http://blogs.msdn.com/wesleyb/archive/tags/Policy+Based+Management/default.aspxTags: Policy Based Managementen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/wesleyb/archive/2008/08/29/policy-based-management-coolness.aspxFri, 29 Aug 2008 14:08:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8904796wesback1http://blogs.msdn.com/wesleyb/comments/8904796.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/wesleyb/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8904796http://blogs.msdn.com/wesleyb/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=8904796<P>As you all know PBM is one of my favorite features in SQL Server 2008.&nbsp; It is an&nbsp;extremely powerful feature and to make it powerful we need an extensive list of properties to check.&nbsp; If you look at the number of facets and properties for those facets you may be overwhelmed.</P> <P>Lucky for you (and me) we have thought of that!&nbsp; If you right-click an object in SSMS you will see the item 'Facets', by clicking this you will get a list of the facets available for that object and the way these facets are configured for the object you selected.</P> <P>Now the fun comes with the "Export Current State&nbsp;as Policy" button, this enables you to easily extract a policy from an existing object.&nbsp; So if you already have some internal best practices in-place you can create a policy based on existing objects in a matter of seconds.</P> <P><IMG style="WIDTH: 700px; HEIGHT: 525px" align=middle src="http://www.wesleyb.net/ViewFacets.jpg" width=700 height=525 mce_src="http://www.wesleyb.net/ViewFacets.jpg"></P> <P mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8904796" width="1" height="1">SQL Server 2008Policy Based Management