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WHITEPAPER - SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide

If you haven’t read this whitepaper, read it now.

 

This is a comprehensive upgrade guide that details all aspects of planning for and implementing an upgrade from your SQL 7.0/2000 to SQL 2005.

 

In this 360 page whitepaper, you will learn about:

 

  • Supported upgrade paths
  • Planning your upgrade to SQL 2005, both in-place and side-by-side
  • Backwards compatibility considerations
  • Upgrade tools like Upgrade Advisor
  • Strategies for minimizing upgrade downtime
  • Upgrading failover cluster installations
  • Log shipping upgrade considerations and planning
  • Upgrading replication topologies
  • Special considerations for very large databases
  • Security considerations
  • Upgrading Full text catalogs
  • Reporting Services upgrade considerations and methods
  • DTS to SSIS upgrade 

A must read if you plan to have a smooth upgrade to SQL 2005. Read it here.

 

Happy reading!

 

POSTED BY : Sanchan Saxena

Published Friday, September 29, 2006 8:14 PM by sqlblog
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