Database Administration & Maintenance

DPW07 Real Time Monitoring with Real-life Use Cases using Database Watcher

11/19/2025

4:00pm - 5:15pm

Level: Introductory to Intermediate

Daniel Taylor

Sr. Service Engineer

Microsoft

In this session, you will see how easy it is to use Database Watcher, a cloud-native and cross-platform solution that supports multiple database types, versions, and platforms, to set up proactive database monitoring and collect deep and rich data. Learn how Database Watcher provides easy to understand visualizations, with near real time monitoring, which can help you optimize your database performance, availability, and health.

During this session we will cover the following:

  • Brief overview of Database Watcher architecture
  • Delve into real scenarios with Database Watcher dashboards
  • Create custom dashboards for custom scenarios
  • Using the power of KQL to query the raw monitoring data

    Join this session and discover how Database Watcher can help you take your DBA career to the next level by enabling you to proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and improve your database operations.

    You will learn:

    • Brief overview of Database Watcher architecture
    • Create custom dashboards for custom scenarios
    • Using the power of KQL to query the raw monitoring data