SSMS XEvent Profiler to read Extended Events

I'm learning the new SQL Profiler, found in SSMS 17.3+, called XEvent Profiler which uses Extended Events


Resources
Overview of XEvent Profiler in SQL Server Management Studio

Inside the XEvent Profiler - SQL Hammer | SQL Hammer

I didn't know this - DBCC CLONEDATABASE

To copy a database for debug/troubleshoot - but only copy structure & stats

DBCC CLONEDATABASE(SourceDB, TargetDB);

SQL 2014 and above

https://www.itprotoday.com/data-privacy/why-you-should-be-using-dbcc-clonedatabase-performance-tuning-queries

How to use DBCC CLONEDATABASE to generate a schema and statistics only copy of a user database in SQL Server 2014 SP2 and SQL Server 2016 SP1

List All Groups, DisplayName, ServerName in CMS (Central Management Server)

If you use CMS
If you have a large group of servers and can't memorize all the names/IPs
Use below code to show them all (and copy to Excel to format)

Connect to your CMS directly (not as a group) and run below code (using Recursion CTE)

WITH MyCTE
AS (
--root, anchor
SELECT server_group_id, name, G.parent_id, ParentName = CAST('' AS sysname), 1 AS Grouplevel
FROM msdb.dbo.sysmanagement_shared_server_groups_internal G
WHERE is_system_object <>1 AND parent_id = 1
UNION ALL
--child
SELECT G.server_group_id, G.name, G.parent_id, parent.name, parent.Grouplevel+1
FROM msdb.dbo.sysmanagement_shared_server_groups_internal G
INNER JOIN MyCTE AS parent ON G.parent_id = parent.server_group_id
)
SELECT
G.grouplevel, Parent = CASE G.ParentName WHEN '' THEN G.name ELSE G.ParentName END, Child = CASE G.ParentName WHEN '' THEN '' ELSE G.name END
,G.name, G.ParentName
,svr.name AS 'Display Name',svr.server_name AS 'Server Name'
FROM MyCTE  G
LEFT OUTER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysmanagement_shared_registered_servers_internal svr ON G.server_group_id = svr.server_group_id
WHERE 1 = 1
ORDER BY
GroupLevel ASC, Parent, Child, [Display name]

Testing SQL connection using file.udl trick

Besides the usual
>telnet SQLname 1433

One can create a file and open it (note: show the extention in your File Explorer settings)
TestDatabase.udl 


Source
https://dougrathbone.com/blog/2013/11/18/testing-connectivity-to-microsoft-sql-server-without-any-tools-installed

Set Default template for SSMS New Query button by editing SQLFile.sql

1. Go to SQL install path, for me it's "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\SqlWorkbenchProjectItems\Sql"
2. Edit the SQLFile.sql in Admin mode
3. Type in whatever you want for default
4. Save and try in SSMS [New Query] button

Source
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/b56b9ed6-1786-4ad6-87c9-7e4e81068672/how-to-set-the-default-query-for-the-ssms-new-query-button?forum=transactsql