Some Ideas for Meeting Sponsors

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End of Mainstream Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2

@DBA_ANDY: A reminder to all #sqlserver peeps out there and *especially* to our clients: #sql2008 #sql20008R2 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2014/07/09/end-of-mainstream-support-for-sql-server-2008-and-sql-server-2008-r2.aspx#Ntirety
Original Message:
http://twitter.com/DBA_ANDY/status/488744595136999424
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