Today’s Link: Free EBook Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2

“Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is the most advanced,    trusted, and scalable data platform released to date.” BI folks    have been anticipating this release with much excitement.

Enhancements to scalability and performance, high availability,  enterprise security, enterprise manageability, data  warehousing, reporting, self-service BI, collaboration, and tight  integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft  SharePoint 2010, and SQL Server PowerPivot for  SharePoint make it the best database platform available.

- “Introducing to SQL Server 2008 R2″

This ebook will introduce you to all the stuff you need to know, as a SQL Server DBA or Developer, about SQL Server 2008 R2

Link: http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2010/04/14/free-ebook-introducing-microsoft-sql-server-2008-r2.aspx