Windows 8.1

Yesterday I upgraded my laptop to Windows 8.1 and everything seemed to have gone smoothly. I really like the improvements in Windows 8.1 and I think they’re worth the hassle of an upgrade if you’re still on Windows 8. As I was saying, everything seemed to upgrade smoothly. Unfortunately, today I found out that SQL Server services were gone. My configuration manager looked like this: My laptop had an instance of SQL Server 2012 SP1 Developer Edition and the windows upgrade process had deleted all SQL Server services but SQL Server Browser. [Read More]