At the PASS summit, the Editions of SQL Server 2008 R2 were announced. Pricing was also announced. SQL Server 2008 R2 is planned for release in the first half of calendar year 2010 2 New Editions were announced: Datacenter and Parallel Data Warehouse Application and Multi-Server Management Support for...

Interested in what new features will be in SQL Server 2008 R2, or maybe you want to test your existing application? Today we announced that on from today, TechNet and MSDN subscribers will be able to download SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP. If you are not a subscriber, you can download it from Wednesday...

All good Betas and Release Candidates need to expire some time. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are no exception. Beta Release Candidate Message: “Is Expiring” 17 June 2009 14 February 2010 Timebomb: Shutdown every 2 Hours 1 July 2009 1 March 2010 ...

Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) is available for immediate download to the general public from here . The RC is the Windows 7 Ultimate edition and is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions in English, French, Japanese, German, and Spanish. To learn more about Windows 7 from an IT professional perspective...

Wanting to do Projects with New Technologies? It sounds exciting, but does have an element of risk. Why does one want to be an Early-Adopter of new Technology? Generally, new technologies have new, and marked improvements in features. In most cases, real-world problems and requirements are solved by...

Windows 7 RC and Windows Server 2008 R2 RC (builds 7100) will be made available for download to TechNet and MSDN subscribers on 30 April 2009 and on 5 May 2009, will be available for general download. Just remember, unless you download it from Microsoft, you can’t be guaranteed that it is the actual...

Exchange Server 2010 Beta is now available for download on TechNet Subscriber Downloads and as a Public Beta here You can also try it as an Online Trial here . In the Online Trial version, you do not have to install anything on your machines. The Trial in run on Virtualized Servers at Microsoft. To see...

Overnight, a few updates for Windows 7 Beta build 7000 have been released on Microsoft Update and Windows Update. One of the updates is a patch for Internet Explorer 8, to give it some of the stability updates that have been released in Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate (RC). The previously released...

The beta of the Remote Server Administration Tools , specifically for Windows 7 is available for download. The toolset for Windows Vista has been around a long time and is very popular among administrators. For those who have never used it, you may ask yourself what does the toolset do? Well, It enables...

The Beta of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been released for TechNet and MSDN subscribers. It is available from here . For non-MSDN and TechNet subscribers, the beta of Windows 7 will be available on Friday 9 January 2009 from here . Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are based on the same...