{"id":6023,"date":"2008-12-04T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:51:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:51:40","slug":"ultimate-guide-for-upgrading-to-sql-server-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/12\/04\/ultimate-guide-for-upgrading-to-sql-server-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate guide for upgrading to SQL Server 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last week, our SQL Server engineering team in association with Solid Quality Mentors released an unprecedented 490-page<\/strong> free whitepaper called SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide<\/strong> that provides in-depth information on how to upgrade to SQL Server 2008. The guide can be downloaded from here<\/a>, and the following is a listing of topics covered in each chapter:<\/p>\n Overview of technical issues and decisions involved in upgrading to SQL Server 2008, as well as recommendations for planning and deploying an upgrade.<\/p>\n Addresses issues related to upgrading to SQL Server 2008 Management Tools.<\/p>\n Upgrade issues for SQL Server relational databases.<\/p>\n Chapter 3: Relational Databases (Pages 92-117) Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 Express<\/p>\n Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence components: Analysis Services, Data Mining, Integration Services, and Reporting Services.<\/p>\n Chapter 11: Analysis Services (Pages 271-302) Implications of upgrading to SQL Server 2008 for other Microsoft applications and platforms.<\/p>\n Detailed table of allowed SQL Server 2008 version and edition upgrade paths.<\/p>\n Upgrade planning checklist.<\/p>\n Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\nChapter 4: High Availability (Pages 118-181)
\nChapter 5: Security (Pages 182-198)
\nChapter 6: Full-Text Search (Pages 199-210)
\nChapter 7: Service Broker (Pages 211-216)
\nChapter 8: Transact-SQL Queries (Pages 217-243)
\nChapter 9: Notification Services (Pages 244-251)<\/p>\n\n
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\nChapter 12: Data Mining (Pages 303-329)
\nChapter 13: Analysis Services (Pages 330-420)
\nChapter 14: Reporting Services (Pages 421-468)<\/p>\n\n
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\nFree toolkit from Microsoft that finds computers on a network and performs detailed inventory of software running on those computers<\/li>\n