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SQL Server 2008 R2 to be released in May
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/...
SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP Available For Download
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...
SQL Server 2008 R2 Editions Pricing Announced
Microsoft has announced pricing and also what is new in the SQL Server 2008 R2 editions. First here is the pricing
| Editions | Per Processor PricingRetail ** | Per Server Plus CAL PricingRetail ** |
| Parallel Data Warehouse | $57,498 | Not offered via Server CAL |
| Datacenter | $57,498 | Not offered via Server CAL |
| Enterprise | $28,749 | $13,969 with 25 CALs |
| Standard | $7,499 | ... |
SQL Server StreamInsight CTP2 Available For Download
After I wrote the SQL Server 2008 R2 August Community Technology Preview (CTP) Announced post I noticed that we were getting Google hits for the search term StreamInsight. Well there is good news: SQL Server StreamInsight CTP2 is available for download.
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Microsoft® SQL Server® StreamInsight is a platform for the continuous and incremental processing of unending sequences of events (event streams) from multiple source...
SQL Server 2008 R2 August Community Technology Preview (CTP) Announced
Microsoft has just announced the release of the August Community Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2008 R2. You might have heard about this before when people talked about Kilimanjaro and Project Gemini.
Why should you download the CTP?
- Explore the enhanced database management capabilities in SQL Server Management Studio.
- Preview SQL Server StreamInsight, Microsoft’s new complex event processing technology
- ...
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