Comments on: Utility Control Point

By: PowerShell Week at SQL University Post 6 - Formatting Results | SQLvariations: SQL Server, a little PowerShell, maybe some Hyper-V

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:08:32 +0000

[…] wrap my head around how you could leave something like that out. This ranked right up there with finding out Utility Control Point only worked for managing other SQL 2008 R2 instances. Luckily my story […]

By: Thomas LaRock

Thomas LaRock — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:59:49 +0000

In reply to David Taylor. so, it works with SQL 2008 SP1? or that it *will* work with SP2? Regardless of that, the MSDN entries need to be updated, as they document that it is R2 only at this time.

By: David Taylor

David Taylor — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:25:52 +0000

I am in a UG meeting right now, with a presenter from Microsoft, who says they have tested UCP with 2008, and it works.

By: The 24 HOP Strikes Back | SQLRockstar

The 24 HOP Strikes Back | SQLRockstar — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:14:46 +0000

[…] to register for Glenn Berry’s session. Glenn is an expert in this area and was one of the first people to contact me to tell me that Microsoft was going to be updating the UCP in the near future to allow for […]

By: Thomas LaRock

Thomas LaRock — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:13:20 +0000

In reply to Glenn Berry. Thanks Glenn, do you have a link to share with us? Also, I'm looking forward to your talk next Wednesday!

By: Glenn Berry

Glenn Berry — Thu, 13 May 2010 20:38:45 +0000

Actually, Microsoft has announced that you will be able to enroll SQL Server 2008 SP2 instances into the Utility Control Point.

By: Jason Strate

Jason Strate — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:03:02 +0000

I had heard that this will be available for SQL Server 2008 with the release of SP2.

For SQL Server 2005 – an adventurous person could look at populating the database with stats since this is aimed at trending the data. No idea on the feasibility of doing this though.