SQL 2008 R2 August CTP Books Online available for download

sqldbatips — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:43:00 GMT

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Release 2 (R2), formerly known as SQL Server Code-Named “Kilimanjaro”, is the next release of Microsoft SQL Server. Books Online is the primary documentation for SQL Server. Download a pre-release preview of Books Online for SQL Server 2008 R2 here

Important Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Books Online upgrades your existing SQL Server 2008 version of Books Online. If you upgrade, be aware that the content and help topics now describe tools and features of SQL Server 2008 R2. To reinstall SQL Server 2008 Books Online, you must first uninstall SQL Server 2008 R2 Books Online. Because SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 share components, you cannot have side-by-side installations of Books Online on the same machine.

Note This pre-release version of SQL Server Books Online may contain topics that are empty, incomplete, or not up to date. Topics for new features may be missing and not all new or updated content has been reviewed for technical accuracy.

SQL 2008 R2 August CTP now available to all

sqldbatips — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:37:00 GMT

It has been up on Technet and MSDN for a few days now for subscribers but the August CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2 is now available to all from Technet. Get it here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee315247.aspx

SQL Server 2008 R2 expands on the value delivered in SQL Server 2008 to help your organization scale with confidence and improve IT and developer efficiency with new and enhanced tools for application and multi-server management, master data services and complex event processing. The new Self Service BI capabilities will empower end users to access, integrate, analyze and share information using business intelligence tools they already know – Microsoft Office.

The August Customer Technology Preview (CTP) includes Application and Multi-server Management which will help organizations manage database environments efficiently at scale with increased visibility and control across the application lifecycle. Microsoft SQL Server StreamInsight will also be made available for preview in the coming weeks. This new complex event processing technology will help businesses derive better insights by correlating event streams from multiple sources with near-zero latency.

The Fall 2009 CTP will include the remaining SQL Server 2008 R2 features including Master Data Services and Self Service Business Intelligence capabilities delivered in SQL Server Reporting Services and Project “Gemini”.

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SQL 2008 R2 August CTP Books Online available for download

SQL 2008 R2 August CTP now available to all