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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](../ssms/sql-server-management-studio-ssms.md)  
[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](../ssms/register-servers/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)