SQL Server® 2008 Administration: Real World Skills for MCITP Certification and Beyond

Chapter 15

Policy-Based Management

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

• Policy-Based Management
• Centralized Server Management
• Standardizing with PBM

Microsoft first introduced management by policy in Windows 95 all the way back in 1995. Back then, they were called system policies. The system policies in Windows 95 systems were simply stored in a network share and pulled down to the Windows 95 clients automatically. The policies were all contained in a single file and no real hierarchy existed. Eventually, these policies evolved into group policies with the release of Windows 2000, and group policies are still heavily used to centrally manage and ...