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.

Database troubleshooting is not for the faint of heart, especially when it comes to troubleshooting locking and blocking problems. Sometimes the elephant in the room is actually a rhino, a problem ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

Microsoft working to turn SQL Server 2008 database into information platform Microsoft this month will release another CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2, this one feature complete and including new business ...

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 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 ...

REDMOND, Wash. — April 21, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, the industry’s most complete information platform for managing, ...

Microsoft on Tuesday said SQL Server 2008 R2, the next version of its database, will be generally available in May. SQL Server 2008 R2 is the first major upgrade to Microsoft's flagship database since ...

Microsoft is offering users on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 a way to keep getting security updates for free after the official support period ends. Read also: Here's ...