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Microsoft on Monday announced the third community technology preview (CTP3) release of its next-generation SQL Server database management system, code-named "Denali," as well as Service Pack 1 for its ...

Microsoft has rolled out another version of SQL Server 2008, dubbed Release 2 Service Pack 3. According to the SQL Server Releases blog, its "primarily a roll up of Cumulative Updates as it is the ...

Microsoft last week announced virtualization and other improvements coming with Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. SP1 will be available by the end of July. As mentioned in March ...

Users of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1), which will reach its end-of-support phase in a mere three months, can now take advantage of Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection's (ATP) ...

Microsoft has made Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 available to all of its customers. Not sure if you need them or not? It's not a very glamorous update, but consider that SP1 ...

Microsoft told us to clear our pipes for a hefty download on the 22nd of February, and sure enough, the software giant is delivering. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is now ...

We knew good and well it was coming, and here it is. Microsoft has today introduced the Release Candidate (RC) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to the public, and for those ...

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users rejoice! Service Pack 1 is now available for both flavors of Windows and is available via Windows Update any hour now as Microsoft are rolling it out now.

Is there anyone here running 4.1 on 2008 R2 and just installed SP1 anyway? Were there any issues? Better yet, does anyone know if VMware has any plans to support 2008 R2 SP1 at all with vSphere Server ...

Microsoft's first service pack for Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, the company's standalone server virtualization solution, includes the same two features highlighted with Service Pack 1 for Windows Server ...