Empowered
IT
Mission Critical Platform
Cloud Desktop & Mobile Server & Datacenter
Pervasive
Insight Dynamic
Development
*Source: Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2008 & Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse DBMS, 2007
+Source: “Worldwide Relational Database Management Systems 2007 Vendor Shares,” Carl W. Olofson, IDC, June 2008
#Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database
Over 7 Million Downloads of SQL Server 2008
In Leaders Quadrant in Gartner Magic Quadrants for DW & BI*
Leading Performance Benchmarks: TPC-H, TPC-E, & Applications
SQL Server is the Fastest Growing Relational Database WW+
SQL Server has the Fewest Vulnerabilities of Any Enterprise DB#
Over 30,000 partners are offering solutions
Managed Self-Service BI
Multi-Server Management
Virtualization & Live Migration
Scalable relational database
platform
Consistent, familiar model & tools
Self-managed, highly available cloud
services
MPP support for 10s to 100s TB DW
Highly scalable appliances
Seamless integration with Microsoft
BI
Trusted, Scalable
Platform
IT & Developer
Efficiency
Managed
Self-Service BI
Self-service analytics
Self-service reporting
Streamlined collaboration &
management
Multi-server management
Virtualization & Live Migration
Accelerated development & deployment
Enterprise-level security, scalability
High-scale, complex event processing
Data consistency across
heterogeneous systems
Comprehensive Platform for IT Value
Scalable relational database platform
Consistent, familiar model & tools
Self-managed, highly available cloud service
MPP support for 10s-100s TB DW
Highly scalable appliances
Seamless BI Integration
Analyzing Massive Data Volumes in Excel
With a few mouse clicks, a user can create and publish intuitive and interactive self-service analysis solutions.
PowerPivot
for Excel
PowerPivot
for SharePoint
Tomorrow Today
Manage capacity through policies – save time, optimize resources
Control server sprawl with 1 to many management – setup is fast and easy
Single unit of deployment – increase deployment and upgrade efficiency
Cluster
Node 1
Network
Storage
Cluster
Node 2
Configuration Data
Virtual
Machine
Memory Content
VHD
Memory Sync
Virtual
Machine
User
Easy provisioning and deployment
Auto High availability and fault tolerant
Self-managing and self-healing
Database as a utility with pay as you grow scaling
Rely on Business-ready SLAs
Enable multi-tenant solutions
Manage multiple servers
Build cloud-based database solutions on a familiar relational model
Build on existing developer skills and familiar Transact-SQL syntax
Explore new data application patterns
Relational Database as a service
• Comprehensive data platform with highest service levels for mission-critical workloads
• Built-in security, availability, and scale
• Coupled with robust business intelligence offerings
• Application and Multi-Server Management for up to 25 instances
• PowerPivot for SharePoint
• Analysis Services In-memory BI
• Master Data Services
• Data Compression with Unicode UCS-2 support
• Resource Governor
• Data Compression
• Transparent Data Encryption
• Database Mirroring Enhancements
• Scale-out BI
New Features in R2 Top Features in 2008
New edition for the datacenter
• Highest levels of scalability for large application workloads
• Aligns with Windows Server
• Priced by processor, no additional costs for multi-core
High-Scale CEP Deployments
w/StreamInsight
Financial Services, Web Analytics
High-scale Multi-Instance Mgmt.
Central collection and reporting of
database resource utilization for
capacity planning
Scale-up across workloads
Supports largest SMP hardware
(up to 256 logical processors)
Unlimited Virtualization
Can be combined with multi-
instance management benefits for
server consolidation
Key Capabilities
What’s new, what’s different
Standard Enterprise Datacenter
Memory 64GB RAM 2TB RAM OS Max
CPU Support 4 Procs Up to 8 Procs
>8 Procs
Up to 256 logical procs
Virtualization
Licensing
Virtualization 1 VM/
license Virtualization 4 VM/ license Max. Virtualization
Virtualization
Support Hyper-V Live Migration Hyper-V Live Migration Hyper-V Live Migration
OLTP &
Multi-Server
Mgt.
Backup Compression
(new from Enterprise)
Can be a managed
instance
Unicode UCS-2
Compression
Control Point for up to 25
managed instances
Unicode UCS-2
Compression
Control Point to manage
max. number of instances
Business
Intelligence
Componentized
Reports (SSRS)
Advanced Visualization
(maps)
PowerPivot for SharePoint
Master Data Services
PowerPivot for SharePoint
Master Data Services
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