Yesterday, Microsoft released the July Community Technical Preview (CTP) for SQL Server 2008. The release makes available several performance and feature enhancements designed to support mission-critical platform and enable pervasive insight across the enterprise. (ok, those last two sentences weren't mine :)

Check out http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/futureversion/default.mspx for all of the latest info. You can download the SQL Server 2008 July CTP at: http://connect.microsoft.com/sqlserver/

     Thanks and have fun!
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