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📦 SQL Health Check - Complete Package

🚀 Quick Start (3 Steps!)

Step 1: Extract

Extract this ZIP file to a simple location:

  • ✅ Good: C:\Projects\SqlHealthCheck\
  • ✅ Good: C:\Dev\SqlHealthCheck\
  • ❌ Bad: C:\Users\YourName\Downloads\SqlHealthCheck (1)\

Step 2: Open Solution

Double-click: SqlHealthCheck.sln

Step 3: Run

  • In Visual Studio, right-click SqlMonitorUI → Set as Startup Project
  • Press F5
  • Done! 🎉

📁 What's Included

SqlHealthCheck/
├── SqlHealthCheck.sln          ← Open this in Visual Studio
├── SqlCheckLibrary/            ← Core check engine
├── SqlCheckDemo/               ← Console app
├── SqlMonitorUI/               ← WPF Dashboard (the good stuff!)
└── Documentation:
    ├── START-HERE.md           ← Command-line instructions
    ├── TROUBLESHOOTING.md      ← If Visual Studio won't load
    ├── README.md               ← Full documentation
    ├── QUICKSTART.md           ← Quick examples
    ├── USAGE.md                ← Advanced usage
    └── UI-WALKTHROUGH.md       ← UI tour

⚡ Alternative: Skip Visual Studio

Don't want to deal with Visual Studio? Just use the command line:

# Navigate to where you extracted
cd C:\Projects\SqlHealthCheck

# Run the WPF UI
cd SqlMonitorUI
dotnet run

📋 Requirements

🆘 Having Issues?

"Solution won't load in Visual Studio"

→ Read TROUBLESHOOTING.md

"dotnet command not found"

→ Install .NET 8 SDK from link above

"Just want to run it quickly"

→ Read START-HERE.md

🎯 What This Does

Monitors your SQL Server with professional checks from:

  • ✅ Brent Ozar's sp_blitz
  • ✅ Microsoft SQL Tiger Team best practices

Features:

  • 12 pre-configured health checks
  • JSON-based (easy to customize)
  • Beautiful WPF dashboard
  • Or simple console output for automation

📖 Next Steps

  1. Extract to C:\Projects\SqlHealthCheck\
  2. Open SqlHealthCheck.sln
  3. Press F5 to run the dashboard
  4. Enter your SQL Server connection string
  5. Click "Run Checks"
  6. View your SQL Server health!

🌳 Enjoy!

Now go plant those trees! 🌲🌳🌴

Need Help? Check the TROUBLESHOOTING.md file for solutions to common issues.