1. Your Data Any Place, Any Time Online Transaction Processing

2. SQL Server 2008 OLTP Challenges Challenges face database administrators today : How can I scale while maintaining exceptional performance?How can I maintain availability of data services?How do I secure and protect our data?How can I focus on high-value management tasks?

3. Scale for any size business Dramatically reduce downtime Secure business- critical data Reduce administrative overhead SQL Server 2008 OLTP Capabilities

4. Efficient data storage Effective memory utilization Balanced workload performance Optimal concurrency Scalability and Performance Scale for any size business

5. Scalability and Performance Key Benefits

6. Database Mirroring Failover Clustering Replication Online operations High Availability Dramatically reduce downtime

7. High Availability Key Benefits

8. Authentication and authorization Reduced surface area Full event auditing Native encryption Security Secure business-critical data

9. Security Key Benefits

10. Centralized administration Automated operations Policy-based management Consolidated monitoring Manageability Reduce administrative overhead

11. Manageability Key Benefits

12. © 2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.