Making the most of Reporting Services by adding SharePoint collaborative features. The Novemebr CTP Feature Pack is full of some great tools to really extend the usefulness of SQL Server 2008 R2.

Microsoft's "interim" R2 release of its database platform, is due out by May this year. While a number of new features have been introduced, such as the SQL Server Utility, there have been some ...

Microsoft on Tuesday said it will release the feature-complete preview of SQL Server 2008 R2, the first major upgrade of its flagship database platform in nearly two years.

A number of other features make SQL Server 2008 R2 worth a close look — and they don’t require Office 2010 or SharePoint 2010.

SQL Server 2008 R2 will be available as part of Microsoft’s Small Business Server package. That version has the same features as the standard edition, but is limited to 75 users.

For example, the new multi-server management features make perfect sense. With the number of instances a typical SQL Server DBA has to administer, any new capabilities for multi-server management are ...

SQL Server 2008 R2 is like Windows Server 2008 R2 in that it is a supposedly "minor" R2 version, but includes an awful lot of new features and functionality.

Microsoft on Tuesday said it will release the feature-complete preview of SQL Server 2008 R2, the first major upgrade of its flagship database platform in nearly two years.