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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

Reviewers GuidePublished: March 2010

Updated: March 2010

Summary:This guide provides key materials for evaluating Microsoft S! Server 200"

#2$ including product details$ installation instructions and a guided tour%


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Contents

Welcome...........................................................................................................5

Whats New in SQL Server 2008 R2.................................................................!

SQL Server 2008 R2 "eature Review ..............................................................#5

$ey "eatures at a %lance............................................................................#5

&ruste'( Scala)le *lat+orm.........................................................................22

,& an' -eveloer /++iciency........................................................................5

&here has never )een 1reater 'eman' +or ,& to rovi'e more value with

eistin1 )u'1ets an' resources. SQL Server 2008 R2 rovi'es new tools +or

mana1in1 lar1e multi'ata)ase environments alon1 with imrove'

caa)ilities to hel maimi3e the value o+ consoli'ation e++orts( an' ensure

the streamline' 'eveloment an' 'eloyment o+ 'ata4'riven alications.

...................................................................................................................5

&his section will +ocus on how SQL Server 2008 R2 hels the ,& ro+essional

an' 'eveloers )ecome more e++icient with enhancements to rovi'e

1reater visi)ility an' control( ena)le resource otimi3ation an' +urther

'rive 'eloyment an' a'ministrative e++iciencies......................................5


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elcomeelcome to the Microsoft S! Server 200" #2 #evie)ers 'uide%

This document is designed to help you understand the features and capabilities of the

ne) version of S! Server 200" #2 and take a tour of its capabilities%

-rgani;ations are looking to compete and gro) by reducing costs$ reducing time to

market and identifying the highest value opportunities for their business% e?re moving

for)ard to rapidly address these challenges )ith ne) capabilities in development$

manageability$ business intelligence and data )arehousing and by delivering the first

relational database cloud offering )ith Microsoft S! /;ure% e have a vision for an

information platform that goes beyond storing and managing your data to help you

deliver greater value from your data across your business in the applications your

people use every day%

/ key element of this vision is to focus on the people at the center$ the users of S!

Server:

@ ,T and database professionals )ho support e9panding information needs through

,T services

@ +usiness intelligence 7+,8 practitioners and end users )ho are looking to Auickly

mine data for business insights to increase customer satisfaction and drive

business results

@ 4evelopers )ho build solutions to Auickly capture business opportunities in an

increasingly competitive market

Microsoft is committed to deliver an information platform that provides you )ith a

complete set of enterprise


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policy and helping drive ,T costs do)n )hile ensuring business uptime and

agility% Microsoft$ along )ith its global partners$ can no) deliver highly scalable data

)arehouse appliances based on standard reference architectures for guaranteed

performance$ )hile giving customers choice in )hich partners and configurations

best suit their needs%

The key challenges )e prioriti;ed addressing )ith S! Server 200" #2 are broken do)n

into three main categories:

-ata Scale( Quality an' Comliance.4ata volumes especially for decision support

systems are gro)ing e9ponentially and the ability for the hard)are and soft)are to

support this gro)th is essential% /s information becomes more readily available to the

rank and file of organi;ations$ the ability to apply authori;ation rules and automate

access also becomes critical%

'ministrator /++iciency.,f you look at the trend of technology over time you?ll see

that )e?re graduating more and more database administrators$ and that?s great but theproblem is that the proliferation of soft)are and database applications is increasing at a

greater rate than the number of database administrators on staff so )hat you get are

these overburdened administrators% -n top of that$ the increase in the hard)are

computing capacity tends to leave a lot of underutili;ed hard)are% So ,T admins not

only need to become more efficient in managing a large number of applications$ they

also need to ensure that resources are optimally utili;ed%

/n'46ser /mowerment.This is essentially about enabling end users to do more )ith

less dependency on their ,T departments% ,T )as cited by end users as being a maor

bottleneck to reporting and analysis proects and from an ,T perspective$ they simply

could not keep up )ith every change an end user demands% Providing end users )ithintuitive tools that enable them to build their o)n reports and models for analysis )as a

maor challenge for ,T%

This guide )ill )alk you through the maor upgrades$ ne) features and changes that

address these challenges% ,n addition$ the second part of the guide )ill help you get

started in the installation and testing of the Microsoft S! Server 200" #2 +eta%

There are five sections in the guide:

