What's new in Redgate Monitor: Postgres monitoring, CIS compliance, and an MCP server for AI
Redgate Monitor is a database performance and security monitoring tool covering SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, and cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud SQL. This session walks through Redgate Monitor's latest releases and roadmap: cloud cost tracking, Google Cloud SQL support, expanded Postgres diagnostics, permission-change security alerting, CIS benchmark compliance, and a new MCP server and chat assistant for AI-powered workflows. 3:09 The challenge of fragmented, multi-platform database estates 4:32 Managing the cost of cloud database infrastructure 9:05 Demo: cloud cost and resource-usage tracking for AWS and Azure VMs 13:56 Roadmap: Google Cloud SQL support (June 2026) 15:09 Postgres adoption poll and Redgate Monitor's Postgres coverage 17:53 New Postgres features: wait statistics, custom metrics, explain plan comparison 19:03 Monitoring Aurora read replicas and cluster performance 20:21 Q&A: Postgres on Kubernetes 21:38 Getting Redgate Monitor data into Grafana, Power BI, and other tools 24:13 Redgate Monitor Standard vs Enterprise 24:52 Why security and compliance are now top DBA priorities 28:56 New: permission-change tracking (SQL Audit) and proactive alerting 33:01 Redgate Monitor and CIS benchmark compliance 39:17 Using AI to speed up query tuning and deadlock diagnosis 46:08 Roadmap: an MCP server for Redgate Monitor data 47:53 Roadmap: Redgate Assistant, a chat-based assistant in Redgate Monitor 49:24 How Redgate Monitor's AI features are configured and secured 55:39 Audience Q&A: Query Store, Nutanix, VMware migration 58:40 Wrap-up and how to get involved in early access ✅ Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get notified on the latest video from us: https://youtube.com/@redgate For more updates follow us on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-gate-software Website: https://www.red-gate.com/