Comments on: SQLAuthority News – Risk and Health Assessment Program for Microsoft SQL Server – Scoping Tool v1.1 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/06/21/sqlauthority-news-risk-and-health-assessment-program-for-microsoft-sql-server-%e2%80%93-scoping-tool-v1-1/ Personal Notes of Pinal Dave Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pinaldave http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/06/21/sqlauthority-news-risk-and-health-assessment-program-for-microsoft-sql-server-%e2%80%93-scoping-tool-v1-1/#comment-53152 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:41:35 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5652#comment-53152 Jonathan Kehayias,

I really appreciate your comment. This is great additional news to share with everybody.

Kind Regards,
Pinal

]]> By: Jonathan Kehayias http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/06/21/sqlauthority-news-risk-and-health-assessment-program-for-microsoft-sql-server-%e2%80%93-scoping-tool-v1-1/#comment-53149 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:58:48 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5652#comment-53149 Pinal,

Unless you already have a SQLRAP scheduled with Microsoft through your TAM, the scoping tool isn’t really useful. It just pulls basic configuration information from your server to be sent to your TAM to ensure that your environment configuration will allow the PFE to perform a SQLRAP when they arrive. The report will point out any changes that will be required ahead of the PFE’s arrival to ensure that the SQLRAP data gathering can be completed in the time allotted.

Now if you’ve never had a SQLRAP performed I’d highly recommend it. You will walk away from it with more information than you ever thought possible and a new way of looking at your SQL Servers from Microsoft recommended Best Practice standpoints.

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