Microsoft has released today SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP1 (formerly known as Kilimanjaro ) to the general public after it was available for two days already to TechNet and MSDN subscribers. Except for adding more features to help DBAs and developers work against the databases, SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP1also offers Report Builder 3.0. Yes, it’s true, you just blinked and already Microsoft has released a new version to Report Builder. The enhanced visualization from Dundas gages and charts is still there and...
Do you want to influence how SQL Server 2010 Kilimanjaro will look like? Do you submit issues to Microsoft Connect? Well this is the post for you... When I first saw Anthony Carrabino 's post about a free hosted SQL Server 2008 offer I thought to myself that maybe I shouldn't have bothered putting up a virtual machine with SQL Server 2008 on it, when Microsoft is already offering me one all ready and for free... but that's not the exact case. Reading the page for the free SQL Server 2008...
The Microsoft BI Conference 2008 has been the source for quite a few announcements. First of all, now that DATAllegro was purchased by Microsoft, the talk is about SQL Server handling bigger amounts of data. There have been posts not just about terabyte projects, but also petabyte projects. The full integration of DATAllegro's technology into SQL Server is planned for the first half of calendar year 2010 and is code named Project Madison. SQL Server 2010 itself is code named Project Kilimanjaro...