Whats New / summary of )hat?s in

the release

"eatures at a %lance -vervie) of all features

"eature Review Product details and screenshots

%ettin1 Starte' Step


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hat?s e) in S! Server 200" #2Ge have been listening to the challenges that businesses face today% The upcoming

Microsoft S! Server 200" #2 is designed to meet these challenges and represents a

significant evolution in scalability$ manageability$ data compression$ applicationdeployment and self


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&ruste'( Scala)le *lat+ormS! Server 200" #2 provides a comprehensive information platform delivering high

levels of performance$ scalability$ availability and security for mission


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,t includes role


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7ana1e' Sel+4Service ,S! Server 200" #2 unveils groundbreaking ne) technologies and tools$ specifically

targeted at empo)ering users$ assisting in seamless$ highly secure sharing and

collaboration$ and increasing ,T and +, developer efficiency%

S! Server 200" #2 delivers a complete data infrastructure and +, platform$ )orks )ith

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 to supply a reliable and highly secure collaboration

platform$ and e9tends Microsoft -ffice 2010 to provide an intuitive and familiar user

platform )ith po)erful analytics capabilities% The Microsoft +, solution stack is a

cornerstone in the Microsoft +, vision to provide business insight to all employees$

leading to better$ faster$ more relevant decisions%

"i1ure 2: &he 7icroso+t , Solution Stac

S! Server 200" #2 capitali;es on the key business benefits that the Microsoft +,solution stack provides to the organi;ation$ business users$ and the ,T department and

enables Managed Self


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Ma9imi;e utili;ation of familiar &9cel features$ such as the Microsoft -ffice .luent

user interface$ PivotTables$ Pivot*harts and the ne) Slicers feature for

interactive analysis

,mprove accuracy in decisions by combining and analy;ing massive amounts of

data from a multitude of sources$ including relational databases$multidimensional sources$ cloud services$ data feeds$ &9cel files$ and te9t files$

in the corporate net)ork and on the ,nternetJ and sort$ filter and scroll through

millions of ro)s of data )ith about the same performance as a fe) thousand

ro)s%

,ntuitive authoring and publishing of business reports )ith rich visuali;ations$

fle9ible layouts$ re


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,& an' -eveloer /++iciencyS! Server 200" #2 provides ne) tools for managing large multidatabase

environments along )ith improved capabilities to help ma9imi;e the value of

consolidation efforts$ and ensure the streamlined development and deployment of data


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SQL 3ureMicrosoft S! /;ure 4atabase is a cloud


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5ou can harness this global scalability to build the ne9t generation of ,nternet

7aster -ata 7ana1er

Master 4ata Manager is a eb application that serves as a ste)ardship portal for

business users and a management interface for administrators% Master 4ata Manager

includes the follo)ing five functional areas:

/lorer.Use this area to edit the master data model obects and master datadetails$ apply business rules to validate master data$ revie) and correct data Aualityissues$ annotate master data$ monitor changes$ and reverse transactions%

;ersion 7ana1ement.Use this area to create a ne) version of your master data

model and underlying data$ uncover all validation issues in a model$ prevent users

from making changes$ assign a flag to indicate the current version for subscribingsystems$ revie) changes$ and reverse transactions%

,nte1ration 7ana1ement.Use this area to create and process batches for

importing data from staging tables into the M4S database$ vie) errors arising from

the import process$ and create subscription vie)s for consumption of master databy operational and analytic applications%

System 'ministration.Use this area to create a ne) model and model obects$define business rules$ configure notifications for failed data validation and deploy a

model to another system%

6ser an' %rou *ermissions.Use this area to configure security for users and

groups to access functional areas in Master 4ata Manager$ to perform specificfunctions$ or to restrict or deny access to specific model obects%

We) Services

M4S includes a eb services /P, as an option for creating custom applications that

combine M4S )ith an organi;ation?s e9isting applications and processes% This /P,

provides access to the master data model definitions as )ell as to the master data

itself% /s an e9ample$ using this /P,$ you can completely replace the Master 4ata

