The UCP must be hosted on a SQL Server 2008 R2 server, and any managed instances must be at least SQL Server 2008 R2; hopefully this will change once SQL Server 2008 R2 is released.

Utility Control Point shipped in SQL Server 2008 R2 gives a single point of reasoning in terms of instance and database application management. It provides an easy way to address the problems of ...

For those legacy SQL Server 2008/R2 applications that remain critical, some form of high availability or disaster recovery protection will be required to preserve business continuity.

For more information about SQL Server 2008 end of life, check out this on-demand webinar: SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 End of Life: Time to Think About the Future.

Disaster-proofing SQL Server involves more than bringing another instance of SQL Server online within a specified RTO. You need to ensure that the second instance of SQL Server can interact with the ...

Organizations that operate Microsoft SQL Server may have to rethink their database virtualization strategy, thanks to the upcoming release of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.

In less than a year, Microsoft will end support for SQL Server 2008, meaning no more updates and no more support of any kind, but perhaps more problems on the security and compliance fronts for ...

Microsoft rolled out Release Candidate 0 (RC0) of SQL Server 2008, which is available for evaluation by developers and database administrators who want an early look at the relational database ...

Instance Stacking Another technique is instance stacking, which can help reduce OS numbers and licensed core counts. (Microsoft allows for the installation of up to 50 SQL Server instances per ...