Is there a solution to Dynamically Mask data at rest in SQL Server 2014. I am aware of SQL Server 2016's DMM functionality, but want an equivalent solution in SQL Server 2014.
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Can I create a snapshot from SQL Server 2012 on a SQL Server 2008 R2 Server?
The goal is to build reporting and queries without locking the live database.
I need only a DB copy (Getdate()-1)
No, the SQL Server 2012 snapshot has specific SQL Server 2012 features in it that are not compatible with SQL Server 2008 R2. These are incompatibilities that you will not see. They are deep in the SQL Server engine. You cannot do this.
It's a similar concept to trying to restore a SQL Server 2012 database backup to a SQL Server 2008 R2 instance. The higher database version cannot backstep to a lower version.
You need to use a SQL Server of the same level or higher (I believe or higher) for your snapshot server.
Because data can not be replicated directly from SQL Server 2008 R2 to Azure SQL Database I wonder if it is possible to replicate using replication from SQL Server 2008 R2 this way: SQL Server 2008 R2 replicates data to SQL Server 2012 or 2014 and then from there I replicate data to Azure SQL database.
What is the best fallback plan? Let's say we went to live and after 1 or 2 days we realized that we need go back. What is the best way to go back to old datacenter to SQL Server 2008 R2?
The database is approximately 20Gb. It is preferred to do migration in 1 step.
I doubt that SQL Server 2012 or 2014 database could be a subscriber at the same time and the publisher.
At this point of time, replication between on-premise SQL 2008 R2 Database and Azure SQL is not supported.
If you are asking about data migration, I suggest using Azure SQL Migration tool. You can download it from codeplex, choose appropriate version 2008 R2
take a look into this article. To summarize: you can do a direct SQL 2008 DB move to Azure if the DB adheres to the v12 DB schema.
i have a sql server 2014 and few databases in it,
Can i setup and install ssrs 2016 and use the databases on sql server 2014 for making few reports?
The reason for thinking so is just found that ssrs 2016 report rendering engine have some advantages like it follows html5 rendering standards
So can some one guide on this
Yes, you can use SQL Server 2014 database as either a host for the report server catalog AND/OR as a source for report data. They are cross compatible back to SQL 2008 for hosting and forever for data.
We need to synchronize database and image files between two servers. The source server has sql server 2000 and the destination server has sql server 2008. We need to synchronize data in some tables in sql server 2000 so that the updated data comes to sql server 2008 every once in a while. Similarly for the folder where images are stored.
I tried to implement Microsoft sync framework (http://msdn.microsoft.com/sync) with WCF to achieve the goal. I ran the following project successfully for two databases in SQL Server 2008:
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Database-SyncSQL-Server-e97d1208/sourcecode?fileId=19017&pathId=519811259
However, when I tried to synchronize data between database, one in sql server 2000 and sql server 2008, then I could not synchronize data.
Questions:
Is there anyway to synchronize data between sql server 2000 and sql server 2008?
If not, are there any other possible architectures i can implement to achieve the objective?
the minimum Sql Server version for the sync provider in the sample you used above is Sql Server 2005 SP2 (where min_active_version() was introduced.)
try using the steps in this link so you can overrride the commands and make them work against Sql 2000: Synchronizing Other ADO.NET Compatible Databases
Can I use Reporting Services 2008 with SQL Server 2005 database?
Do I need both licenses (for SQL server 2008 and SQL server 2005)
Do I need two instances (SQL Server 2008 and Sql server 2005) or can Reporting Services 2008 be "installed" as add on to Sql server 2005?
Thanks for answers,
Matra
Yes, you can install the database on a SQL Server 2005 instance. However, you very much need another license for SSRS 2008. It's an entirely different product. It is, by far, not just a SQL Server 2005 "add-on."