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• Overview. Located in the top-right section of the Instances table.
• Instances. Located in the action items bar in each of the Managed, SQL Licensing, Decommissioned, Discovered, Ignored, and Ignored tabs.
• Administration. Located in the Instances section.

Below you can see the tabs and sections where you can find Add SQL Server instances. Click the image to view full size.

The Add Instance Wizard contains the following four sections:

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1. Type the name of instance or instances you want to register in the SQL Server Instance box. Use a semicolon to separate multiple instances. Check Cloud Instance if you want to search for Cloud-based instances.

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   When you select instances on the Discovered or Ignored Instances views, the wizard already adds them to this box.

   
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   Use the Browse button to access a list of discovered instances that are not yet registered with SQL Inventory Manager. Check the box next to the instances you want to add, and then click Apply.
   
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2. Click Next to go to the next section.
   
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2. Credentials

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• Specify the type of account that you want to use to access your SQL Server instance and collect information. If you do not want to use the SQL Inventory Manager service account, select a Windows user account or SQL Server login account from the Account Type list.
  
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• If you select a Windows user account or SQL Server login account , type the associated user name and password. SQL Inventory Manager uses this account for SQL queries to gather availability and configuration data.
  
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• You can test the correctness of your credentials by clicking Test Credentials.

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• On this section, you can choose to use the SQL Inventory Manager service account or a Windows user account by selecting either from the Account Type list.
  
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• If you choose to use a Windows user account, type the respective user name and password. This account allows you to access Windows configuration data of the computer that hosts the registered instance.

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  IDERA recommends that you use the Test Credentials option to verify that SQL Inventory Manager can successfully monitor the newly registered instances.

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• Click any of the suggested Popular Tags on the right side of the window. The tag appears now on Current Tags on the left.
• You can click See All Tags on the top right section to display all available tags.

• If you want to Add a New Tag, type the name in the bottom box, and then click ADD. The new tag is added to the Current Tags list.
  
  

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  Warning
  The tag name must begin with an upper or lowercase alphanumerical character. Your tag name must have a maximum length of 20 characters. Only the following special characters are valid for tags: ! # @ ( ) ' . : - _ and embedded spaces.

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  Refer to the Managing tags section for more guidance on how to add, view, edit, or delete tags.

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You can also force data collection for an instance by selecting Refresh Data on the Instance details view. For more information, refer to Viewing instance details.

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