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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 ...

SQL Server 2008 Installation Strategies and Best Practices Part 2 of 5 Greetings, last week I initiated this blog series which focuses on best practices and installation strategies when deploying SQL ...

As a training company we always have a dilemma when a new release comes out. The early adopters want the training yesterday so that they can be at the leading (or bleeding) edge of technology. Many ...

Microsoft announced today that SQL Server 2008 R2 is released to manufacturing just 20 months after SQL Server 2008, the platform on which it is built. SQL Server 2008 R2 (codenamed Kilimanjaro) ...

SQL Server 2008, aka “Katmai,” gives SQL Server shops plenty of reasons to get excited. The best SQL Server release to date, it sports more nice new features than you can count, and the improvements ...

Microsoft last week released a community technology preview (CTP) of the next service pack for SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 SP2 CTP can be downloaded here, and the Express Edition version is ...

The minimum and recommended requirements for SQL Server 2008 are fairly standard (see Table 1). While the recommended configuration will work for the average standalone SQL Server for a small or ...

Microsoft is offering users on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 a way to keep getting security updates for free after the official support period ends. Read also: Here's ...