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To log all queries in SQL Server, you can enable the SQL Server Profiler, which is a tool for monitoring events in SQL Server. Follow these steps:

1. Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to your SQL Server instance.

2. Click on “Tools” in the menu bar and select “SQL Server Profiler”.

3. In the SQL Server Profiler, click on “File” in the menu bar and select “New Trace”.

4. In the “Trace Properties” window, select the database you want to monitor and click “Run”.

5. In the “Trace Properties” window, click on the “Events Selection” tab.

6. Select the “SQL:BatchCompleted” and “RPC:Completed” events under the “TSQL” category.

7. Click on the “Column Filters” button and select the “TextData” column.

8. In the “Edit Filter” window, enter “%” in the “Like” field to capture all queries.

9. Click “OK” to save the filter and close the window.

10. Click on “Run” to start the trace and begin capturing all queries.

11. Once you have finished monitoring, stop the trace by clicking on the “Stop” button in the SQL Server Profiler.

Note that logging all queries can generate a significant amount of data, so it’s important to manage the size of the log file and regularly clean up old logs to avoid filling up the disk space.

Enabling logging in SQL Server involves several steps, as outlined below:

1. Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to your SQL Server instance.

2. Expand the “Management” node in Object Explorer and right-click on “SQL Server Logs”, then select “Configure”.

3. In the “Configure SQL Server Error Logs” dialog box, specify the number of error logs you want to keep, and the maximum size for each log file.

4. Under “Log File Viewer”, select “Configure” to configure the location where SQL Server saves log files. You can choose to save log files in the default location, or specify a custom location.

5. Under “Database Mail”, configure your email settings if you want to receive email notifications of log file events.

6. Under “SQL Server Agent”, configure the agent to start automatically if you want to use it to schedule tasks and monitor events.

7. Click “OK” to save your settings and enable logging.

Once logging is enabled, you can view the SQL Server log files to monitor events and troubleshoot issues. You can also configure alerts to notify you of specific events, such as errors or warnings, using SQL Server Agent.

To check SQL Server logs in Event Viewer, follow the steps below:

1. Open Event Viewer. You can do this by typing “event viewer” in the Start menu search box and selecting the “Event Viewer” app from the search results.

2. In Event Viewer, select “Windows Logs” from the left-hand pane.

3. Select “Application” from the list of logs that appear under “Windows Logs”.

4. In the right-hand pane, you should see a list of events that have been logged for the Application log.

5. To filter the events to only show SQL Server related events, click on the “Filter Current Log” option on the right-hand pane.

6. In the “Filter Current Log” dialog box, under the “Event sources” dropdown, select “MSSQLSERVER” for the default instance or “MSSQL$<instancename>” for named instances.

7. Click “OK” to apply the filter.

Now, you should only see the SQL Server related events in the Application log. You can click on each event to view more details about it.