Creating Database Traces with SQL Server 2012

SQL Profiler is a diagnostic tool included with Microsoft SQL Server 2012. It allows you to create SQL traces that track the specific actions performed against a SQL Server databases. SQL traces provide valuable information for troubleshooting database issues and tuning database engine performance. For example, administrators might use a trace to identify a bottleneck in a query and develop optimizations that might improve database performance.

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