Upgrading MSDE 2000 to SQL Server 2005 Express

This white paper discusses the new SQL Server 2005 Express Edition features that are important to MSDE users. It covers how to upgrade your existing MSDE installation to SQL Server 2005 Express and presents criteria to help you decide when to upgrade your MSDE installation to other editions of SQL Server 2005.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/msde2sqlexpress.mspx

SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Handbook

Preparing for a SQL Server 2005 upgrade involves understanding some basic principles that will help you make appropriate decisions and ensure your success.  Each SQL Server 2005 component has a unique architecture and life cycle—the two primary areas that will affect your upgrade path. Some SQL Server 2005 components build on a solid foundation to augment, optimize, and stabilize existing functionality. Microsoft has performed extensive, under-the-hood rework of other features to give SQL Server the horsepower and programmability features that your applications need. The new release also provides complete component overhauls and additions to meet a new generation of data-management needs.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/sqlupgrd.mspx

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