Monday, May 23, 2011

Top 10 SQL Server 2008 Features for the Database Administrator (DBA)

We migrated to the new version Sql server 2008 R2 early this year but I am afraid that we have not been able to utilize all of the "awesome" features that sql 2008 comes with, though we have used SSIS, DBmail etc but that is in development aspect. Here is a list (yes of course the top 10). More blog posts to follow on the research and hands on experience on each of the follwing features.

1.Activity Monitor
2.[Sql Server Audit]
3.BackUp Compression - ( I love this feature - considering how many databases we backup daily and monthly)
4.Central Managemant Servers
5.Data Collector and Management Data Warehouse
6.Data Compression
7.Policy-Based Management ( as the team grows this will be helpful - to implement standards on that naming conventions.)
8.Predictable Performance and Concurrency
9.Resource Governor
10.Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

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