[AccessD] Article on upgrading

Susan Harkins ssharkins at gmail.com
Fri Jul 29 13:33:35 CDT 2011


Thanks John!

Susan H.


> What is the server that will host SQL Server.  This needs to be asked 
> particularly if you are installing SQL Server onto the server.  Windows 
> Server 2000 cannot support SQL Server 2008 or beyond.  This has to do with 
> not supporting the .Net frameworks required.  So for Windows 2000 and 
> below, SQL Server 2005 is a good as it gets.
>
> Know that SQL Server 2008 Express is actually the 2008 R2.  This matters 
> IF any other SQL Server 2008 instances are running that are not 2008 R2 
> because the two versions are *not* compatible. 2008R2 can handle the 
> non-R2 files (and backups) but 2008 cannot handle R2 files and backups.
>
> Expect to learn SQL Server security!
>




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