1.0Jonathan Kehayiashttps://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/jonathanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nbwpZFHG2v"><a href="https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/jonathan/tracking-sql-server-database-usage/">Tracking SQL Server Database Usage</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/jonathan/tracking-sql-server-database-usage/embed/#?secret=nbwpZFHG2v" width="600" height="338" title="“Tracking SQL Server Database Usage” — Jonathan Kehayias" data-secret="nbwpZFHG2v" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/jonathan/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> One of the challenges with inheriting an existing set of SQL Servers and databases when you start a new job can be determining which of the databases are actively being used or not, especially on development and testing systems where there may be multiple copies of the same database that were used by different projects […]