An opportunity to speak with Sabrena McBride, Senior Product Manager for SQL Server, provided a lot of insight into what's new in R2. Some of the highlights: Among other things, SQL Server 2008 R2 is ...

I am a techie, so I am interested in technology. I love to evaluate new features, new gadgets, new technology. I am less interested in actually paying for it, mainly because I am cheap. I am even less ...

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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 ...

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.

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 has relied on the "better together" concept to sell Windows client and Windows Server as a package. It also has done the same with previous versions of Office and Windows. But on May 12 -- ...

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.

In the complex and frustrating world of virtualization licensing, Microsoft has had its ups and downs and caused its fair share of IT aggravation. Licensing Microsoft products in a physical world has ...

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 ...