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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Help:
Consulting, Support, Troubleshooting
MS SQL Server 2008
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is engineered to represent a world-class RDBMS platform that delivers advanced reliability, security, speed, scalability, manageability, and functionality. Significant innovations built into MS SQL Server 2008 include transparent data encryption for preserving confidentiality, better database mirroring and live processor adds for non-stop operation, improved audit capability for regulatory compliance, SQL Server Management Studio for reducing support expenses, new synchronization services to support mobile workers, easier report generation through seamless interaction with MS Word, Excel, and SharePoint Server 2007, and built-in handling full-text indexing to improve speed and simplify administration.
SQL Server 2008 is available in editions to meet the requirements of businesses from local to international for fast return on investment. The Enterprise edition is intended for large-scale scenarios like online transaction processing or server consolidation. The Standard edition is intended for small organizations who want the best-of-class database solution for online transaction processing or reporting. The Workgroup edition offers secure and dependable online synchronization capabilities for remote applications.
Progent's Microsoft-Premier SQL engineers can provide a range of services to help businesses of any size to plan, install, administer, and repair SQL 2008 systems in order to get the optimum business advantage from Microsoft's state-of-the-art RDBM platform. In addition, Progent offers expertise for system architecture, company-wide security, and software programming to increase the business benefit of your information investment. Progent can also assist your company to evaluate the risks and benefits of upgrading from SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2012, and can assist you to plan and execute a smooth migration.
Improvements to Microsoft SQL 2008
SQL 2008 offers important improvements in critical categories such as security, reliability, ease of administration, capability, analytics, expandability, and performance.
- Security
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 introduces application-independent data encryption of entire databases, data files, or log files. This enhances privacy without the need of reprogramming business applications. Improved mechanisms for specifying and managing database audits enable businesses to meet regulations. - Fault-tolerance
SQL Server 2008's high-availability architecture is designed to provide near-zero downtime by enhanced reliability, non-disruptive reconfiguration, and quicker restoration following an unplanned crash. Improved failover clustering reduces the effect of disk breakdowns, hot-add CPU support and peer-to-peer replication help reduce routine offline maintenance, and archive compression speeds up recovery time. - Ease of Administration
Microsoft SQL 2008 simplifies policy management and monitoring via intelligent mechanisms built into the Policy-Based Management system. This reduces support expenses by enabling managers to spend less time doing policy enforcement. Self monitoring and troubleshooting is enabled by SQL Server's Performance Studio. Resource Governor enables managers to define resources for various workloads in order to deliver consistent response to end users. - Functionality
SQL 2008 opens up a new generation of programs by supporting multiple types of structured and semi-structured data like pictures, sound, video, date and time, and geospatial data. LINQ speeds up application development by supporting queries from Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET. - Business Intelligence
Microsoft SQL 2008 Reporting Services simplify report creation, administration, and delivery. SSRS allows companies to create reports based on a broad selection of sources including relational or multidimensional. SQL Server Reports can be viewed over a web connection, Office Word and Office Excel, or a SharePoint site. SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services offer sophisticated data mining capabilities and new add-ins for Office 2007 make information available from the desktop. - Performance and Expandability
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 supports 64-bit processors and multi-core and multi-processor. multi-core systems and can access as much as 8 terabytes of memory. For multi-processor systems, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 avoids RAM bottlenecks by transparently supporting NUMA-based servers. By supporting hot add-ins of processors and memory, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 allows businesses to scale database services up without shutting the server down. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 also enables new database nodes to be connected live even during replication.SQL Server 2008 includes a variety of isolation mechanisms to support higher performance via concurrency without losing read consistency. Performance and scalability are also enhanced by more efficient data compression, and managers are given a rich library of utilities such as SQL Server Analysis Services to monitor and control performance.
How Progent's Engineers Can Provide SQL Server 2008 Help
Progent's Microsoft-qualified engineers can help you to choose a release of SQL Server 2008 that makes sense for your company's goals. Progent's Cisco-premier CCIE engineers and Microsoft Windows Server consultants can help your company to create a fault-tolerant, high-performance, and secure infrastructure by offering cluster technology expertise and server virtualization help. Progent's consultants can make sure your business configures SQL 2008 properly, and that your SQL-based DBM solution is integrated thoroughly with your applications. Progent can provide automated server tracking to make sure your business information system is always available, and Progent's remote Technical Response Center is ready to offer quick solutions for SQL-related issues. Progent's certified computer protection engineers can evaluate your business-wide security policies and mechanisms and suggest enhancements for better regulatory compliance.
