Category: AWS Trusted Advisor

In this post, we demonstrate how you can implement a comprehensive monitoring strategy for Amazon RDS for SQL Server by combining AWS native tools with SQL Server diagnostic utilities. We explore AWS services including AWS Trusted Advisor, Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights, Enhanced Monitoring, and Amazon RDS events, alongside native SQL Server tools such as Query Store, Dynamic Management Views (DMVs), and Extended Events. By implementing these monitoring capabilities, you can identify potential bottlenecks before they impact your applications, optimize resource utilization, and maintain consistent database performance as your business scales.

Customers are actively exploring opportunities to optimize their expenses, aligning with the Cost Optimization pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. In this post, we discuss the following tools that you can use to analyze your spend and optimize your Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) costs.