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# Lesson 1: Evaluate Best Practices on an On-Demand Basis
  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 [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] meets best practices guidelines and recommendations.  
  
 In this lesson, you will perform an on-demand evaluation of the best practices policies for the [!INCLUDE[ssDEnoversion](../includes/ssdenoversion-md.md)] on one or more instances of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)].  
  
 This lesson contains the following topics:  
  
-   [Perform an On-Demand Evaluation by Using Object Explorer](../ssms/object/object-explorer.md) (for a single instance)  
  
-   [Perform an On-Demand Evaluation by Using Registered Servers](../../2014/tutorials/perform-an-on-demand-evaluation-by-using-registered-servers.md) (for one or more instances)  
  
## Next Task in Lesson  
 [Perform an On-Demand Evaluation by Using Object Explorer](../ssms/object/object-explorer.md)  
  
## See Also  
 [Lesson 2: Evaluate Best Practices Policies on a Scheduled Basis](../../2014/tutorials/lesson-2-evaluate-best-practices-policies-on-a-scheduled-basis.md)