Progent's certified consultants can also integrate high-availability and high-speed backup and restore systems for SQL 2008 Server data with System Center Data Protection Manager. Progent's support professionals can help you to develop a practical workplace recovery plan, implement a cost-effective fault-tolerant network infrastructure, configure a Data Protection Manager-powered backup and recovery solution for MS SQL 2008 Server data, comprehensively test your system, educate your IT personnel or local consultants how to manage Microsoft DPM, or provide extensive IT outsourcing such as remote housing of Microsoft Data Protection Manager machines in Progent's secure data center facility. To learn more, visit Microsoft Data Protection Manager Consulting and Support Services.
Microsoft has announced that SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 have arrived at end of support (EOS). This could cause chronic problems concerned with security/compliance, manageability, and service costs. Progent's SQL Server 2008 experts can help your organization to plan and execute an efficient upgrade from SQL Server 2008 to a modern release of SQL Server and can assist you to evaluate the strategic advantages of a Microsoft SQL Server upgrade. Progent's experts can provide remote and onsite consulting services such as SQL 2019 migration support and SQL Server 2017 configuration and development consulting.
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Online Consulting Microsoft SQL Server 2012
24 Hour Outsourcing Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Progent offers the support of certified consultants and seasoned software programmers, DBAs, project managers, network infrastructure architects, disaster recovery specialists, and security consultants to help your business to assess the likely advantages of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for your organization, install test systems at your datacenter or at Progent's test lab, design and carry out an efficient migration to SQL Server 2012 from previous versions of SQL Server or from other database platforms, and define a cost-effective and secure network infrastructure that helps you realize the full strategic benefit of SQL Server 2012.
ProSight Automatic Patch Management Network Consultant
Remote Server Monitoring Online Support
ProSight LAN Watch is Progent's server and desktop remote monitoring service that incorporates advanced remote monitoring and management (RMM) techniques to keep your IT system operating efficiently by checking the state of critical assets that drive your information system. When ProSight LAN Watch uncovers a problem, an alarm is sent automatically to your designated IT management staff and your assigned Progent consultant so any potential issues can be addressed before they can impact productivity.
Top Google Cloud IAM Services
24-7 Consulting Google Cloud Dialogflow
Progent can provide affordable remote and onsite consulting to assist businesses of any size to move any part of their critical network infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This can save management hassle and equipment costs and enable access to Google's cutting edge machine learning tools. Progent can help you with every phase of Google Cloud Platform integration including requirements analysis, preparedness assessment, system design and review, testing, deployment, administration, performance tuning, software license management, disaster recovery solutions, and security and compliance.
wireless IP phones and Meraki APs Remote Support Services
5500 Wireless Controller IT Consultants
Progent's Cisco-certified wireless integration consultants can help organizations to deploy, administer, and debug Cisco wireless devices including Aironet and Meraki Wave 2 Wi-Fi access points (APs) plus Cisco's Wireless Network Controllers.
Technology Consulting Exchange Server 2016 Upgrade Planning
Integration Exchange 2016 Migration
Progent can help your business in all phases of your upgrade to Exchange 2016 such as planning high availability infrastructure for an on-premises, Microsoft cloud connected or hybrid environment; licensing compliance for Exchange 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2 or later; migrating mailboxes; Windows Hyper-V strategy; specifying storage capacity required for your VMs, databases and log files; setting up hardware load balancing (HLB) for fault-tolerant CAS services; planning, configuring and testing Exchange Servers and Windows Servers and Database Availability Groups (DAGs); integration with SharePoint; updating the firewall; creating SSL certs; performing client integration with Office 2010 or greater or Microsoft 365; and setting up Outlook on the web.
Cisco wireless controller Remote Consulting
Setup and Support Wi-Fi Management
Progent's Wireless Consulting Services offer a convenient, affordable option for businesses of all sizes to configure, manage, monitor and repair cutting edge wireless connectivity technology. For 802.11n and the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi environments, Progent can show you how to plan and deploy appliances such as Cisco's Aironet and Meraki access points and wireless controllers. For wireless messaging and web-based applications, Progent supports Apple IOS iPhones, Apple iPads, Google Androids, and Windows smartphones and tablets.
