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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition

Full Product - MPN: E3200575

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Description: SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition provides a complete set of enterprise data management and business intelligence features. Because - like Enterprise Edition - it is optimized to run on x64 and Itanium-based servers, it is the most scalable and available edition of SQL Serve... read more

SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition provides a complete set of enterprise data management and business intelligence features. Because - like Enterprise Edition - it is optimized to run on x64 and Itanium-based servers, it is the most scalable and available edition of SQL Server 2005. Consolidate, cleanse, mine, and integrate data from multiple data sources. Understand business data in real time with powerful Business Analytics, OLAP, and Data Mining capabilities. Empower employees with easy access to tailored information by using a rich reporting solution. Increase productivity with a new, easy-to-use management tool, Common Language Runtime support, and tight integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Help protect data with encryption, more secure default settings, and enhanced permissions control. Build and deploy mission-critical applications by using scalability enhancements such as table partitioning, replication, and 64-bit support. Increase availability with failover clustering and database mirroring. Minimize downtime by using online indexing and fast recovery. minimize

Required Version for Vista Ultimate x64 Bit - Enterprise will not install!

Strengths:

Versatile for several versions of Microsoft OS.

Weaknesses:

Well, it's SQL Server. Do you like SQL Server more or Oracle? (I'm an Oracle guy, myself).

Posted Jan 27, 2008 - After much frustration while trying to install the Enterprise Edition on Vista x64 Ultimate, I discovered that version is not compatible with said OS. See Link - users like me must use Developer Edition. technet.microsoft.com/... Interestingly, you won't see error messages per se (while trying to install the incompatible version of SQL Server), you will only experience greyed-out boxes, and perhaps install requirements hurdles, but eventually you will figure out how to get it installed. Then, when you try to simply create a new database, you will find this impossible, and spend *weeks* looking for reasos why. Take the easy route! Install Developer Edition instead!

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