Database Engine Administration APIs
This section describes how to create database administration and management applications using the Database Engine administration APIs. The following table describes the topics in this section.
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Topic
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Description
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| Database Engine Administration Programming Overview | Introduces the concepts for creating applications that manage or administer instances of the Database Engine. |
| SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) | SMO is a collection of objects that are designed for programming all aspects of managing instances of the Database Engine. SMO includes SQL Replication Management Objects (RMO), which is a collection of objects that encapsulates SQL Server replication management. |
| WMI and SQL Server |
SQL Server supports the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) interface through a SQL Server WMI provider. |
| SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO) | SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO) is a collection of objects encapsulating the management of instances of the Database Engine and replication topologies. |