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A quick post. It has just been announced, SQL Server 2008 R2 will be released in May.

Customers with Software Assurance can upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 and take advantage of the new features without incurring additional licensing costs.

I am glad I have Software Assurance so hopefully I can roll this out sometimes this year

More about this announcement here: http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/01/19/...

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Last week I wrote that SQL Server 2008 R2 Editions pricing has been announced, Microsoft today made availabe for download the SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP. SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP is available today for MSDN and TechNet subscribers and it will be available to the general public on November 11th

Go to http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/R2.aspx to get more information an...

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Microsoft has announced pricing and also what is new in the SQL Server 2008 R2 editions. First here is the pricing

EditionsPer Processor PricingRetail **Per Server Plus CAL PricingRetail **
Parallel Data Warehouse$57,498Not offered via Server CAL
Datacenter$57,498Not offered via Server CAL
Enterprise$28,749$13,969 with 25 CALs
Standard$7,499...
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Microsoft announced SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter and SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse Editions today at Pass. Also announced was a new world-record TPC-E benchmark result and the SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP

Microsoft is introducing two new offerings for high-scale, mission-critical applications. SQL Server R2 Datacenter delivers a high-performing information platform that provides high levels of scalability for large application workloads and managing an organization’s database infrastructure. With support for up to 256 logical processors and unlimited virtualiz...

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Channel 9 has two videos up about Project Gemini And Project Madison. These two videos will give you a good overview what Gemini and Madison are all about. Both videos are available in a variety of formats





Introduction to SQL Server Project Madison

The SQL Server team is working on a new project code-named “Madison”. "Madison" is a highly scalable data warehouse appliance that delivers performance at low cost through massively parallel processing (MPP). How does it work? What's the story? Well, "Madison" Product Unit Manage...

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