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Microsoft: SQL Server 2008 RTM Support Ends April 13, 2010

Customers running older releases of SQL Server should start preparing to migrate to more recent releases of the data platform or risk using the product with no support from Microsoft. Christina Gendrano, program manager, SQL Server Sustained Engineering, has provided a heads-up to the imminent support retirement for ...

9 October 2009
05:22 GMT

SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP Public Downloads Are Live

Microsoft has opened up access to the first community technology preview of the next generation of its data platform. After shipping SQL Server 2008 R2 to MSDN and TechNet subscribers earlier this week, the Redmond company is now allowing all users to download and start testing the successor of SQL Server 2008. At th...

13 August 2009
08:58 GMT

Microsoft Bridges SQL Server 2008 and MapPoint 2009

Microsoft is now offering customers the possibility to bridge MapPoint 2009 and SQL Server 2008 via the MapPoint Add-In for SQL Server. The add-in streamlines the processes of data visualization and manipulation on a MapPoint map. The data needs to of course be stored in an SLQ Server 2008 database. What this means i...

31 July 2009
07:12 GMT

SQL Server 2008 SP1 Automatic Upgrades Coming

Customers running SQL Server 2008 that have so far stuck with the RTM release of the data platform need to get ready for automatic upgrades to the SP1 milestone. Microsoft revealed that, come September 2009, it would start distributing Service Pack 1 to all customers currently using SQL Server 2008 RTM in their infra...

31 July 2009
04:37 GMT

Make Windows 7 Play Nice with SQL Server 2008

Microsoft is providing KB955725 in order to help customers make Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 play nice with its data platform. The Knowledge Base article contains a list of known issues associated with the process of installing SQL Server on the next iterations of the Windows client and server operating syste...

8 July 2009
05:50 GMT

SQL Server 2008 Makes Microsoft a Leader in Database Management Systems

SQL Server 2008 has made Microsoft one of the leaders in the Database Management Systems market, according to Forrester Research. In The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Database Management Systems, Q2 2009, released on June 30, 2009, Forrester analyst Noel Yuhanna indicated that Microsoft, along with Oracle and IBM DB2 fo...

2 July 2009
03:57 GMT

Microsoft: SQL Server 2008 vs. Oracle RAC Comparison

Microsoft is little shy of going against competitors by taking a shot at their products, and Oracle is just the latest firm to come into its focus. The Redmond-based company has put together and published a comparison involving SQL Server and Oracle Real Application Clusters. The whitepaper, which is set up to be a c...

1 June 2009
11:06 GMT

Sneak Preview into SQL Server Codenamed Kilimanjaro on April 30

On April 30, 2009, Microsoft plans not only to offer MSDN and TechNet subscribers the Release Candidate bits of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (Windows 7 Server), but also a test of its next data platform. The Redmond company is in fact looking to deliver a sneak peek at the successor of SQL Server 2008, namely...

27 April 2009
08:20 GMT

SQL Server 2008 SP1 Comes to Windows Update

At the start of April 2009, Microsoft made available for download the first service pack for SQL Server 2008. The end of this month will make the Redmond company's next move in the strategy designed to serve SP1 for the latest iteration of its data platform. In this regard, the software giant announced that a fe...

24 April 2009
04:37 GMT

SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update Package 1 (CU1)

After the first service pack for SQL Server 2008 was made available earlier this month, Microsoft is now providing the first cumulative update package designed to refresh the release. Cumulative update package 1 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 is offered as a hotfix for this specific milestone of the Redmond compa...

16 April 2009
04:51 GMT

Download SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

The first Service Pack for SQL Server 2008 has been released to web. SQL Server 2008 SP1 went live on April 7, 2009, and is now available for download in the following language versions: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Customers running Microsoft's da...

8 April 2009
05:11 GMT

Loading 1 TB of Data in Less than 30 Minutes via Microsoft SSIS

February 2009 was synonymous with Microsoft setting the ETL World Record, a move that the company regarded as both very important and unimportant at the same time. Extract, Transform, Load is a process associated with data warehousing, with a label that is self explanatory, and with various tools associated to it inc...

4 March 2009
07:40 GMT

Download SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) CTP

SQL Server 2008 is evolving toward the Service Pack 1 milestone. At the start of this week, Microsoft made available for download the Community Technology Preview of SQL server 2008 SP1, indicating that the first service pack for its data platform is designed to resolve the issues that have survived past the RTM stag...

24 February 2009
06:03 GMT

SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse, Just $13,000 per Terabyte

Microsoft's SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse is designed, in the Redmond company's perspective, to streamline the deployment of enterprise-class data warehousing projects. With costs as low as $13,000 per terabyte, SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse allows business customers to access new reference ar...

24 February 2009
04:55 GMT

Microsoft Unveils Premier Support for Mission-Critical Applications

Offered as a new Microsoft Services Premier Support add-on, Premier Mission Critical Support is available worldwide as of February 3, 2009. Premier Support is tailored to the needs of enterprise customers and was designed in order to deliver support for mission-critical solutions. In this manner, the Redmond company ...

