When it comes to performance monitoring and optimization across the Azure SQL family, everyone has their own preferred routines. Whether it's using dynamic management views and extended events, digging through Query Store, or looking at Azure Metrics, the goal is always the same: figure out what's going on and fix it fast.

You may not have heard of Database Watcher, but it's worth spending an hour having a look at a native Microsoft tool for monitoring your databases. That means you don't have to ask your boss for yet another license for yet another tool! Join us in this demo-rich session to understand how you can finally manage Azure SQL at scale with minimal setup and overhead..

You'll learn what Database Watcher offers out-of-the-box in terms of insights, alerts, and reports. We'll also show how you can start to analyze the performance data stored by Database Watcher with T-SQL or Kusto Query Language (KQL) and then visualize that data with your own custom visuals and dashboards in Power BI and Real-Time Dashboards in Fabric.

By the end of this session, you'll understand how quick and cost-effective Database Watcher can be to help you save time, reduce guesswork, and work smarter (not harder).