Productive Data Platform

SQL Server 2008 delivers a trusted, productive and intelligent platform. Productivity enhancements help you reduce the cost of managing your data infrastructure while streamlining development of applications. Click the links on this page to learn more.

• Policy-Based Management
  

  SQL Server provides a policy-based system for managing one or more instances of SQL Server, along with tools for performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and tuning that enable administrators to more efficiently manage their databases and SQL Server instances.

• Streamlined Development
  

  SQL Server 2008 enables developers to be more productive and more easily create the next generation of robust database solutions using the powerful SQL Server Transact-SQL programming language and rich data types that manage virtually any type of data.

• Improved Querying with LINQ
  

  LINQ is an exciting evolution in data programming that enables developers to build queries over data directly from within any .NET-based programming language. LINQ to Entities, LINQ to DataSet, LINQ to SQL, and LINQ to XML are key implementations of this powerful technology.

• Enhanced Data Access
  

  Enhanced SQL Server 2008 Native Client provides a high-performance, versatile data access library that enables developers to take advantage of the new capabilities of SQL Server 2008.