In May 2009, Microsoft announced that a CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2 (formerly codenamed Kilimanjaro) would be available in the second half of 2009, and today it has arrived. The final version is ...

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) ...

Microsoft late last week launched a revamped iteration of its highly trafficked resource sites for developers and IT professionals. Word that the company was in the process of overhauling its MSDN ...

I wish MS would offer downloads of SQL Server by architecture. I think that the two people that need the ia64 version are capable of finding the download themselves. Why I have to pull down an extra 1 ...

Software giant Microsoft yesterday announced the release of SQL Server 2008. The company’s latest release of its popular database includes a host of new features such as support for policy-based ...

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 ...

Ok, by now my first upgrade experience with Katmai is well-documented. So I thought I’d pass along some of my other experiences and some of the things I’ve learned. My Vista upgrade: I have a copy of ...