Microsoft issued some reminders this week that July 9, 2019, is the last day of patch support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2. The servers will no longer get security patches after that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Those that are considering migration to 2008 should just go to 2008 R2. As it's been noted, the DB engine changes are minor, but improvements to Analysis Services and Reporting Services are HUGE. I ...

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 ...

An opportunity to speak with Sabrena McBride, Senior Product Manager for SQL Server, provided a lot of insight into what's new in R2. Some of the highlights: Among other things, SQL Server 2008 R2 is ...

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+++ title = "Installing SQL Server Express 2008 on Windows Server 2003" description = "In this article we install Microsoft SQL Server Express 2008 on a virtual machine running Windows Server 2003." ...

A Windows Server 2008 R2 VM with SQL Server Express 2008 R2 SP2 powered by Vagrant. A Windows 2012 Server with SQL Server Express 2012 powered by Vagrant. This repo ...