White paper

Worth the Wait: Why SQL Server 2008 Is Great

Note from the author:

SQL Server 2008, like SQL Server 2005, provides a plethora of new features and capabilities, as well as the usual bevy of bug fixes and performance improvements. Microsoft, however, has identified three areas where they're focusing their improvements:

  • Trustworthiness of the platform, its data, and its users: provide the security, reliability, and scalability that are required by the most demanding business applications
  • Productivity of database administrators and developers: offer an array of new data-driven management solutions that reduce the time and cost of managing and developing applications
  • Business intelligence: provide a comprehensive platform for delivering and consuming intelligence when and where your users want it

That's how Microsoft has divided up the main elements of their marketing thrust for SQL Server 2008. However, as a working DBA and developer, my mind is not on the marketing as much as it is on the particulars within SQL Server 2008 that will make my life easier and solve my particular points of pain. With that in mind, this white paper will introduce you to the top ten features and capabilities in SQL Server 2008 that I find to be the most exciting and valuable.

Kevin Kline, SQL Server MVP and SQL Server Technology Strategist for Quest Software