Complete Data Platform for Departmental Applications SQL Server 2008 Standard is a complete data management and business intelligence platform providing best-in-class ease of use and manageability for running departmental applications Top Features - SharePoint Integration- Policy-Based Management- Excel 2007 and Visio 2007 Add-in Support- Automatic Corruption Recovery from Mirror- Comprehensive Set of Data Mining Algorithms- Auto-generate Staging and Data Warehouse Schema Ease of Use Reduce operational and development overhead with an easy-to-use database platform for small- to medium-scale database solutions. Ensure business continuity - Facilitate server upgrades with stable and more predictable query performance- Ensure business continuity with enhanced Database Mirroring including automatic page repair and improved performance Store any information - Build Spatial capabilities into your applications with new geography and geometry data types- Store binary data in the file system while preserving it as an integral of the database with FILESTREAM