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 Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 November Community Technology Preview Feature PackBrief DescriptionThe Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone packages which provide additional value for SQL Server 2008 R2. On This PageQuick Details| File Name: | November CTP.txt | | Version: | CTP 3 | | Date Published: | 11/11/2009 | | Language: | English | | Download Size: | 1 KB - 416.5 MB* | | Estimated Download Time: | 8 hr 28 min 56K | | *Download size depends on selected download components. |
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OverviewThe SQL Server 2008 R2 November Community Technology Preview (CTP) Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone packages which provide additional value for SQL Server 2008 R2. It includes the latest versions of:
- Redistributable components for SQL Server 2008 R2.
- Add-on providers for SQL Server 2008 R2.
Note: Some components in the Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 November Community Technology Preview Feature Pack of SQL Server® have certain Internet-enabled features,
including the Customer Experience Improvement Program and Error and Usage Reporting component,
enabled by default to help us identify and address issues that you may encounter while using SQL Server®.
For more information and instructions on how to disable these features,
see the SQL Server® Privacy Statement
Note: Some components in the Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 November Community Technology Preview Feature Pack of SQL Server® have two different methods to complete the installation process:
- Attended Installation – an interactive user interface will guide you through the set-up process and obtain all of the information and consent required to complete the installation. This includes the displaying, acknowledgement, and archiving of the applicable SQL Server license terms.
- Un-attend Installation – this is a DOS command Line set-up process that does not have an interactive user interface to guide you through the set-up process. In this case, you will be required to enter a parameter during installation that indicates your acceptance of the license terms. The license terms can be downloaded from this site for you to review.
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System Requirements- Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Note: System requirements may vary among the install packages included in the Feature Pack.
Note: When an MSI package is redistributed it must not be renamed, otherwise you may see failures if updates are installed for that package. Top of page Instructions
Download the appropriate file by clicking one of the links below, then run the downloaded file to install that package.
Each item below indicates a short description of the package, and the audience(s) for which it was intended, as follows:
Customer: An individual may want to install this for additional licensed functionality.
Partner: An ISV may want to ship this as a redistributable component as part of their application.
Developer: A programmer may want to install this to support application development.
Note: To archive a copy of the license terms, prior to accepting them, copy and paste the terms to a word processing program, then print or save the file to your favorite directory.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Report Builder 3.0
Building on the value delivered in Report Builder 2.0, the November CTP of Report Builder 3.0 introduces new support for geospatial visualization (mapping, routing, custom shapes) which can help produce new
insights and discoveries well beyond what can be achieved with standard tables and charts when geospatial data is combined with business information. Additionally, users will experience significant
performance improvements with enhancements to the ability to use Report Builder in server mode. This allows for much faster report processing with caching of datasets on the report server when toggling
between design and preview modes.
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
Note: This component requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.
Microsoft® PowerPivot for Microsoft® Excel 2010
Microsoft® PowerPivot for Microsoft® Excel 2010 is a data analysis tool that delivers unmatched computational power directly within the software users already know and love — Microsoft® Excel. You can transform mass quantities of data with incredible speed into meaningful information to get the answers you need in seconds. You can effortlessly share your findings with others. You can:
- Process millions of rows with about the same performance as few hundred rows using by leveraging PowerPivot in-memory engine and efficient compression algorithms
- Integrate data from a multitude of sources, including corporate databases, spreadsheets, reports, text files, and Internet data feeds
- Go beyond standard Excel expressions and use PowerPivot’s Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) to perform powerful data manipulations. Follow relationships between tables as in a database and define sophisticated calculations using familiar and intuitive expressions
- Interactively explore, analyze, and create reports without depending on expert knowledge and specialty training by using native Excel 2010 functionality such as PivotTables, slicers, and other familiar analysis features
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services November CTP Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies 2010
The Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 November CTP Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint® Technologies 2010 allows you to integrate your reporting environment with SharePoint to experience the
benefits of using the collaborative environment provided by SharePoint. Once you install the Reporting Services Add-in and configure your servers for integration, you can publish Reporting Services content
to a SharePoint library and then view and manage those documents directly from a SharePoint site.
