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FIGURE 2-5 The Managed Instances dashboard
Managing Utility Administration Settings
After you are connected to a UCP, use the Utility Administration node in the Utility Explorer
navigation pane to view and congure global policy settings, security settings, and data
warehouse settings across the SQL Server Utility. The conguration tabs afliated with the
Utility Administration node are the Policy, Security, and Data Warehouse tabs. The following
sections explore the Utility Administration settings available within each tab. You must rst
connect to a SQL Server UCP before modifying settings.
Connecting to a UCP
Before managing or conguring UCP settings, a database administrator must connect to a
UCP by means of Utility Explorer in SSMS. Use the following procedure to connect to a UCP:
1. Launch SSMS and connect to an instance of SQL Server.
2. Select View and then Utility Explorer.