| DisplayName | Description | ID | Target | Enabled | Frequency | Remotable |
| Discover SQL Server Agent for a DB Engine | This object discovery discovers the SQL Server Agent for an instance of SQL Server 2008 DB Engine. There will always be one SQL Server Agent instance for each DB Engine instance. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.AgentDiscovery | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine | True | 14400 | False |
| Discover SQL Server 2008 Agent Jobs | This object discovery discovers all SQL Server 2008 Agent jobs. The discovery is disabled by default. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.AgentJobDiscoveryRule | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Agent | False | 14400 | False |
| Discover SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services (Windows Server) | This object discovery discovers all instances of SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services. By default all instances are discovered an monitored. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.AnalysisServicesDiscoveryRule.Server | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Seed | False | 14400 | False |
| Discover Databases for a Database Engine | This object discovery discovers all databases running for a given instance of SQL Server 2008 DB Engine. By default all databases are discovered and monitored. You can override the discovery to exclude one or more databases from being discovered using the Exclude List. This list takes a comma-separated list of database names or the * character to exclude all databases. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DatabaseDiscoveryRule | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine | True | 14400 | False |
| Discover SQL Server 2008 Database Engines (Windows Server) | This object discovery discovers all instances of SQL Server 2008 DB Engine running on Windows Servers. By default all instances are discovered and monitored. You can override the discovery to exclude one or more instances from being discovered using the Exclude List. This list takes a comma-separated list of instance names or the * character to exclude all instances. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngineDiscoveryRule.Server | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Seed | True | 14400 | False |
| Discover File Groups | This object discovery discovers the file group information for each SQL Server 2008 Database. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBFileGroupDiscoveryRule | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine | True | 0 | False |
| Discover Files | This object discovery discovers the file information for each SQL Server 2008 Database. The discovery is disabled by default and should be enabled for specific databases or DB Engine instances where deeper file monitoring is required. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBFilesDiscoveryRule | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine | True | 0 | False |
| License Discovery for Microsoft SQL Server | This is a system discovery which should not be modified. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.EnterpriseLicenseDiscoveryRule | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine | True | 0 | False |
| Discover SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (Windows Server) | This object discovery discovers if SQL Server 2008 Integrate Services is installed. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.IntegrationServicesDiscoveryRule.Server | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Seed | True | 14400 | False |
| Populate Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Computer Group | This object discovery populates the SQL Server 2008 Computer Group with all computers that are running one or more components of SQL Server 2008. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.PopulateSQLServersComputerGroup | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.ComputerGroup | True | 0 | False |
| Populate Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Instance Group | This object discovery populates the SQL Server 2008 Instance Group with all SQL Server 2008 DB Engine. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.PopulateSQLServersInstanceGroup | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.InstanceGroup | True | 0 | False |
| Populate Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Replication Computers Group | This object discovery populates the SQL Server 2008 Replication Component computer group with all computers that are running an instance of SQL Server 2008 DB Engine and have some replication component configured. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.PopulateSQLServersReplicationGroup | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.ReplicationComputerGroup | True | 0 | False |
| Discover Replication Components | This object discovery discovers all SQL Server Replication components on a SQL Server 2008 DB Engine. The discovery is disabled by default. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.ReplicationComponentDiscoveryRule | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine | False | 14400 | False |
| SQL Server 2008 Replication Publications and Subscriptions Discovery Provider | This object discovery discovers replication publications and subscriptions for each SQL Server 2008 database. The discovery is disabled by default. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.ReplicationPublicationsSubscriptionsDiscoveryRule | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine | False | 14400 | False |
| Discover SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (Windows Server) | This object discovery discovers all instances of SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. By default all instances are discovered an monitored. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.ReportingServicesDiscoveryRule.Server | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Seed | False | 14400 | False |
| SQL Server 2008 DB Installation Discovery Source | This object discovery discovers a seed for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 installation. This object indicates that the particular server computer contains Microsoft SQL Server 2008 installation. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.SeedDiscovery | Microsoft.Windows.Server.Computer | True | 14400 | False |
| Populate Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Instance Group | This object discovery populates the SQL Server 2008 R2 Instance Group with all SQL Server 2008 R2 DB Engine. | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008R2.PopulateSQLServersInstanceGroup | Microsoft.SQLServer.2008R2.InstanceGroup | True | 0 | False |