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Free E-Book on SQL Server 2008 R2
Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner have done a wonderful job on this free e-book
You can download the full ebook in XPS format here and in PDF format here.
The book contains 10 chapters and 216 pages:
PART I Database Administration
CHAPTER 1 SQL Server 2008 R2 Editions and Enhancements 3
CHAPTER 2 Multi-Server Administration 21
CHAPTER 3 Data-Tier Applications 41
CHAPTER 4 High Availability and Virtualization Enhancements 63
CHAPTER 5 Consolidation and Monitoring 85
PART II Business Intelligence Development
CHAPTER 6 Scalable Data Warehousing 109
CHAPTER 7 Master Data Services 125
CHAPTER 8 Complex Event Processing with StreamInsight 145
CHAPTER 9 Reporting Services Enhancements 165
CHAPTER 10 Self-Service Analysis with PowerPivot 189
Posted by Dukagjin Maloku on 21 April 2010
Thanks for the info, I just download it and seems nice stuff inside and all of them are new features in SQL Server 2008 R2!
Posted by Jason Brimhall on 21 April 2010
Good info.
Posted by Hugo Shebbeare on 21 April 2010
You're very welcome boys!
Posted by Steve Jones on 21 April 2010
I got this last week and started reading today. A little high level, but a good overview of what is changing in R2.
Posted by Hugo Shebbeare on 21 April 2010
There is also a video with R2 changes aimed at Developers: www.msdev.com/.../Description.aspx
Posted by Hugo Shebbeare on 4 May 2010
There is also a Guide from the Tour page:
download.microsoft.com/.../MSSQLR2RG.doc
www.microsoft.com/.../default.aspx