Checks for stopped Service Broker endpoint on the instance of SQL Server. Service Broker provides queuing and reliable messaging ...

Checks for stopped Service Broker endpoint on the instance of SQL Server. Service Broker provides queuing and reliable messaging for the Database Engine. Service Broker uses a TCP endpoint for communication between instances of SQL Server. Enable Service Broker endpoint only if your applications use Service Broker to communicate between instances of SQL Server.

Checks for default surface area settings for Database Engine features. Only the features required by your application should ... Checks for default surface area settings for Reporting Services 2005 features that can be accessed by using WMI. Only the ... Checks for default surface area settings for Reporting Services 2008 features that can be accessed by using WMI. Only the ... Checks for disabled Simple Object Access Protocol(SOAP) endpoints on the instance of SQL Server. Native XML Web Services ... Checks for stopped Service Broker endpoint on the instance of SQL Server. Service Broker provides queuing and reliable messaging ... Checks for user-created symmetric keys in the master database, which is not recommended. The master database contains the ... Checks for user-created symmetric keys in the msdb, model, and tempdb databases. This is not recommended. This recommendation ... Checks for Windows Authentication. When possible, Microsoft recommends using Windows Authentication. Windows Authentication ... Checks if a computer restart is required because of broken fusion ATL. A pending restart can cause SQL Server Setup to fail. ...