New to my blog...

I have added a group of interesting links into my blog - "Interesting resources", and blogs of Bryan Oliver and Brent Ozar are the first in this list. Bryan and Brent are SQL Server experts and you can find a lot of useful information about SQL Server in their blogs!

"Collect Data" feature

Customers are generally interested in “Collect Data” feature so I have decided to write about it.

You can collect data from instances for which you know access credentials.
- select some instances in the grid
- click the "Collect Data" button under the grid or select corresponding item from right-click menu
- specify connection details
- click Save

Now, you can use additional information for selected instances:

• General - general information about SQL Server instance
• Databases - information about all databases in the instance
• Logins - information about registered logins in the instance
• Applications - information about application which are working with the instance

Two ways to search…

Quest Discovery Wizard has two search methods:

• By Domain - you can choose existing added domains or specific domains from the "Domains" list.

• By IP List - if you have to find servers from your network, you can search servers using IP or IP range list:
  - On the By IP List tab, click Add New...
  - In the IP Address dialog window, choose Single IP or IP range.
  Note, that you can save IP rules after changes you’ve made or load them from .txt files. Moreover, it is possible to use several IP rules at once.