A couple of useful scripts of sql commands to aid performance tuning in SQL Server (T-SQL).

This handy T-SQL script was from SQL Authority shows all queries that are currently running on your server.

SELECT sqltext.TEXT,
  req.session_id,
  req.status,
  req.command,
  req.cpu_time,
  req.total_elapsed_time
FROM sys.dm_exec_requests req
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(sql_handle) AS sqltext

Any running query in the result can be killed by using the KILL command followed by the session id.

KILL [session_id]

Database I/O Information

This one is taken from the book:
Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Administration

-- Database IO analysis.
WITH IOFORDATABASE AS 
(
  SELECT 
    DB_NAME(VFS.database_id) AS DatabaseName
    , CASE WHEN smf.type = 1 
      THEN 'LOG_FILE' ELSE 'DATA_FILE' END
	    AS DatabaseFile_Type
    , SUM(VFS.num_of_bytes_written) AS IO_Write
    , SUM(VFS.num_of_bytes_read) AS IO_Read
    , SUM(VFS.num_of_bytes_read + VFS.num_of_bytes_written) 
        AS Total_IO
    , SUM(VFS.io_stall) AS IO_STALL
  FROM sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats(NULL, NULL) AS VFS
  JOIN sys.master_files AS smf
  ON VFS.database_id = smf.database_id
  AND VFS.file_id = smf.file_id
  GROUP BY DB_NAME(VFS.database_id), smf.type
)
SELECT
  ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY io_stall DESC) AS RowNumber
  , DatabaseName
  , DatabaseFile_Type
  , CAST(1.0 * IO_Read / (1024 * 1024) AS DECIMAL(12,2)) 
      AS IO_Read_MB
  , CAST(1.0 * IO_Write / (1024 * 1024) AS DECIMAL(12,2)) 
      AS IO_Write_MB
  , CAST(1. * Total_IO / (1024 * 1024) AS DECIMAL(12,2)) 
      AS IO_TOTAL_MB
  , CAST(IO_STALL / 1000. AS DECIMAL(12, 2)) 
      AS IO_STALL_Seconds
  , CAST(100. * IO_STALL / SUM(IO_STALL) OVER() AS DECIMAL(10,2))
      AS IO_STALL_Pct
FROM IOFORDATABASE
ORDER BY IO_STALL_Seconds DESC

Further Reading

SQL SERVER – Find Currently Running Query – T-SQL

Here’s a list of sql commands (T-SQL) to get the names of all tables, views, sprocs and triggers in SQL Server:

-- Get all Tables
SELECT name FROM sys.tables

-- Get all Views
SELECT name FROM sys.views

-- Get all Stored Procedures
SELECT name 
  FROM sys.procedures

-- Get all Triggers
SELECT name FROM sys.triggers

If you want to see all objects within the database, use the following SQL command:

SELECT name, type, type_desc
  FROM sys.objects

Try this one to also include all column names info:

SELECT * FROM sys.tables t
INNER JOIN sys.columns c
ON t.object_id = c.object_id

Further Reading

sys.objects (Transact-SQL)
How to Get Table Definition in SQL Server
How to Find All References to an Object in a SQL Server Database
How to Search for a String in All Tables in a Database
How to Find a String in SQL Server Stored Procedures