Microsoft is announcing the release to manufacturing (RTM) of SQL Server 2008 R2 on April 21. In fact, the product actually RTM'd a week ago, about a week ahead of schedule, said Tom Casey, General ...

Microsoft today released the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 for anyone who wants to grab it from TechNet. To get it, you'll have to fill out an online form ...

SQL Server 2008 R2, which ships this month, allows end users to tap into the powerful business intelligence features of SQL Server via tight integration with popular Microsoft applications like Excel.

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The way Microsoft sees it, a launch tour is not the same thing as a product launch. The April "SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch" promo described here will be an event celebrating the impending product ...

Here's a quick look at the improvements to the R2 release that I think will be useful come the May release date. Microsoft is nearing completion of the next version of SQL Server. The R2 release ...

SQL Server 2008系统诞生于08年3月13日，在微软2008新一代企业应用平台与开发技术发布大会上，微软宣布向企业用户大众同时发布三款核心应用平台产品：Windows Server 2008、Visual Studio 2008、SQL Server 2008，此次微软发布的三大产品对企业实现“动态IT”愿景。随着Windows ...

微软SQL Server团队宣布，SQL Server 2008 R2已经完成RTM版并提供给了制造商，消费者将在接下来的几周内通过微软各发布渠道获得SQL Server 2008 R2。SQL Server 2008 R2代号Kilimanjaro，虽然名称中的R2让人感觉它只是SS2008的简单升级版，不过事实并非如此，SQL Server 2008 R2新增了 ...

Mainstream Features to Fringe Features to Anti-features Many new features in R2 simply make the product better. For example, the new multi-server management features make perfect sense. With the ...