This download provides a Report Viewer Web part, Web application pages, and support for using standard Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007. New capabilities
delivered include:
- Multizone support. Use the alternate access mapping functionality in your SharePoint environment to access report server items from one or more SharePoint zones (default, internet, intranet, extranet, or
custom). This is useful when you have a SharePoint environment that can be accessed by users from multiple zones
- SharePoint list support. Access SharePoint lists as data sources for building reports in Report Builder
- Ribbon user experience. Group reports in a more logical manner through the extension of the SharePoint ribbon, making content much easier to find
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services November CTP Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies 2007
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services November CTP Add-in for SharePoint Technologies allows you to take advantage of new SQL Server 2008 report processing and management capabilities in SharePoint
integrated mode. This version also includes Report Builder server mode, and the ability to launch Report Builder directly from a Report Server. The download provides a Report Viewer Web part, Web application
pages, and support for using standard Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007.
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta 2
SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta 2 is an embedded database that allows developers to build robust applications for Windows desktops and mobile devices. The download contains the files for installing SQL
Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta 2 on Windows desktop.
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver 2.0
In its continued commitment to interoperability, Microsoft has released a new Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver. The SQL Server JDBC Driver 2.0 download is available to all SQL Server users at no
additional charge, and provides access to SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, and SQL Server 2008 from any Java application, application server, or Java-enabled applet. This is a Type 4 JDBC driver that
provides database connectivity through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5.
This release of the JDBC Driver is JDBC 4.0 compliant and runs on the Java Development Kit (JDK) version 5.0 or later. It has been tested against all major application servers including BEA WebLogic, IBM
WebSphere, and JBoss
Audience(s): Partner, Developer
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 System CLR Types
The SQL Server System CLR Types package contains the components implementing the geometry, geography, and hierarchy id types in SQL Server 2008 R2. This component can be installed separately from the server
to allow client applications to use these types outside of the server.
Note: This component also requires Windows Installer 4.5.
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
SQL Server 2008 R2 Remote Blob Store
The SQL Server Remote Blob Store is a method for storing blobs of unstructured data in an external Content Addressable data store. The component consists of a client-side DLL that is linked into a user
application, as well as a set of stored procedures to be installed on SQL Server. Run the self-extracting download package to create an installation folder. The setup program contained there will install
RBS on X86, X64, and Itanium-based computers.
Audience(s): Developer, DBA
SQL Server 2008 R2 Books On-line
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Books Online is the primary documentation for SQL Server. Download a pre-release preview of Books Online for SQL Server 2008 R2. If you were looking for the latest released
version of Books Online, visit the SQL Server 2008 Books Online page on the Microsoft Download Center.
Important Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Books Online upgrades your existing SQL Server 2008 version of Books Online. If you upgrade, be aware that the content and help topics now describe tools and
features of SQL Server 2008 R2. To reinstall SQL Server 2008 Books Online, you must first uninstall SQL Server 2008 R2 Books Online. Because SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 share components, you
cannot have side-by-side installations of Books Online on the same machine.
Note This pre-release version of SQL Server Books Online may contain topics that are empty, incomplete, or not up to date. Topics for new features may be missing and not all new or updated content has
been reviewed for technical accuracy.
Books Online includes the following types of information:
- Setup and upgrade instructions.
- Information about new features and
backward compatibility.
- Conceptual descriptions of the technologies and features in SQL Server.
- Procedural topics describing how to use the various features in SQL Server.
- Tutorials that guide you through common tasks.
- Reference documentation for the graphical tools, command prompt utilities, programming languages, and application programming
interfaces (APIs) that are supported by SQL Server.
- Descriptions of the sample databases and applications that are available with SQL Server.
Audience(s): Developer, DBA
SQL Server 2008 R2 Upgrade Advisor
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Upgrade Advisor analyzes instances of SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 in preparation for upgrading to SQL Server 2008 R2. Upgrade Advisor identifies feature
and configuration changes that might affect your upgrade, and it provides links to documentation that describes each identified issue and how to resolve it.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client (SQL Server Native Client) is a single dynamic-link library (DLL) containing both the SQL OLE DB provider and SQL ODBC driver. It contains run-time support for
applications using native-code APIs (ODBC, OLE DB and ADO) to connect to Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, or 2008. SQL Server Native Client should be used to create new applications or enhance existing
applications that need to take advantage of new SQL Server 2008 R2 features. This redistributable installer for SQL Server Native Client installs the client components needed during run time to take
advantage of new SQL Server 2008 R2 features, and optionally installs the header files needed to develop an application that uses the SQL Server Native Client API.
