Great SQL Server Whitepapers – all in one location

SIlvano Coriani has done a great job compiling the most relevant SQL Server whitepapers available on SQL CAT and Technet sites.  These papers are categorized into the major categories of Performance and Tuning, High Availability and DR, Security, Manageability, Migrations and Upgrade and Business Intelligence. The papers are a great resource for customers who want to improve their knowledge of specific  and targeted areas in SQL and Windows Server quickly.

Thanks Silvano!

Performance and tuning

Performance tuning Windows Server 2008

Performance tuning Windows Server 2008 R2

SQL Server 2008 R2 I/O sizing recommendations

SQL Server 2008 Performance and Scale

SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2

SQL Server 2008 in virtualized environments

High Performance SQL Server 2008 in Hyper-V

SQL Server 2008 in OLTP environments

Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices with SQL Server

High Availability and Disaster Recovery

Microsoft High Availability Strategy

Overview of Failover Clustering in Windows Server

Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering

Windows Server Multi Site Clustering

SQL Server 2008 R2 High Availability Benefits

SQL Server 2008 High Availability Overview

SQL Server 2008 High Availability Architecture

SQL Server 2008 R2 High Availability presentation

SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering

SQL Server 2008 Geo-replication

Using Replication for High Availability and Disaster Recovery

High Availability and Disaster Recovery Technical Case Study

SQL Server Replication

Security

SQL Server 2008 R2 Security Overview

SQL Server 2008 R2 Security for DBAs

SQL Server 2008 Auditing

SQL Server 2008 Compliance Guide

Manageability

SQL Server 2008 R2 Manageability

SQL Server 2008 Server Consolidation

Protecting SQL Server 2008 Databases

Data Compression: Strategy, Capacity Planning and Best Practices

Migrations and Upgrade

Migrate from Oracle to SQL Server 2008

SQL Server 2008 and Oracle RAC discussion

SQL Server 2008 vs Oracle 11g

Migrate from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008

Migrate from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008

Database Upgrade to SQL Server 2008, Tools and Approaches

Business Intelligence

SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence overview