Content type: Best Practices

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Leverage your Oracle DBA skills on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 

A couple of months ago we mentioned an upcoming book entitled “Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration for Oracle DBAs” which is aimed at experienced Oracle DBAs that want to use their existing Oracle knowledge as a springboard to learning SQL Server. The good news is that the book is now available!
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CIOs share insight on best practices and challenges in today’s enterprise environment 

This week, Microsoft launched a new tool for information on mission critical applications called Today’s Enterprise. Designed to help CIOs and IT decision makers share ideas and best practices and analyze their platform options, the site features case studies, product information and CIO commentary on the various needs and issues IT decision makers are facing today. Tony Scott, CIO of Microsoft Corp.
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How can I prepare for PowerPivot? 

By Denny Lee, SQL Server Customer Advisory Team One of the main concerns for PowerPivot as an IT Professional or Database Administrator is that PowerPivot involves many different systems of SharePoint, Office, and SQL Server 2008 R2.  It also has a lot of moving parts and making sure that all of these parts work together can be daunting.
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New SQL Server 2008 R2 Ebook 

From the Microsoft Learning Team: Our purpose in Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is to point out both the new and the improved in the latest version of SQL Server. Because this version is Release 2 (R2) of SQL Server 2008, you might think the changes are relatively minor—more than a service pack, but not enough to justify an entirely new version.
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New Data Visualizations in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 

Sean Boon from the Reporting Services team here. In the spirit of last week’s SQL Server Sequence question about Reporting Services 2008 R2. I wanted to talk more about the new visualizations and how they can help you effectively communicate insights in your data.   Maps.  Maps can be very powerful visualizations.
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Get a free copy of SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition! 

First the let’s talk about the great Microsoft breakout sessions at this year’s PASS Summit conference!  Some of the highlights from the 60+ Microsoft sessions include Liam Cavanagh (3 sessions on the upcoming SQL Azure Database solution), Buck Woody (2 sessions on Manageability, and 1 session on Performance Tuning), and Albert Chew (2 sessions on BI, including the upcoming Gemini self-service BI Excel plug-in).
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Ultimate guide for upgrading to SQL Server 2008 

Last week, our SQL Server engineering team in association with Solid Quality Mentors released an unprecedented 490-page free whitepaper called SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide that provides in-depth information on how to upgrade to SQL Server 2008.