Microsoft's latest relational database management system contains a host of new features, but are they enough to make you migrate? The wait is over. Microsoft has finally released SQL Server 2008, the ...

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Microsoft is announcing the release to manufacturing (RTM) of SQL Server 2008 R2 on April 21. In fact, the product actually RTM'd a week ago, about a week ahead of schedule, said Tom Casey, General ...

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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 ...

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It's official: Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008, the culmination of a series of new tools and server product launches by the company this year, including Visual Studio and Windows Server.