The wait is over – the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 August Community Technology Preview (CTP) is available for public download and testing today. Building on the momentum of SQL Server 2008, “R2” ...

SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Release Notes [!INCLUDE sqlserver] This Release Notes document describes known issues that you should read about before you install or troubleshoot Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 ...

Is Sql Server 2008 R2 Compatible With Windows Server 2012? Windows 2012 is compatible with SQL 2008 R2, however after installing SQL you will need to apply the latest service packs for the version of ...

Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 this week and announced that it's available for download.

For those legacy SQL Server 2008/R2 applications that remain critical, some form of high availability or disaster recovery protection will be required to preserve business continuity.

With end of support looming for Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008, Microsoft has a new option for those users to keep getting security updates: By moving workloads to Azure.

SQL Server 2008 R2 introduces several new features which significantly expand upon existing support for working in, managing, and leveraging a multi-instance SQL Server environment. This blog post ...