Note: This question is part of a series of questions that use the same scenario. For your
convenience, the scenario is repeated in each question. Each question presents a different goal
and answer choices, but the text of the scenario is exactly the same in each question in this series.
You are a database administrator for a company that has an on-premises Microsoft SQL Server
environment and Microsoft Azure SQL Database instances. The environment hosts several customer
databases, and each customer uses a dedicated instance. The environments that you manage are shown
in the following table.

You need to monitor WingDB and gather information for troubleshooting issues.
What should you use?
Correct Answer: B
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
The sp_lock system stored procedure is packaged with SQL Server and will give you insight into the locks
that are happening on your system. This procedure returns much of its information from the syslock info in
the master database, which is a system table that contains information on all granted, converting, and
waiting lock requests.
Note: sp_lock will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new
development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature. To obtain information
about locks in the SQL Server Database Engine, use the sys.dm_tran_locks dynamic management view.
sys.dm_tran_locks returns information about currently active lock manager resources in SQL Server
2008and later. Each row represents a currently active request to the lock manager for a lock that has been
granted or is waiting to be granted.
References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-lock-
transact-sql