Manager eb application%


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usiness Rules

-ne of the goals of a master data management system is to set up data correctly once

and to propagate only valid changes to do)nstream systems% To achieve this goal$ the

system must be able to recogni;e valid data and to alert you )hen it detects invalid

data% ,n M4S$ you create business rules to describe the conditions )hich render datainvalid% .or e9ample$ you can create a business rule that specifies the reAuired

attributes 7also kno)n as fields8 for an entity% / business entity is likely to have multiple

business rules )hich you can seAuence in order of priority$ as in .igure (%

"i1ure =. *ro'uct entitys )usiness rules

.igure = is an e9ample of a simple condition )hich simply identifies the reAuired fields

for the Product entity% ,f you omit any of these fields )hen you edit a product member$

M4S notes a validation issue for that member and prevents you from using the master

data model until you supply the missing values%

"i1ure @. ReAuire' +iel's )usiness rule

;ersionin1 7ana1ement

M4S uses a versioning management process to support multiple copies of a model andthe data it contains% ith versioning$ you can maintain an official )orking copy of

master data )hich no one can change alongside historical copies of master data forreference and a copy for )ork


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M4S creates the initial version )hen you create a model% /nyone )ith the appropriatepermissions can populate the model )ith master data and make changes to the model

obects in this initial version until you lock the version% /t that point$ only users )ithUpdate permissions can continue to modify the data in the locked version to add

missing information$ fi9 any business rules validation$ or revert changes made to themodel% ,f necessary$ you can temporarily unlock the version to allo) other users to

correct the data%

hen all data validates successfully$ you can commit the version% *ommitting a versionprevents any further changes to the model and allo)s you to make the version available

to do)nstream systems through subscriptions% 5ou can use a flag$ as sho)n in .igure >$to identify the version to use so that subscribing systems do not need to track the

current version number themselves% ,f you reAuire any subseAuent changes to themodel$ you create a ne) version by copying a previously committed version and allo)

users to make their changes to the ne) version%

"i1ure 5. 7o'el versions

Role4ase' Security

M4S uses a role


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"i1ure B. "unctional area ermissions

5ou can grant a user either #ead


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Comle /vent *rocessin1

hile typical relational database applications are Auery


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Li1htwei1ht rchitecture

The Stream,nsight runtime is the *&P server% ,t consists of the core engine and the

adapter frame)ork% The adapter frame)ork allo)s developers to create interfaces to

event stores such as eb servers$ devices or sensors$ and stock tickers or ne)s feeds

and event sinks such as pagers$ monitoring devices$ P, dashboards$ trading stations$

or databases% ,ncoming events are continuously streamed into standing Aueries in the

*&P server$ )hich processes and transforms the data according to the logic defined in

each Auery% The Auery result at the output can then be used to trigger specific actions%

"i1ure !: Stream,nsi1ht rchitecture

-eveloment 7o'els

Stream,nsight provides three development models that support *&P application

development% hile the tasks defined above remain the same$ actual implementation of

the tasks varies )ith the development model % Sample applications demonstrating each

of these models is available in the Stream,nsight Samples Soft)are 4evelopment it

7S48 available at htt:1o.microso+t.com+wlinLin,'D#B058%

The e9plicit server development model provides a full


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process and analy;e the events )ithin the *&P server% The server obect itself is

NanonymousN and cannot be accessed directly through the obect model%

The ,-bservableO,-bserver development model provides an alternative method

of implementing input and output adapters as the producers and consumers ofevent sources and sinks% This model is based on the ,-bservableO,-bserver

design pattern in )hich an observer is any obect that )ishes to be notified )henthe state of another obect changes$ and an observable is any obect )hose

state may be of interest$ and in )hom another obect may register an interest%.or e9ample$ in a publication


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7ana1e' Sel+4Service ,

Microsoft S! Server 200" #2 e9pands on the value delivered in S! Server 200" to

make actionable business intelligence accessible to all employees$ leading to better$faster$ more relevant decisions% More than ever$ organi;ations can empo)er individuals

to gain deeper insight into all aspects of their business and to share their findings

effortlessly and more securely%

S! Server 200" #2 unveils groundbreaking ne) technologies and tools$ specifically

targeted at empo)ering users$ assisting in seamless$ more secure sharing and

collaboration$ and increasing ,T and +, developer efficiency% ,nnovations$ such as

