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Troubleshooting a Failed SQL Server 2008 Installation

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By Ross Mistry on Wed, 07/08/09 - 5:39pm.
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Troubleshooting a failed SQL Server 2008 installation

SQL Server 2008 introduces significant enhancements that make installation even easier and more seamless compared to its predecessors.

The SQL Server 2008 Installation Center offers solutions providers a tremendous number of options for planning, installing, upgrading and maintaining a SQL Server implementation.

However, even with these new tools and features, an installation may fail, and solutions providers must understand how to troubleshoot these installations.

Get a better understanding of how to troubleshoot a failed SQL Server

2008 installation today:

http://go.techtarget.com/r/8250222/8077387

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 Ross Mistry, SQL Server MVP

 Author: SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration and Windows Server 2008 Unleashed

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RossMistry or @RossMistry

 

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Ross Mistry, SQL Server MVP, MCTS, MCDBA, MCSE, is a principal consultant and partner with Convergent Computing. As a lead architect, Ross focuses on designing and implementing SQL Server, Windows Server, Active Directory, and Exchange solutions for Fortune 500 organizations with a global presence. His specialties include high availability, migrations, security, consolidation and virtualization. Ross has also been involved with many bestselling books, his latest titles authored include SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration and Windows Server 2008 Unleashed. As a SQL Server MVP, Ross assists the global community by freely sharing his knowledge of SQL Server via posting for newsgroups, blogs and speaking engagements around the world. He frequently speaks at Microsoft, SQL Server North American PASS, SQL Server Europe PASS and Dev Connections.

Check out Ross Mistry's latest books:
SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed
Windows Server 2008 Unleashed

SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration was selected as the January, 2009, book giveaway on Microsoft Subnet. Each month, Microsoft Subnet and Pearson Education gives away 15 copies of a hot Microsoft title. Click here to read a chapter excerpt. Click here to enter the monthly book giveaway contest.

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