>I think Neil may have posted this link before but read this through:
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8xx3tyca.aspx
>
>The connection string values that affect pooling are:
>Connection Lifetime
>Enlist
>Max Pool Size
>Min Pool Size
>Pooling

Thanks, this is good to know.

>The last one dictates whether ADO.NET uses pooling. If you are not explicitly setting it to 'false' in your connection string then pooling is enabled and used.

No, I do not have anything which would bypass the default.

>Can you monitor the open connection count on the server?

Is there specific tools we need to use for that or this can be verified as is from SSMS or something like that?