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

Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to implement and manage SQL Server 2008 Policy-Based Management (PBM) and a Central Management Server (CMS). You learned that PBM is the new term for the Declarative Management Framework (DMF) and that it is comprised of facets, conditions, policies, categories, and targets. You learned to create a CMS and register servers with the CMS. Finally, you learned how to standardize, automate, and update a PBM and CMS environment.