How to Find the SQL Server Instance Startup Time


This article explains the different methods to find the startup time of an SQL Server. We can use any of the following specified methods to find the instance startup time:

Create the date of TempDB. The log from Windows event viewer and SQL Server Error log. SQL Server native monitoring dashboard.

Before we go further, let us restart SQL Server services. We can restart the SQL Services using SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server configuration manager, PowerShell script, or Services MMC (Microsoft management console).

Note: I restarted the SQL Services at 13:41 IST.

Find SQL Server startup time