New Installation, Upgrade or Transition? Organizations that have conducted a SQL Server implementation in the past may need to perform a new SQL Server 2008 installation or upgrade their existing SQL ...

Recently organizations, fellow SQL Server MVPs and DBAs have asked me for resources on how to install a SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster from both a SQL Server and a Windows Server 2008 perspective.

Ok, by now my first upgrade experience with Katmai is well-documented. So I thought I’d pass along some of my other experiences and some of the things I’ve learned. My Vista upgrade: I have a copy of ...

In-Depth Laying the Groundwork for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Redmond's new database server is a complex product often running mission-critical apps. You can't afford to not get it right. By Josh Jones ...

Hey, I'm trying to install SQL Server 2008 (and eventually 2012) from the command line. I've decided that a good way to go about this is to use a configuration file. Sco: Unable to write hklm registry ...

This week we will discuss how to troubleshoot different assembly errors that we get while troubleshooting installs for SQL Server. I’ll focus this article more on SQL Server and Windows systems.