You might be running a version of SQL Server that is perfectly suited to your company. Here's a quick look at the pros and cons of upgrading now. With SQL Server 2008 ...

Each version of Microsoft’s SQL Server comes with five years of full support, followed by five years of security-only updates. Here are five questions to ask before your next upgrade. 1. Should My ...

Nevertheless, if a district decides to perform an in-place upgrade, it should check out the Upgrade Advisor tool that’s part of the SQL Server 2014 Feature Pack. If the aim is to clone an old SQL ...

This is a good time to recommend moving to Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings that remove the upgrade management from your responsibilities. Incidentally, Microsoft's SQL Server team just ...

Well, after going through that painful process, I proceeded onto my upgrade from SQL Server 2005 to 2008 using the “in-place” method. I was pleasantly surprised how smooth the transition was.

you may discover that some of the workloads that are running on SQL Server 2005 are no longer needed. Retire such workloads to reduce upgrade costs. 3. Standardize on a single SQL Server version. A ...

His clients include major organizations on six continents. Each version of Microsoft’s SQL Server comes with five years of full support, followed by five years of security-only updates. Here are five ...

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 ...

Then we will discuss the need to upgrade from SQL Server 2008/R2 which is nearing the end of Microsoft’s extended service period. We’ll cover some of the reasons that business are slow to ...

I have an installation of Sharepoint Foundation 2010 with a SQL 2010 Express backend on a 2008 server. We need to overcome the 10GB/database limit of SQL Express and so we're going to upgrade to ...