Please note that the code used to create the Endpoint in this article specifies RC4 for the encryption type and RC4 has been deprecated. It would be best to...

Jorge is right that POSH is far more flexible, but that doesn't mean a CMS doesn't have its place. It all depends on what you are trying to do,...

I work in a large shop and have the same problem with servers in a DMZ, test domains, and development domains. Those things are necessary but it requires me...

You are exactly right about registered servers in SSMS. CMS is really the same thing, but instead of being local it is stored in a central location. For...

Geoff:

The group folders you create are stored here:

msdb.dbo.sysmanagement_shared_server_groups_internal

The registered server connections are stored here:

msdb.dbo.sysmanagement_shared_registered_servers_internal

Jerome:

I've wondered the exact same thing. The only thing I can figure is that you have a connection to your CMS server already just by virtue of it being your...

1) Yes I did say that you cannot use SQL Authentication for registered servers in a CMS

2) To my knowledge it does not work with Oracle.

You are right about being able to alter that SP, but what happens when you install a CU or SP that changes it back? Although it can be done,...