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Are you frustrated by the limitations of the MMC console when managing dozens or hundreds or servers? The way Enterprise Manager is fitted into the framework can be a problem for DBAs with lots of servers. Jereme Guenther brings us a technique for his own console that solves some of the limitations of MMC.
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