Po)erPivot for &9cel 2010 and SharePoint 2010$ don?t ust tackle typical enterprise +,

challenges D they change the game%


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/mower /n' 6sers

S! Server 200" #2 helps organi;ations empo)er their users by means of the follo)ing

tools: -ffice applications and add


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"i1ure 8. Samle *ower*ivot +or /cel lication

6ser ,nter+ace Customi3ations

Po)erPivot implements its o)n assembly to enhance the &9cel user e9perience through

ribbon customi;ations and spreadsheet templates$ and overrides the default PivotTablefield list to implement its o)n task pane%

;erti*aA /n1ine +or 'vance' -ata nalysis

HertiPaA makes the most of multicore processors and gigabytes of memory to process

enormous Auantities of data )ith incredible speed% Processing millions of ro)s takes

about the same time as thousands%

Column4ase' Comression

HertiPaA compresses the data users import into a Po)erPivot )orkbook )ith efficient

column


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+y using 4/3 in addition to standard &9cel features$ Po)erPivot users can Auickly

create advanced )orkbook applications% These applications can rely on data

relationships bet)een tables as in a database$ include calculated columns and

measures$ and aggregate over billions of ro)s% ,n many cases$ Po)erPivot for &9cel

2010 can establish the table relationships automatically%

4/3 formulas are very similar to the formulas you type in &9cel tables$ but there are

some key differences%

,n Microsoft &9cel you can reference individual cells or arraysJ in Po)erPivot you

can reference only complete tables or columns of data%

4/3 formulas do not support the same data types as Microsoft -ffice &9cel$ and

perform implicit type conversions on some data$ depending on the operation%More information is available at htt:ms'n.microso+t.comen4

usli)raryeeB=@B>SQL.#05?.as%

/ 4/3 formula al)ays starts )ith an eAual sign 78% /fter the eAuals sign$ you provideany or all of the follo)ing:

#eferences to columns or tables% The 4/3 language al)ays uses tables and

columns as inputs to functions$ never an array or arbitrary set of values%

-perators$ constants$ and values provided as part of an e9pression%

/ function and any reAuired arguments:

Most Po)erPivot functions reAuire one or more arguments$ )hich can includetable$ columns$ e9pressions$ and values% 6o)ever$ some functions$ such as P,$

do not reAuire any arguments$ but al)ays reAuire parentheses to indicate thenull argument% .or e9ample$ you must al)ays type P,78$ not P,% 5ou can also

nest functions )ithin other functions% &9pressions% /n e9pression can contain any or all of the follo)ing:

-perators*onstants

#eferences to columns

.or e9ample$ the follo)ing are all valid formulas:

.ormula #esults

( (

NSalesN Sales

QSalesQR*olumn

1

The value of *olumn 1 in the Sales table%

,f there is a relationship bet)een the current table and the sales table$ the value

)ill depend on the relationship%

70%0(

R/mount8

0%0(

R/mount

Three percent of the value in the amount column of the current table%

/lthough this formula can be used to calculate a percentage$ the result is not

sho)n as percentage unless you apply formatting in the table%

P,78 The value of the constant pi%

Q./!S&Q 0

7./!S& 08

T#U&

+ecause 0 and ./!S& are different data types$ 4/3 converts the values to a
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7Q./!S&Q 08 common type and compares the results%


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Reort uil'er =.0

#eport +uilder 2%0 )as released )ith S! Server 200" and gave the user e9panded

capabilities for importing Aueries from other report definition files or for )riting a Aueryon any data source supported by #eporting Services% ,n addition$ #eport +uilder 2%0

included support for all layout options of #eport 4efinitional !anguage 7#4!8% #eport

+uilder (%0 is the third iteration of this tool% ,t supports the ne) capabilities of S!

