SQL Server 2008 RC0 Available for Everyone
Today at TechEd 2008 in Orlando, Bob Muglia, Microsoft Vice President of Server and Tools, announced that SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) has been made available for public download.
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SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for subscribers
On the heels of TechEd 2008 for Developers ending on Friday, we are happy to announce that SQL Server 2008 RC0 has been made available for early download by MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers. -
New logo for SQL Server® 2008
The Microsoft branding team unveiled an official new logo for SQL Server 2008 at TechEd 2008. -
Understanding the new approach to Service Packs
As we’ve previously written about on this blog, we will be releasing Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005 in CY2008 following the release to manufacturing of SQL Server 2008. -
David DeWitt joins the SQL Server team
I’m happy to report that Dr. David DeWitt, one of the top minds in the database field, has joined Microsoft as a Technical Fellow. -
SQL Server 2005 – Cumulative Update 7 released
This Cumulative Update 7 contains hotfixes for SQL Server 2005 issues that have been fixed since the release of Service Pack 2. -
SQL Server 2005 SP3 – coming soon
Over the last year we have successfully established the Incremental Servicing Model (ISM), which has to date delivered 7 cumulative updates (CU) to our customers, in regular 8 week intervals. -
Sync up with the new Microsoft® Sync Framework CTP2
The Microsoft Sync Framework continues to evolve as the latest CTP2 bits were released last week. -
Accelerate mobile development with SQL Server Compact 3.5
Exciting news for developers looking to build SQL Server based applications that target mobile devices — the new Microsoft® Windows Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator 2008 has been released and is now available for download from here! This new accelerator consists of a working Supply Chain application, over 5,000 lines of well documented source […] -
ISV’s & SQL Server 2008 Applications
Technologies such as SQL Server are only as successful as the applications that are built upon them. -
SQL Server 2008 Launch – 10:30am 2/27/2008
The rest of the keynote focused on the 2 remaining pillars of launch – BI & Web. -
SQL Server 2008 Benchmarks
With the launch of SQL Server 2008 today (remember, RTM is still planned for a few months later in Q3 2008) we have just posted a number of record breaking results across industry (TPC-E, TPC-H) and ISV benchmarks.
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