues his series aiming to help you derive additional information by mining performance data from the SQL Sentry database.