Microsoft SQL Server 2008 has been released, and the release date was Wednesday, August 6. Awesome – less than three years since SQL 2005, thereby meeting their goals and keeping the whole Software Assurance benefits worth the money.
You can download it now if you’ve got an MSDN subscription – those are a great deal at around $300 per year.
SQL Server Performance has a good summary blog entry talking about what’s great with SQL 2008.
I’ve started rebuilding my machines & demos for my SQL 2008 presentations over the next couple of weeks.