Com 350 páginas este documento é um excelente guia para DBAs, desenvolvedores e tomadores de decisão que pretendem migrar seus servidores SQL Server 7.0 ou 2000 para o SQL Server 2005.
O guia cobre os seguintes tópicos:
Section 1.0, Upgrade Planning and Deployment: provides a comprehensive overview of the key planning and deployment considerations for upgrading to SQL Server 2005.
Sections 2.01-2.05: cover special upgrade considerations for high availability and very large databases (VLDB).
Sections 3.01-3.08: cover upgrading relational databases to SQL Server 2005, including specific discussions on security, Transact-SQL queries, full-text catalogs, maintenance plans and SQL Server Agent jobs, Notification Services, Management Tools, and MSDE.
Sections 4.01-4.03: then cover moving to the SQL Server 2005 business intelligence components: Reporting Services, Integration Services, and Analysis Services.
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