Features No longer used from Sql Server 2005 to 2008 R2

Question

As part of our Migration process from 2005 to 2008 R2, which Specific features should i be taking into consideration in Upgrade to Sql Server 2008 R2 in prespective of T-Sql queries already written in 2005 and need to be changed to 2008 r2 compatibility.Thanks!
Srikanth

Answer 1

According to the Link, SET ROWCOUNT function has to be replaced with TOP keyword , but SET ROWCOUNT is still used in SQL Server 2008 R2 and its later versions according to microsoft :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188774.aspx 
Can anyone help me in this regard.Thanks!
If you read further below there is a note mentioned as
Using SET ROWCOUNT will not affect DELETE, INSERT, and UPDATE statements in a future release of SQL Server. Avoid using SET ROWCOUNT with DELETE, INSERT, and UPDATE statements in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use it.
For a similar behavior, use the TOP syntax. For more information, see TOP (Transact-SQL).
MS cannot remove it completely knowing to fact that we are Lazy and will not immediately change our code :)
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