3 February 2009
09:49 GMT

The Magical Microsoft Application Platform

Microsoft has been labeled as one of the leaders among the companies providing application infrastructure, according to market analysis firm Gartner. The Redmond company applauded its positioning in the Leaders quadrant of four Gartner Magic Quadrants: the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Bac...

28 January 2009
04:53 GMT

Download Free Web Platform Installer 1.0 for Windows 7, Vista SP1, and XP SP3

The final version of Microsoft Web Platform Installer 1.0 has been released to web earlier this week. The gold version of the solution is now available as a free download from Microsoft and is designed to centralize all the disparate components of the company's Web Platform. According to the software giant, the ...

22 January 2009
12:10 GMT

SQL Server 2008 Activity Monitor

The latest version of Microsoft's data platform came to the table with a completely overhauled Activity Monitor. The revamping process meant that the Redmond company not only rewrote the Activity Monitor from scratch, but that it also moved its location in the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. Bill Ramos, ...

29 December 2008
07:54 GMT

SQL Server 2008 Safe from Critical Vulnerability Affecting the Microsoft Data Platform

The latest iteration of SQL Server is safe from a critical vulnerability affecting the Microsoft data platform. In addition to SQL Server 2008, the software giant revealed that SQL Server 7.0 SP4, and SQL Server 2005 SP3 are also not impacted in the least by the security flaw which could allow for remote code executi...

23 December 2008
14:34 GMT

Download 2 Free SQL Server 2008 Releases

Launched officially at the end of February 2008, concomitantly with Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 was only released to manufacturing at the start of August 2008. Formerly codenamed Katmai, SQL Server 2008 represents not only Microsoft's way of taking its database platform to the next level, but also mixin...

3 December 2008
08:00 GMT

Microsoft Applauds 1.1 Petabytes SQL Server 2008 Database

Officially launched in February 2008, but released to manufacturing in early August, SQL Server 2008 is already at the top of the data warehousing and transaction processing game worldwide. The Redmond company applauded the fact that its data management and business intelligence platform could support applications ca...

7 November 2008
04:43 GMT

SQL Server 2008: 1 Trillion Row Query in Seconds

Microsoft's data platform repertoire is in for a consistent evolution, not only via Gemini and SQL Server codename Kilimanjaro, but also with the project code-named “Madison”. In Microsoft's perspective, “Madison” represents an integration of the advanced data warehousing capabiliti...

7 October 2008
07:33 GMT

Microsoft SQL Server Code-Named Kilimanjaro in 2010

Kilimanjaro is no longer just an inactive volcano in Tanzania, as Microsoft has borrowed the name to designate the next iteration of its data platform. SQL Server code-named Kilimanjaro was showcased at the second annual Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) Conference 2008, courtesy of Ted Kummert, corporate vice pr...

7 October 2008
05:58 GMT

Introducing SQL Server 2008 Experience

Having released SQL Server 2008 to manufacturing at the start of August 2008, Microsoft is moving onward with the delivery of a collection of resources designed to help IT professionals, but also developers and decision makers embrace the new product. SQL Server 2008 was officially launched at the end of Februa...

29 September 2008
07:29 GMT

Microsoft Applauds SQL Server 2008 Performance

Seven months after the official launch of SQL Server 2008, and almost two months after the release to manufacturing milestone of the product, Microsoft is applauding its data platform for the high performance delivered in comparison to the price tag. In this regard, the Redmond company cited statistics offered by the...

23 September 2008
06:00 GMT

SQL Server Extension Will Scale into Hundreds of Terabytes of Data

With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 released to manufacturing at the start of August 2008, the Redmond company is focusing on the evolution of the product via a project based on DATAllegro technology. In less than two years, the software giant plans to integrate the resources that it has acquired concomitantly with DATAll...

17 September 2008
05:45 GMT

SQL Server 2008 Has Been Released to Manufacturing

SQL Server 2008 was launched on February 27, 2008 alongside Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, but the platform was only released to manufacturing on August 6, 2008, and is available for download only to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. The Redmond company promised that the downloads for the SQL Server 2008 Exp...

7 August 2008
09:32 GMT

Surf's Up for Eye on Earth via Virtual Earth

Surf's up for Eye on Earth powered by Microsoft's Virtual Earth and SQL Server 2008. A joint initiative of the Redmond giant and the European Environment Agency, Eye on Earth - Water Watch, is designed to provide an online service set up to monitor the quality of bathing water across 27 European countries. ...

31 July 2008
07:08 GMT

SQL Server 2008 RC0 Available for Download

Despite the fact that SQL Server 2008 accompanied Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 at the Heroes Happen Here launch event in February 2008, Microsoft is just now making available for download the first Release Candidate of the product. François Ajenstat, director of marketing for SQL Server, provided an SQL...

9 June 2008
04:15 GMT

New Windows Server 2008-Based Server Products Available

Windows Essential Server Solutions are basically designed as a bundle of SQL Server 2008, Exchange Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008, along with additional Microsoft technologies, set up as an all-in-one IT offering for small and midsize customers. As of May 13, 2008, Microsoft is debuting the test drive process of...

