Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 this week and announced that it's available for download. The new service pack fixes some minor issues, and not much has apparently changed since ...

Microsoft has offered the download of SQL Server 2008 with advanced services for FREE, but only suitable for learning and building desktop and small server applications, and for redistribution by ISVs ...

The SQL Server team is unleashing the first widespread test builds of the next version of Microsoft's database, a k a ""="">). Earlier this year, Microsoft officials said to watch for a Community ...

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 ...

If you’re like many small business owners, the news that Microsoft is weeks away from the release of a new version of SQL Server 2008 could seem utterly irrelevant to your interests. But it isn’t.

I'm down on SQL Server Management Studio right now. I basically just spent a day trying to swap out the evaluation version of SQL Server 2008 R2 with the Express version, and SSMS just wouldn't ...

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 ...