1. MANAGEABILITY
®
With a built-in management console, Microsoft Using a single, consistent management interface reduces
® training requirements and makes it easier to manage data
SQL Server 2008 R2 provides a policy-based system for
managing one or more instances of SQL Server along services throughout the organization.
with tools for performance monitoring, troubleshooting, Manage efficiently at scale with multi-instance
and tuning that enable administrators to more efficiently management
manage their databases and SQL Server instances. Use the Utility Control Point to manage SQL Server
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/manageability.aspx instances and data-tier applications across the enterprise.
Dashboard viewpoints provide insight into utilization and
policy violations to help identify consolidation opportunities,
Top Features maximize investments, and maintain healthy systems. A new
single unit of deployment, the data-tier application, speeds
 Built-in management console enables end-to-end
up deployments, moves, and upgrades across Microsoft
SQL Server management. ®
Visual Studio 2010 and the SQL Server 2008 platform.
 Insights into multi-instance resource utilization with
dashboard views and drilldown capabilities.
 Accelerated deployments by using data-tier
application packages.
 Performance Data Collection for troubleshooting,
tuning, and monitoring SQL Server 2008 R2 instances
across the enterprise.
 Definition of configuration policies for your enterprise
by using Policy-Based Management.
 Built-in framework facets and policies to manage
surface area configuration and apply best practices. Multi-instance Management Dashboard View
Benefit from end-to-end service monitoring
Use the SQL Server Management Pack with Microsoft
System Center Operations Manager to enable broader
system administration that is scalable across your
MANAGE AT SCALE enterprise. Implement end-to-end service management of
SQL Server Management Studio delivers a portfolio of tools line-of-business (LOB) applications for greater visibility. Use
through a single console, enabling centralized management rich reports and an easy-to-customize reporting environment
of all SQL Server instances and applications. to bring additional insight when you troubleshoot and plan.
Simplify administration by using a single management AUTOMATE TASKS
console
SQL Server helps to significantly reduce the burden on
Use SQL Server Management Studio to manage all database administrators, enabling them to focus on high-
SQL Server instances and services including relational value activities and help ensure compliance.
databases, Reporting Services, Analysis Services,
Integration Services, and SQL Server Compact databases.
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Manageability

2. Define company-wide policies
Eliminate the need to manually ensure policy compliance by
using Policy-Based Management to define configuration
policies and apply them to servers, databases, tables, and
other targets across the enterprise. Enforce these policies
proactively, on a scheduled basis, immediately following
changes, or explicitly in real time. Organize servers into
groups and apply policies to the group to scale management
of servers.
Performance Data Collection
View performance data with built-in reports such as server
activity, disk usage, and query activity reports.
Employ real-time diagnosis of performance
Use SQL Server Profiler to capture server events for real-
time diagnosis. Correlate traces with performance counters
to analyze events and diagnose issues.
Policy-Based Framework
Ensure security and apply best practices
Define policies that enable and disable server functionality
and ensure a minimal attack surface. Use best practice
policy notifications to check configuration and database
settings and to warn about and prevent security loopholes.
Automate administration and deployment
Use the Windows PowerShell™ language to build robust
administrative scripts and to manage across multiple
SQL Server Profiler
Microsoft products. Use the SQL Server provider to quickly
navigate paths and locate objects on your servers. Use a set Monitor the health of server instances, diagnose problems,
of SQL Server cmdlets to perform actions such as running and tune performance by using Dynamic Management
scripts that contain T-SQL or XQuery statements. Views (DMV) and functions that relay server state
information.
Schedule tasks and workflows
Streamline server tuning
Use the distributed job scheduling and alert management
capabilities of SQL Server Agent to schedule tasks at the Use Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA) to help select
click of a button. Use either the Maintenance Plan Wizard or and create an optimal set of indexes, indexed views, and
the design surface to create database maintenance plans to partitions without requiring an expert understanding of the
help administrator teams to protect assets. structure of the database or the internal workings of
SQL Server. Simply select the databases to tune and DTA
IMPROVE TROUBLESHOOTING generates indexing and partitioning recommendations.
Accelerate impact analysis and identify issues before they
become problems.
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diagnostics information from performance counters, dynamic
management views, SQL Trace, and other sources for
baseline and historical comparisons.
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