InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comWed, 22 May 2013 14:53:07 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1363026-391-1.aspxFor which exam are you studying?If it's developer or dba, you can practise your 2008R2 skills on a 2012 machine.Just ignore all the new stuff :-)If it's BI, it will be a bit more trickier as SSIS has changed a lot, and SSAS has gotten an extra development model. However, if you stick to SSAS multidimensional, it's almost exactly the same as in 2008R2.Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:42:33 GMTKoen Verbeeckhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1363026-391-1.aspxThank you and I apologize if I seemed "over eager". I did not see a reply for a couple of days so I guess it got lost in the bit bucket.I too have seen that r2 developers kit is unavailable and am wondering if I just byte the bullet and go to 2012 developer. any thoughts on that? I wanted to stay in R2 because I am studying for MCTS in R2..Thanks!!Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:52:23 GMTR_Caseyhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1363026-391-1.aspx[quote][b]R_Casey (9/21/2012)[/b][hr]I would like to upgrade my free 2008 r2 with advanced tools to the 2008 r2 developer edition. I understand there is a cost involved but need to know the correct procedure in order to purchase and upgrade this. Thanks!!:-)[/quote]Gee whiz you waited a whole 47 minutes before complaining.Might find it difficult to find a Developer Edition of 2008 R2 - Amazon reports out of stock ...I did something similar all it took was I copied the db and log files to the Developer Edition's file location for same and then using SSMS attached. It worked for me -Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:42:57 GMTbitbucket-25253http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1363026-391-1.aspxam I in the wrong forum for this? I expected some guru to reply on this simple thing.Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:51:31 GMTR_Caseyhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1363026-391-1.aspxI would like to upgrade my free 2008 r2 with advanced tools to the 2008 r2 developer edition. I understand there is a cost involved but need to know the correct procedure in order to purchase and upgrade this. Thanks!!:-)Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:04:32 GMTR_Casey