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FIGURE 16-10
Enterprise Policy Management Framework
The Enterprise Policy Management Framework (EPMF) provides centralized compliance reporting
for Policy-Based Management solutions. It is currently available only for SQL Server 2008.
The EPMF provides a set of reports that enable easy identii cation of policy failures, organized by
policy category and over time. The solution is easy to deploy and coni gure, and further leverages
investment in the Policy-Based Management infrastructure and knowledge.
You can download the EPMF and keep an eye out for SQL Server 2012 updates here:
http://
OTHER MICROSOFT TOOLS FOR MANAGING SQL SERVER
This section describes manageability tools for SQL Server other than those included with the prod-
uct. There is a signii cant industry in creating tools that help in the development and management of
databases and servers, and Microsoft has invested heavily in enterprise deployment, coni guration,
and monitoring tools for the entire application platform, including SQL Server. Several years ago,
Microsoft dei ned a set of acceptance criteria for all server-based products, stating they must ship
with a monitoring management pack (originally called Microsoft Operations Manager, or MOM,
and now renamed System Center Operations Manager, or SCOM), which means customers can add
application-specii c monitoring to their monitoring platform.
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