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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

This post will show you how to resolve Managed SQL Server installer has stopped working error, when you install SQL Server SQL on Windows.

How to Install Microsoft SQL Query Analyzer. The Microsoft SQL Query Analyzer is part of the client tools that come with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. It's designed to analyze the ...

We are in the process of planning our upgrade to DPM 2010 in the next month or so. Just was curious if there was any advantage/disadvantage to installing the SQL Database locally or creating ...

When I run the CD, it opens the first menu screen (Install SQL 2000 Server Components), then the next (Install Database Server), brings up a message about SQL 2000 not being supported on Windows ...

Microsoft posted on April 18, 2006 the RTM version of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005 Developer, Workgroup, Standard, Enterprise, and Express editions. Get the lowdown on SP-1's added features, ...

Get Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools – Business Intelligence for Visual Studio 2012, then download it. The installer should start and any updates should be included.