SQL Server 2008 Installation Strategies and Best Practices Part 2 of 5 Greetings, last week I initiated this blog series which focuses on best practices and installation strategies when deploying SQL ...

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) used in many enterprise-level companies. It provides a secure and scalable environment for storing, managing, and retrieving ...

Security is important for every product and every business. By following simple best practices, you can avoid many security vulnerabilities. This article discusses some security best practices that ...

Migrate a Reporting Services Installation (Native Mode) This topic provides step-by-step instructions for migrating one of the following supported versions of a [!INCLUDE ssRSnoversion] native mode ...

Installing SQL Server on Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit is not as simple as it appears Most of my test servers are still 32-bit machines. It’s not until recently that I have started to use 64-bit ...

I am installing SQL server 2000 (standard edition) to support several different 'Administrative' packages I use at work.<BR><BR>Namely, Altiris, Mcafee Management Console, OpenManage to name a ...

Arthur Fuller recounts his less-than-smooth installation of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and offers a few suggestions based on what he learned along the way. Like thousands of developers, I eagerly ...