微软SQL Server 2008 R2推出后，微软努力将SQL Server打造为一个信息平台，而不再仅仅是一个数据库，就像其发布主题“自助式商业智能（self-service BI）。Excel 2010和SharePoint 2010的PowerPivot插件可以算是其新特性中的一个最大亮点，不仅仅是因为它们是最完整的。

微软SQL Server 2008 R2推出后，微软努力将SQL Server打造为一个信息平台，而不再仅仅是一个数据库，就像其发布主题“自助式商业智能（self-service BI）。Excel2010和SharePoint 2010的PowerPivot插件可以算是其新特性中的一个最大亮点，不仅仅是因为它们是最完整的。但是 ...

微软昨日正式发布了SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2，包括x86、x64、IA64版本，支持简体中文等多种语言。 SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2是累积更新，包含SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1及SP1以来的累积更新，SQL Server 2008 R2以下版本用户均可下载升级： SQL Server 2008 R2并行计算版本（Parallel ...

Microsoft Wednesday announced that SQL Server 2008 R2 has achieved release-to-manufacturing status and will be released in May worldwide. Subscribers to Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN professional ...

【IT168专稿】尽管SQL Server 2008 R2仅仅是SQL Server 2008到下一版本间的过渡升级版本，不过对于SQL Server DBA来说SQL Server 2008 R2仍然有一些值得进行探索的数据管理特性。其中最为重要的特性莫过于SQL Server Utility 以及Data-Tier Application (简称DAC) 。 SQL Server ...

I realized after reviewing the past few posts that I omitted a new piece of functionality introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2. This feature, known as Extended Protection for Authentication (Extended ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Microsoft this month will release another CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2, this one feature complete and including new business intelligence integration tools and master data management features. In ...

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 ...