Managing Servers

Servers and databases are the primary resources you manage in SQL Server Management Studio. When you select a top-level group in the Registered Servers view, you can see the available server groups. If you expand the view of these groups by double-clicking the group name, you can see the subgroups or servers assigned to a particular group. Local servers are registered automatically (in most cases). If a local server is not shown, you will need to update the local registration information. If the remote server you want to manage is not shown, you will need to register it.

Registration saves the current connection information and assigns the server to a group for easy future access using the Registered Servers view. Once you register ...

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