| title | Lesson 1: Evaluate Best Practices on an On-Demand Basis | Microsoft Docs |
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| ms.custom | |
| ms.date | 06/13/2017 |
| ms.prod | sql-server-2014 |
| ms.reviewer | |
| ms.technology | security |
| ms.topic | conceptual |
| ms.assetid | 868338d3-29c8-4a55-ab02-51a358d5b7ca |
| author | VanMSFT |
| ms.author | vanto |
| manager | craigg |
By using the on-demand (or "ad hoc") method of policy evaluation, you can quickly evaluate best practices policies to determine whether an instance of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] meets best practices guidelines and recommendations.
In this lesson, you will perform an on-demand evaluation of the best practices policies for the [!INCLUDEssDEnoversion] on one or more instances of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion].
This lesson contains the following topics:
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Perform an On-Demand Evaluation by Using Object Explorer (for a single instance)
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Perform an On-Demand Evaluation by Using Registered Servers (for one or more instances)
Perform an On-Demand Evaluation by Using Object Explorer
Lesson 2: Evaluate Best Practices Policies on a Scheduled Basis