13 May 2008
11:47 GMT

All Microsoft Service Packs Are Not Equal, Just Vista SP1 and XP SP3

All Microsoft service packs are not created equal in terms of the "translucency" factor, just Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP SP3. But then again only the Windows client products and Windows Live are under the gag of Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, who j...

16 April 2008
03:17 GMT

Performing 1 GB per Second Backups

Backup capabilities are a critical aspect of data management, and in this context, the performance of such features ultimately reflect the success of the Data Platform. On February 27, 2008, Microsoft celebrated the worldwide launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2008, via the Heroes Happe...

3 March 2008
06:27 GMT

Windows Server 2008 - Heroes Happen(ed) Here

The Heroes Happen Here official launch event for Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, represents the kick start of Microsoft's vision for what the company's Chief Executive Officer, Steve Ballmer, referred to as a dramatic step forward in terms of a new level of security, in virtuali...

28 February 2008
01:54 GMT

SQL Server 2008 Hits Feature Complete CTP

With Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 and Visual Studio 2008 having already been released to manufacturing, Microsoft is moving onward to the RTM date of SQL Server 2008. An integral part of the Heroes Happen Here launch on February 27, 2008 in Los Angeles, SQL Server 2008 is the sole product that is yet to be fin...

20 February 2008
03:46 GMT

Microsoft Business Intelligence Nothing Short of Magic

Microsoft is nothing short of magic. At least as far as the company's business intelligence platform goes, from the perspective of market analyst firm Gartner. Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2008, the Redmond company has applauded its presenc...

6 February 2008
03:36 GMT

The Real Reason Behind the Delay of SQL Server 2008

When Francois Ajenstat, director of marketing for SQL Server, announced that SQL Server 2008, codenamed Katmai, would be released to manufacturing no sooner than the third quarter of 2008, the move was equivalent with a delay for existing SQL 2005 customers and for those who had followed the development of the curren...

29 January 2008
08:40 GMT

Katmai - SQL Server 2008 - Pushed to the Third Quarter of 2008

Not only will Microsoft not have wrapped up its "server homework" by February 27, but that while lateness was a given, the company is pushing even further back into 2008 the availability of one of the products scheduled for launch next month. At the end of February, Microsoft has planned the Heroes Happen Here launch...

28 January 2008
06:29 GMT

The Super Bowl of Windows Server 2008

There is little secret at this point in time that Microsoft is gearing up for the availability of Windows Server 2008. The Redmond company's last 32-bit server operating system is scheduled for its launch event Heroes Happen Here on February 27, 2008, in Los Angeles. And Windows Server 2008 will not go to custom...

22 January 2008
07:45 GMT

Microsoft Applauds an Infrastructure Success Story

With the spotless performance delivered by ShopLocal during the online shopping frenzy synonymous with the 2007 holiday season, Microsoft is applauding a success story of an infrastructure built with its own technology. The Redmond company revealed that ShopLocal featured Microsoft software at the back-end, and that ...

9 January 2008
03:43 GMT

Microsoft Applauds Its SQL Server Integration with SAP

Microsoft is, by no means, shy about boating the high level of integration of its SQL Server solutions and SAP. In this context, the Redmond company has offered a variety of examples, featuring companies that have successfully turned to SQL Server for running SAP applications. The stress fell on the lack of complexit...

6 December 2007
05:51 GMT

SQL Server 2008 and Exchange Server 2007 VHDs Up for Grabs

Microsoft is serving up a comprehensive collection of free resources, built around its top products and designed to permit users to test-drive a luxuriant variety of solutions, before dropping a single cent on them. The latest two such examples involve SQL Server 2008 and Exchange Server 2007. Two virtual hard disk i...

5 December 2007
06:49 GMT

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 November 2007 CTP

The latest development milestone of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is now available for download. Ted Kummert, corporate vice president, Data and Storage Platform Division at Microsoft announced since the past week that the company was gearing up for the November Community Technology Preview of SQL Server 2008. Fitting in...

22 November 2007
04:18 GMT

Microsoft Is One Step Closer to "Your Data, Any Place, Any Time" Vision

Microsoft is one step closer to delivering on its vision of "Your Data, Any Place, Any Time," with the upcoming milestone of SQL Server 2008. Ted Kummert, corporate vice president, Data and Storage Platform Division at Microsoft announced that the company is getting ready to make available the November Community Tech...

13 November 2007
11:58 GMT

Microsoft Data Warehousing - Nothing Short of Magic

Microsoft's Data Warehousing solution is nothing short of magic. When it comes down to integrated data management and analysis products, the Redmond company is offering SQL Server 2005, as an alternative to offerings from Teradata, Oracle and IBM. The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 software designed for the data ware...

15 October 2007
04:23 GMT

Fresh Office 2007 Download - Office PerformancePoint Server 2007

Microsoft revealed that it currently plans to make Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 available as early as next month, while SQL Server 2008 will be delivered sometime in the second quarter of 2008. The two products are an integer part of the Redmond company's lineup of offerings for the Business Intelligence ...

21 August 2007
09:43 GMT


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