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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 congure global policy settings, security settings, and data
warehouse settings across the SQL Server Utility. The conguration tabs afliated 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 conguring 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.