Systems Management Server 2003 Online Help
Support Services SMS Server Migration
Progent's certified experts offer small and mid-size companies world-class consulting support for Microsoft Systems Management Server and System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Microsoft's solutions for update and configuration automation. System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is the new name for the update management solution previously called SMS Server. System Center Configuration Manager provides a range of enhancements to Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 including full automation, built-in Vista Windows Server 2008 awareness, quarantine support, and boot image management. Progent's Microsoft certified engineers can show you how to use Systems Management Server or Configuration Manager 2007 effectively for automated operating system and application deployment, security patch control, software tracking, and software license reconciliation. Progent's consultants can also help your company to migrate smoothly from Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 to System Center Configuration Manager.
Consulting Azure and SQL Server integration
Microsoft Entra Domain Services Engineer
Progent can help you to design and carry out an efficient migration from onsite Active Directory to cloud-hosted Microsoft Entra ID (formerly called Azure Actve Directory) or to a hybrid system that uses Microsoft Entra Domain Services and Microsoft Entra Connect to centralize identity and access management for both onsite and Azure resources.
MRTG for Linux Specialist
Linux Network Monitoring Online Technical Support
Nagios and MRTG are useful, Open Source monitoring tools that operate on Linux and can be used to analyze UNIX environments, MS Windows networks, or multi-OS networks in which Linux and Windows run side by side. Nagios allows network managers to monitor network services such as SMTP, HTTP, FTP, and PING. MRTG lets you graph the bandwidth in and out of SNMP-enabled network devices including processors, routers, and switches. Progent's network integration consultants can show you how to utilize both these utilities to tune and repair your system.
Urgent Windows 2022 Hyper-V Network Consulting
Technical Support Windows Server 2022 High Availability
Progent's certified Windows Server 2022 consultants can assist your company to design and carry out an efficient upgrade to Windows Server 2022 that features high availability and that uses an on-premises network architecture or a hybrid model that integrates cloud-hosted Windows Server on Azure with a datacenter-based implementation of Windows Server 2022.
24x7x365 64-bit Server Consulting
64-bit Migration Professionals
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can assist your organization to enhance your application servers or desktops from 32 bits to 64 bits. Progent can assist you to understand the risks and benefits of moving to 64-bit computing, design an affordable upgrade process that reduces business disruptions, and deliver economical, professional online support to assist your company to install 64-bit operating systems and application programs on your current computers.
Online Troubleshooting Wave 2 Wi-Fi controller
Wave 2 Wi-Fi controller Support and Integration
Cisco's Catalyst family of wireless controllers streamline the administration of wireless networks by unifying the provisioning and control of wireless access points, optimizing Wi-Fi performance by reducing the effect of RF congestion, improving wireless availability with rapid failover, and hardening security by identifying cyber threats and analyzing network traffic according to user type and locale. Progent can help your business to deploy Cisco Wi-Fi controllers to manage and monitor Wi-Fi networks of all sizes. Progent can help you to maintain and debug your existing Cisco-based Wi-Fi environment or implement an efficient transition to Cisco's latest Wi-Fi controller solutions.
24x7 Branch Offices Integration
24-7 Branch Offices Technical Consultant
Years of background providing Microsoft support and Cisco network consulting has enabled Progent to build a unique ability for serving branch offices that require network service with the flexibility associated with with small companies but which includes professional communications, complete documentation, and adherence to corporate IT standards. If your enterprise maintains a sales office located anywhere in or any region served by Progent's engineers, Progent can offer a broad array of on-premises and remote IT consulting services and network design expertise.
Information Technology Outsourcing Windows 11 Compatibility Testing
Windows 11 Pilot Testing Online Consulting
Progent's Windows 11 consulting experts can provide an array of services to support Windows 11 such as cloud integration, mobile management, telecommuter access, data and identity security, streamlined deployment, and Call Center support.
Ekahau Analyzer Wi-Fi Network Troubleshooting Support Outsourcing
Consulting Ekahau Wi-Fi Network Design
Progent's Ekahau-certified Wi-Fi experts can assist you to design, install, optimize, manage and debug a Wi-Fi network adapted to your building. Progent offers online or onsite expertise for Ekahau Pro for predictive Wi-Fi planning and Ekahau Sidekick for onsite RF signal measurement.
SCCM Migration Consultant
SCCM MDM On-site Support
System Center Configuration Manager automates software provisioning at scale, streamlines security and compliance settings control, inventories network assets, protects against corporate data leakage, provides network health reporting, allows safe end-user self service, and offers a common control mechanism for managing multi-operating system networks running on-premises, cloud-centric, or hybrid deployment architectures. Progent's Microsoft-certified Configuration Manager consulting team and Azure cloud specialists can help your organization with any facet of designing, implementing, using and repairing a System Center Configuration Manager deployment for on-premises, cloud, or hybrid networks.
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