title: Activity Monitor always Paused in SSMS 17.8.1
body: <p>Whenever I open the Activity Monitor in SQL Server Management Studio 17.8.1(14.0.17277) the overview always switches to (paused).  Even if I choose resume, it quickly changes back to paused.</p>
  
  <p>This happens on a variety of SQL Servers and SQL Server versions (2005 through 2016) so I don't believe it is a conflict with old vs new SQL Setups.</p>
  
  <p>I can run Activity Monitor in SSMS 2012 (11.0.2100.60) on the same servers with no error which confirms that the service is actually running and functional.</p>
  
  <p>Any help or insights would be appreciated.  I'm not a fan of switching back and forth between two management studios if I can help it. (I uses 17 so I can have context menus when right clicking on items in SSMS which wont work on 2016 servers in older versions of the studio).</p>