Enterprise Manager for Database

Enterprise Manager is the primary administrative tool for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and provides a MMC–based user interface that allows users to:

• Define groups of servers running Microsoft SQL Server.
• Register individual servers in a group.
• Configure all Microsoft SQL Server options for each registered server.
• Create and administer all Microsoft SQL Server databases, objects, logins, users, and permissions in each registered server.
  
• Define and execute all Microsoft SQL Server administrative tasks on each registered server.
• Design and test SQL statements, batches, and scripts interactively by invoking SQL Query Analyzer.

Invoke the various wizards defined for Microsoft SQL Server.

MMC is a tool that presents a common interface for managing different server applications in a Microsoft Windows network. Server applications provide a component called an MMC snap-in that presents MMC users with a user interface for managing the server application. Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager is the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 MMC snap-in.

In Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Enterprise Manager is replaced by SQL Server Management Studio, which provides a single interface to functionality provided by Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer in Microsoft SQL Server 2000.