Brentozar iconBrentozarSep 8, 2026

Set Your Application Names Before You Wish You Had.

When you run monitoring queries like sp_BlitzWho and sp_WhoIsActive, you wanna see the program names that are running the queries. It's super useful when you've got multiple apps running on the same servers, or when you've got apps scattered across end user computers.

Set Your Application Names Before You Wish You Had.

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When you run monitoring queries like sp_BlitzWho and sp_WhoIsActive, you wanna see the program names that are running the queries.

It's super useful when you've got multiple apps running on the same servers, or when you've got apps scattered across end user computers.

If you don't set the program names, you'll either end up with […]

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When you run monitoring queries like sp_BlitzWho and sp_WhoIsActive, you wanna see the program names that are running the queries. It's super useful when you've got multiple apps running on the same servers, or when you've got apps scattered across end user computers. If you don't set the program names, you'll either end up with […]

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If you don't set the program names, you'll either end up with […]

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