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 ...

My latest title SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration includes a dedicated chapter on how to design and implement a SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering when running on Windows Server 2008.

Installing SQL Server 2008 is a very similar process to installing SQL Server 2005. The installer uses the same MSI format, which gives you granular control of components and their installation ...

How Do I Install Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008? Rikalous pointed out that Business Intelligence Development Studio is needed. In the SQL Server 2008 installation wizard, there is an ...

More notes from the field on installing the new version of SQL Sever.

And if you install SQL Server 2008 CTP, you should know that you can't read SSCE 3.1 files using the 2008 Management Studio. The point to remember is this: VS/SQL2008 = Compact 3.5, and VS/SQL 2005 = ...

Information in this article applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The instructions for earlier versions of SQL Server, including versions 2008 and 2005, are similar.

Microsoft also released a Feature Pack for SQL Server 2008 SP3. The Feature Pack, available here, contains enhancements that can be added via individual installation packages.

According to Rikalous, installing Business Intelligence Development Studio is necessary. Upon installing SQL Server 2008 you need to select the Client tools option under the Client tools section of ...