Introduction The next version of Microsoft SQL Server code named "Yukon" provides the Windows Server System with a database platform for the next generation of connected, scalable and reliable enterprise applications. The breadth and depth of innovation is in response to the needs of many customers. After reading this paper, database administrators will have an understanding of the new features and capabilities found in SQL Server Yukon. From many enhancements to existing features to an entirely new security model, database administration is now more productive and in tune to the needs of the administrator. The world of the DBA is changing. DBAs are seeing more and more requests for them to manage more systems with larger amounts of data while at the same time the corporation is trying to keep IT costs the same or slightly lower.

At the same time, corporate developers are requesting more of the DBAs time to help them understand the data models and best data access paradigms to build reliable applications that perform to the scale that the corporation requires. With these tensions, DBAs need more from their database technologies in terms of enterprise manageability, scalability and availability. SQL Server “Yukon” will provide the bedrock foundation that DBAs can bet on to build their next generation IT infrastructure. At the core of SQL Server “Yukon” are new infrastructure application capabilities. SQL Service Broker is a distributed application framework. SSB provides a new form of scalability and reliability for asynchronous message delivery. Not new to SQL Server “Yukon” but greatly enhanced are Notification Services, Reporting Services, and SQL Server Mobile Edition, formerly called SQL Server Compact Editon.