Microsoft's database releases from 2008 and 2010 reach end of extended support. In response, Redmond says, that for many customers, the time for cloud migration has arrived.

Resolving locking issues with SQL Server 2008 R2 can be troublesome -- but it can also be surprisingly straightforward.

SQL Server 2008 R2, Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 are tied even more tightly than other "better together" products around PowerPivot.

Microsoft has rolled out another version of SQL Server 2008, dubbed Release 2 Service Pack 3.

Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 this week and announced that it's available for download.

For those legacy SQL Server 2008/R2 applications that remain critical, some form of high availability or disaster recovery protection will be required to preserve business continuity.

SQL Server 2008 R2 Server Management Self-Service Business Intelligence The ability for end-users to do their own analysis and reporting on data is a nice new feature for SQL Server 2008 R2.

Applies to the 'Configuring Active Directory Roles and Services' objective of Exam 70-640 TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration.