L'ebook Microsoft Press "Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2" est en téléchargement gratuit.

Ecrit par Ross Mistry et Stacia Misner. Cet ebook contient 10 chapitres, sur les nouveautés de R2 :

      PART I   Database Administration
            CHAPTER 1   SQL Server 2008 R2 Editions and Enhancements
            CHAPTER 2   Multi-Server Administration
            CHAPTER 3   Data-Tier Applications
            CHAPTER 4   High Availability and Virtualization Enhancements
            CHAPTER 5   Consolidation and Monitoring
       PART II   Business Intelligence Development
            CHAPTER 6   Scalable Data Warehousing
            CHAPTER 7   Master Data Services
            CHAPTER 8   Complex Event Processing with StreamInsight
            CHAPTER 9   Reporting Services Enhancements
            CHAPTER 10   Self-Service Analysis with PowerPivot