Server 200" #2 #4! including map$ sparklines and databars% #eport +uilder (%0 also

supports t)o improvements intended to speed up the report development process D

edit sessions and the #eport Part 'allery%

"i1ure . Reort uil'er =.0 ,nter+ace

-ata ars

/ data bar is a special type of chart that you add to your report from the Toolbo9

)indo)% / data bar sho)s a single data point as a hori;ontal bar or as a vertical

column% Usually you embed a data bar inside of a T/+!,3 to provide a small data

visuali;ation for each group or detail group that the T/+!,3 contains% /fter adding thedata bar to the T/+!,3$ you configure the value you )ant to display$ and you can fine1

"i1ure #042: &he *u)lish Reort *arts 'ialo1 )o

hen you first publish the report part$ #eporting Services assigns it a uniAue identifier

that persists across all reports to )hich it )ill be added% ote the option in the Publish

#eport Parts dialog bo9 in #eport 4esigner 7.igure 10


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Share' -atasets

/ shared dataset allo)s you to define a Auery once for reuse in many reports$ much likeyou can create a shared datasource to define a reusable connection string% This reduces

the need for the average user to kno) ho) to )rite Aueries to pull common data% The

main reAuirement )hen creating a shared dataset is to use a shared data source% ,n all

other respects the configuration of the shared dataset is ust like the traditional

embedded dataset used in earlier versions of #eporting Services%

5ou can check the server to see )hich reports use the shared dataset )hen you need to

evaluate the impact of a change to the shared dataset definition% Simply navigate to the

folder containing the shared dataset$ click the arro) to the right of the shared dataset

name$ and select Hie) 4ependent ,tems$ as sho)n in .igure 10


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5ou use the !ookup function )hen there is a one


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"i1ure #04B: 7ultiLoou +unction results

The Multi!ookup function in the second column of the table reAuires an array of values

from the dataset bound to the table$ )hich in this case is the StateProvince*ode field in

4ataset2% 5ou must first use the Splitfunction to convert the comma


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"i1ure #04!: LoouSet +unction results


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,ncrease ,& /++iciency

,T administrators primarily care about usage statistics for published )orkbook

applications$ as )ell as statistics regarding the availability and performance of theireb applications$ service applications$ and databases hosted on front


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appropriate server resources to ensure high availability and performance according to

oS reAuirements%

7ost *oular Worloa's *u)lishe' in Share*oint

!everage the Po)erPivot Management 4ashboard to monitor your shared applications%

Track usage patterns over time$ drill do)n to reveal hidden details$ discover mission

'ministrative /++iciencies.or centrali;ed S! Server management to provide incremental value$ database

administrators and developers need a single unit of deployment for their database

applications to accelerate changes$ upgrades$ and deployments% 6aving the abilityto more easily package and move database applications is especially important for

streamlining the tasks associated )ith consolidation initiatives%

-ata4&ier lication

To simplify the development and deployment of the data


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+ecause the 4/* contains server obects that the database depends upon$ this

process is e9tremely straightfor)ard%

%lo)al 7onitorin1 *olicies

*ontrol Point health policies can be configured for data$ and S! Server 200" to S!

Server 200" #2% .urthermore$ the 4/* contains any server level obects that the

database depends upon such as logins%

To upgrade$ users can point to a S! Server 2000$ S! Server 200>$ or S! Server

200" database$ e9tract a 4/* and create the corresponding 4/* package file$ and then

deploy the 4/* to a target instance of S! Server 200" #2% Then$ data can be

transferred from the source database to the target database by using S! Server

,ntegration Services$ the bulk copy utility$ or many other data migration techniAues%


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SQL Server Sysre

-rgani;ations have been using the System Preparation tool 7Sysprep8 for many

years no) to automate the deployment of operating systems% S! Server 200" #2introduces this technology to S! Server%

,nstalling S! Server )ith Sysprep involves a t)o


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7ana1ea)ility

S! /;ure 4atabase offers the high availability and functionality of an enterprise

datacenter )ithout the administrative overhead that is associated )ith an on


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7ultitenant Suort. ,SHs )ho develop soft)are plus services offerings must provide

adeAuate isolation for individual customers? data% ,SHs must be able to charge eachcustomer the right price for the data storage services that they have consumed% S!

/;ure provides the fle9ibility that ,SHs need to segregate customer data and implementmultitenant billing$ )hich enables you to build a global soft)are plus services solution

Auickly and easily%

-eveloer /mowerment

-ne of the potential obstacles to building great cloud


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Conclusion

The groundbreaking ne) tools and technologies included in S! Server 200" #2 enable

organi;ations to empo)er their users$ facilitate seamless and highly secure sharing andcollaboration on user

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