Microsoft SQL Server Developer Edition 2008, DVD, SP E32-00674 User Manual

One of our big reasons for moving to SQL Server 2008 so early was its scaling factor. We 
can handle enterprise customers, and we don’t see a limit to our ability to scale.

President, CyberSavvy

SQL Server 2008 and the Data Platform

SQL Server 2008 delivers on Microsoft’s Data Platform vision by helping your organization manage any data, any place, 
any time. It enables you to store data from structured, semi-structured, and unstructured documents such as images, 
music, documents directly within the database. SQL Server 2008 delivers a rich set of integrated services that enable you 
to do more with your data such as query, search, synchronize, report and analyze. Your data can be stored and accessed 
in your largest servers within the Data Center all the way down to desktops and mobile devices, enabling you to have 
control over your data no matter where it is stored. SQL Server 2008 enables you to consume your data within custom 
applications developed using Microsoft

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 .NET and Visual Studio

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 and within your service-oriented architecture (SOA) and 

business process through Microsoft

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 BizTalk

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 Server while information workers can access data directly in the tools they 

use everyday such as the 2007 Microsoft

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 Office system. SQL Server 2008 delivers a trusted, productive and intelligent 

data platform for all your data needs.

Mobile and

Desktop

Cloud 

Storage

Datacenter