The new Katmai Experience

I downloaded the new Katmai CTP today and ran an upgrade on my workstation. Unfortunately it didn't go quite as planned. In fact, I'd have to say I'm actually a little disappointed. First, many parts of the upgrade failed. I can take most of them, but the engine upgrade failed and for such a simple scenario, it really shouldn't have. I haven't looked at the log yet so I don't know why it failed, but the point is

I downloaded the new Katmai CTP today and ran an upgrade on my workstation. Unfortunately it didn't go quite as planned. In fact, I'd have to say I'm actually a little disappointed.

First, many parts of the upgrade failed. I can take most of them, but the engine upgrade failed and for such a simple scenario, it really shouldn't have. I haven't looked at the log yet so I don't know why it failed, but the point is it just did.

I was installing it mainly for the tools anyway. However, the new SSMS also has its problems. Even though I upgraded, it kept the old Yukon version in tact, which is just fine with me. The problem came though when I wanted to import my servers. See, I have to import them because it's not smart enough to do it on its own. So I exported my server list from SSMS Yukon, and imported them into Katmai. Of course, it failed. I tried a couple different times with a couple different configurations, and it still keeps failing.

Now, it does an excellent job with the multi-server querying, which is why I wanted to install it to begin with. But I'm not looking forward to having to create my dozens of servers by hand in the new tool. Isn't this something that should be worked out by now?

Anyway, more to come the more I play with it.

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