http://blogs.technet.com/tnmag/archive/2008/04/09/what-s-new-in-sql-server-2008.aspxPolicy management, query seeks against partitions, Extensible Key Management --the list goes on.  SQL Server 2008 offers a lot of new features and enhancements that will make life easier for database administrators.  In the April issue of TechNeten-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)