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# Database Engine Cross-Instance Features
  This section contains the tools and tasks associated with managing and monitoring servers and database instances.  
  
## In This Section  
  
  
- [SQL Server Management Studio](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/66a6b7b1-de6a-4161-82bd-98ded486947b)
- [SQL Server Utility Features and Tasks](../relational-databases/manage/sql-server-utility-features-and-tasks.md)- [Administer Servers by Using Policy-Based Management](../relational-databases/policy-based-management/administer-servers-by-using-policy-based-management.md)  
- [Register Servers](../tools/sql-server-management-studio/register-servers.md)
- [SQL Server Distributed Replay](../tools/distributed-replay/sql-server-distributed-replay.md)
- [Data Collection](../relational-databases/data-collection/data-collection.md)
- [Monitor Resource Usage (System Monitor)](../relational-databases/performance-monitor/monitor-resource-usage-system-monitor.md) 
- [Administer Multiple Servers Using Central Management Servers](../relational-databases/administer-multiple-servers-using-central-management-servers.md)
- [SQL Server Configuration Manager](../relational-databases/sql-server-configuration-manager.md)
- [Activity Monitor](../relational-databases/performance-monitor/activity-monitor.md)