Jamie Thomson et al has developed very useful Vista gadget that can be used to monitor the SQL Server database metrics information within your environment. In their words: The gadget does exactly what it says on the tin; it monitors a specified SQL Server database for various metrics and displays them on the Windows Vista Sidebar. It is provided for use by SQL Server DBAs that require a nice'n'easy way of monitoring important metrics on their SQL Server installations. In version 1 the gadget provides...(<a href="http://sqlserver-qa.net/blogs/el/archive/2007/08/15/1463.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlserver-qa.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1463" width="1" height="1">