SQL Server and storage (SharePoint Server 2010)

Published: May 12, 2010

This section describes how to plan for Microsoft SQL Server and storage configuration for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. In this section:

• Overview of SQL Server in a SharePoint environment (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article describes the relationship between SharePoint Server 2010 and supported versions of SQL Server. It also describes how you can interact with the databases, and introduces ways of using the reporting and business intelligence (BI) features of SQL Server with SharePoint Server 2010.

• SQL Server 2008 R2 and SharePoint 2010 Products: Better Together (white paper) (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article describes the benefits of using SharePoint Server 2010 with SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition.

• Storage and SQL Server capacity planning and configuration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article describes a process for planning storage and SQL Server capacity for a SharePoint Server 2010 deployment.

• Overview of RBS (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article describes how SharePoint Server 2010 works with remote BLOB storage.

• Plan for RBS (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article describes the factors to consider when moving to a remote BLOB storage solution.

• Remote BLOB Storage in SharePoint Server 2010 (video)

  This video, presented by Bill Baer, explains the basic concepts of Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) in SharePoint Server 2010.