Participate in the SQL Server Twitter Challenge !
http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2011/04/07/participate-in-the-sql-server-twitter-challenge.aspx
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CTP Now Available for Testing
http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2011/04/22/sql-server-2008-r2-sp1-ctp-now-available-for-testing.aspx
Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 SP2 Now Certified as Common Criteria Validated Products
http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2011/04/27/microsoft-windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2-and-sql-server-2008-sp2-now-certified-as-common-criteria-validated-products.aspx
Other
http://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx
Events/Webcasts
PASS DW/BI VC Presents: Creating Dynamic Calculations Using DAX Formulas in PowerPivot
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=SZSB5Q&role=attend&pw=BdD%5B_7.%2CG
Essential Guide to SQL Server 2008 R2 for the DBA (Free e-book)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/0/0A0E54E6-262F-4D2F-A7B0-2EFFD37F85F8/SQL%20Server%20Essential%20Guide%20FINAL.pdf
SQL 2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
FIX: SQL Server Browser service periodically does not respond to incoming requests
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526552
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
The target server cannot download a multiserver job from the master server if the target server is running a German version or a French version of SQL Server 2005 or a German version of SQL Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949775
SQL 2008
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer
FIX: Non-yielding scheduler error when you run a query that uses a TVP in SQL Server 2008 or in SQL Server 2008 R2 if SQL Profiler or SQL Server Extended Events is used
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2520808
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise
FIX: DML statements do not run on some columns in a table after you enable CDC on some other columns in SQL Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2532079
SQL 2008 R2
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services
FIX: "Unable to obtain the current member" error when you run an MDX query in SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2531172
FIX: MDX query incorrectly returns NULL or 0 values for some measures if a calculated member is used on the row axis in SSAS 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2518876
FIX: "CPerIndexMetaQS::ErrorAbort - Index corruption" error when you try to update a partitioned view in SQL Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2451688
How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2527041
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
Cumulative Update package 7 for SQL Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2507770
FIX: "Expression: (pCopySrc - command) <= (int) cmdLength" error when you add a column to a table published in a transactional publication in SQL Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2518808
FIX: "The script '/MDM/ScriptResource.axd' contains multiple calls to Sys.Application.notifyScriptLoaded(). Only one is allowed" error on a SQL Server 2008 R2 MDS website
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2516439
FIX: Assertion error when you try to recover a database in SQL Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2503834
FIX: "Exception 0xc0000005 EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" and SQL Server 2008 R2 crashes when you start a SQL Server Extended event session and perform actions that are bound to events in the Xevent session on a case-sensitive database
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2515489
FIX: A database that has transparent data encryption enabled may be marked as "suspect" if the server certificate is dropped in SQL Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2463682
You receive an error message when you try to browse directly to the SSRS 2008 R2 report server after you create a SharePoint claim site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981588
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
FIX: The IntelliSense feature in SQL Server Management Studio for SQL Server 2008 R2 may stop working after you install Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2531482
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010
FIX: PowerPivot window does not open when you open an .xla or .xlam file in Excel 2010 if PowerPivot for Excel 2010 is installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2521127
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
FIX: Performance decreases after you move a report that contains a large multi-select drop-down parameter list to SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2522708
FIX: Permission error when you view a folder by using the "ViewMode=WebpartList" parameter in the query string for Report Manager in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2520240
FIX: Report builder 3.0 stops responding after you run a query more than two times against a report model in SSRS 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2516163
FIX: Performance decreases after you move a large report to SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2506799
FIX: A report displays incorrect results if you use a filtered shared dataset in a SQL Server 2008 R2 report
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2515006
FIX: A hidden text box value that is referenced in the Tablix header is displayed only on the first page when you export a report to any hard page-break rendering format in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2494517
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard
List of the bugs that are fixed in SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 CTP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2463333