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 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 ...

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's "interim" R2 release of its database platform, is due out by May this year. While a number of new features have been introduced, such as the SQL Server Utility, there have been some "under ...

New BI and reporting features in SQL Server 2008 R2 hit the mark, but other additions leave SQL Server shops wanting more With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft begins to fully realize its ...

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.

Microsoft issued some reminders this week that July 9, 2019, is the last day of patch support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2. The servers will no longer get security patches after that ...

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 ...

Those that are considering migration to 2008 should just go to 2008 R2. As it's been noted, the DB engine changes are minor, but improvements to Analysis Services and Reporting Services are HUGE. I ...

SQL Server, Microsoft's flagship operational database, has been around for over a quarter century now. That has meant successive waves of innovation for the platform, but has also made for ...