| SQL Server Home Page | Microsoft's home page for SQL Server. |
| Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server | Partition alignment, performance implications and tools. |
| SQL IO Disk Subsystem Benchmark Tool | Tool simulating the IO patterns exhibited by SQL Server. Useful for calculating the maximum throughput of your IO subsystem. |
| SQL Server Health and History Tool (SQLH2) | Collects information from instances of SQL Server, store this information, and run reports against the data in order to determine how SQL Server is being used. |
| SQL Server Health and History Tool (SQLH2) Performance Collector | Stand-alone service of Microsoft Windows that collects and stores performance counter data from selected servers. You should install this optional component if you are interested in collecting performance counters along with system information. |
| SQL Server Health and History Tool (SQLH2) Reports | Report definitions needed to view the data collected by the Microsoft SQL Server Health and History Tool (SQLH2). |
| Best Practices Analyzer Tool for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 1.0 | Verify the implementation of common Best Practices. These best practices typically relate to the usage and administration aspects of SQL Server databases and ensure that your SQL Servers are managed and operated well. |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, April 2009 | A collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008. |
| SQL Server Worldwide Users Group | A great source for SQL Server knowledge. The SQL Server ListServer here is particularly active with great contributors from around the globe. |
| Professional Association for SQL Server | A global organisation that runs conferences centred around SQL Server. |
| SQLDev.net | Established by a former member of Microsoft's SQL Server development team, this site features numerous scripts and tools. |
| SQLTeam.com | Lots of resources here. |
| 4 Guys From Rolla's SQL Guru Page | SQL Server specific questions and answers from a great general development site. |
| SQL Server Central | Another active community. |
| SQLDTS.com | Focusing on Data Transformation Services, some good resources here. |
| SQLIS.com | Brought to you by the same team that brought you SQLDTS.com, this is a great resource for SQL Server Integration Services. |
| Sql-Server-Performance.com | Focusing on high performance SQL Server. |