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To use the Server Ping tool:

1. Open the Idera IDERA SQL Admin Toolset Launchpad, and then click Server Ping.
2. Specify the SQL Server instance or server group that contains the logins whose passwords you want to check. Use the following steps to specify more than one instance:
   1. Click Add.
   2. On the Add Server window, type the name of each instance, separating multiple instances with semicolons.
   3. Specify the type of authentication you want Server Ping to use to connect to the specified instances. By default, the credentials of your current Windows account are used.
   4. To verify that the connection settings are valid for the specified instances, click Test Connection.
   5. Indicate whether you want to receive overall status information or alerts and notifications about the specified instance.
   6. Click OK.
3. Select the appropriate system tray options.
4. Choose whether you to run a WMI or SQL query to retrieve the status of the specified instances. You can specify which SQL command you want to run in the query.
5. Click Check Servers Now.

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