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Microsoft on Thursday released Service Pack 3 (SP3) for SQL Server 2008. The new service pack arrives about one year after the release of Service Pack 2. SP3 contains a lot of fixes to the earlier ...

It's not 2008 anymore. Joey details the ins and outs of upgrading these aging Microsoft servers, including licensing changes, support options and potential pitfalls. It was a simpler time. A decade ...

As a training company we always have a dilemma when a new release comes out. The early adopters want the training yesterday so that they can be at the leading (or bleeding) edge of technology. Many ...

In SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced the Upgrade Advisor. This was a great idea to be able to analyze your current SQL Server in a safe environment and start the planning process of an important ...

SQL Server, Microsoft's flagship operational database, has been around for over a quarter century now. That has meant successive waves of innovation for the platform, but has also made for ...

This week we will discuss how to troubleshoot different assembly errors that we get while troubleshooting installs for SQL Server. I’ll focus this article more on SQL Server and Windows systems.

Customers now can download a fully-functional trial version for evaluation, and Microsoft is also making the software available to the Microsoft Developer Network and TechNet subscribers. With SQL ...

Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 this week and announced that it's available for download. The new service pack fixes some minor issues, and not much has apparently changed since ...

With Extended Support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 ending in July 2019, to be followed six months later by the end of Extended Support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 in January 2020 ...