SQL Server 2008 R2 – RTM

Hello all,

SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM was officially launched:

https://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/04/21/sql-server-2008-r2-released-to-manufacturing.aspx

Look at www.sqlserverlaunch.com for more details about the release of this new version of SQL Server.

A trial is already available on the downloads section:

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=54ad6107-c552-4d47-b1a1-3f66460f71a9&displaylang=en&hash=8OqJuO7pNCd6xGYYkHqhojYCGG%2bEkKIWg743GhPxAvgNMgP9zpPfcz02ZCK5O6wMG1CSogN6LIII3fyBPTmLfg%3d%3d

More download information is available here:

https://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/R2Downloads.aspx

If you want to start reading about what’s new, you need to start by here:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb500435(SQL.105).aspx

and you can download the Resource KIT using this link:

SQL Server 2008 R2 Resource Kit Download

You can find a set of brief videos done by the Product Group about the new Key features, following this link:

https://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/tour/en/videos.aspx

Cheers,