This morning I was contemplating what new project to tackle for my blog.  I started thinking about tackling PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs) and my recent blog on SQL Nexus.  That got me thinking about CodePlex, Microsoft’s open source directory where those two utilities are located.  What other great tools are out there for SQL Server?  This Project Directory indicates there are 328 SQL Server related projects on CodePlex.  Holy special toolbelt, Batman that is a lot of utilities.

I will spend the next week or so exploring some of these tools.  Stay tuned, same bat time, same bat channel.