Video:
What's New in SQL Server 2008 - Part 1
Skill
level:
100 (Beginner)- Run Time:
14:45
- Instructor:
Scott Whigham
Description:
We will be taking a look at some of the new features and enhancements in SQL Server 2008, as handpicked by the author. The detailed features in this video section are not comprehensive. Keep in mind that some of the new features may only target 5% of users, but many are simply "better ways" . In this introductory discussion of the features, the author will discuss how they relate to your job as a SQL Server DBA. This video won't introduce any new features, but rather discuss how SQL Server 2008 has changed the DBA workforce.
Highlights from this video:
- Why upgrade to SQL 2008?
- Customer support
- Scalability
- New features
- SQL Server DBA's : specialization on components
- Segmenting the "talent"
- SQL 2008 = hard to be a specialist?
and much more
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Scott Whigham
Scott Whigham is the founder of LearnItFirst.com, one of the web's most extensive
video training libraries focusing on technical training. Scott is also an experienced
consultant, trainer, and author with more than a decade of hands-on experience working
with SQL Server databases, writing and debugging applications using Visual Studio,
and performance tuning. Scott designed the architecture (websites, class libraries,
and database) for the LearnItFirst.com websites and, most
re...
(Scott's full bio can be found here)
NOTE: This video is part of our
SQL Server 2008 Database Administration course.
This video is from Chapter
1:
Overview, History, Editions, Licensing, and What's New in SQL Server 2008
