MSDN Blog yesterday released the first public CTP (Community Technology Preview) of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 for MSDN and TechNet subscribers.  Availability for non-subscribers is planned for August 12th.This first public CTP wont be feature complete but it sure has enough exciting content for you to explore.

Some Features :

1. Application & Multi-Server Management
2. Report Builder 3.0
3. Scale Up with support for up to 256 logical processors

The Data Platform Insiders blog has a detailed post with all information regarding this CTP.So why wait go get it.Download SQL Server 2008 CTP 2

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