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0 SP 1
Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0 SP 1is the latest version of the native XML processing stack. MSXML 6.0 provides standards-conformant implementations of XML 1.0, XML Schema (XSD) 1.0, XPath 1.0,
and XSLT 1.0. In addition, it offers 64-bit support, increased security for working with untrusted XML data, and improved reliability over previous versions of MSXML.
Audience(s): Partner, Developer
Microsoft OLEDB Provider for DB2
The Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 Version 3.0 offers a set of technologies and tools for integrating vital data stored in IBM DB2 databases with new solutions based on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
Enterprise Edition and Developer Edition. SQL Server developers and administrators can use the data provider with Integration Services, Analysis Services, Replication, Reporting Services, and Distributed
Query Processor. Run the self-extracting download package to create an installation folder. The single setup program will install the Version 3.0 provider and tools on x86, x64, and IA64 computers. Read the
installation guide and release notes for more information.
Audience(s): Customer, Developer
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Command Line Utilities
The SQLCMD utility allows users to connect to, send Transact-SQL batches from, and output rowset information from SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, and SQL Server 2008 instances. The bcp
utility bulk copies data between an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and a data file in a user-specified format. The bcp utility can be used to import large numbers of new rows into SQL Server tables
or to export data out of tables into data files.
Note: This component requires both Windows Installer 4.5 and Microsoft SQL Server Native Client (which is another component
available from this page).
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Broker External Activator
The Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Broker External Activator is distributed in the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Feature Pack. It is an extension of the internal activation feature in SQL Server 2008 R2 that lets you move the logic for receiving and processing Service Broker messages from the Database Engine service to an application executable that runs outside SQL Server. By doing this, cpu-intensive or long-duration tasks can be offloaded out of SQL Server to an application executable, possibly in another computer. The application executable can also run under a different Windows account from the Database Engine process. This gives administrators additional control over the resources that the application can access. Run the self-extracting download package to create an installation folder. Read the attached documentation or Books Online for more information.
The single setup program will install the service on x86, x64, and IA64 computers. Read the documentation for more information.
Audience(s): Customer, Developer
Microsoft Windows PowerShell Extensions for SQL Server 2008 R2
The Microsoft Windows PowerShell Extensions for SQL Server2008 R2 includes a provider and a set of cmdlets that enable administrators and developers to build PowerShell scripts for managing instances of
SQL Server. The SQL Server PowerShell Provider delivers a simple mechanism for navigating SQL Server instances that is similar to file system paths. PowerShell scripts can then use the SQL Server Management
Objects to administer the instances. The SQL Server cmdlets support operations such as executing Transact-SQL scripts or evaluating SQL Server policies.
Note: Windows PowerShell Extensions for SQL Server requires SQL Server 2008 Management Objects, also available on this page. This component also requires Windows PowerShell 1.0; download
instructions are on the Windows Server 2003 Web site.
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Objects
The SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) is a .NET Framework object model that enables software developers to create client-side applications to manage and administer SQL Server objects and services. This
object model will work with SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008.
Note: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Objects Collection requires Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0, Microsoft SQL Server Native Client, and Microsoft SQL Server System CLR Types.
These are available on this page.
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 ADOMD.NET
ADOMD.NET is a Microsoft .NET Framework object model that enables software developers to create client-side applications that browse metadata and query data stored in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis
Services. ADOMD.NET is a Microsoft ADO.NET provider with enhancements for online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining.
Note:The English ADOMD.NET setup package installs support for all SQL Server 2008 languages.
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services OLE DB Provider
The Analysis Services OLE DB Provider is a COM component that software developers can use to create client-side applications that browse metadata and query data stored in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
Analysis Services. This provider implements both the OLE DB specification and the specification’s extensions for online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining.
Note: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services OLE DB Provider requires Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0, also available on this page.
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Management Objects
Analysis Management Objects (AMO) is a .NET Framework object model that enables software developers to create client-side applications to manage and administer Analysis Services objects.
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer
Microsoft SQL Server Driver for PHP 1.1
The SQL Server Driver for PHP 1.1 is a PHP extension that allows for accessing data in all Editions of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 (including Express Editions) from within PHP scripts. The
driver provides a procedural interface for accessing data and makes use of PHP features, including PHP streams to read and write large objects.The SQL Server Driver for PHP relies on the Microsoft SQL Server Native Client to communicate with SQL Server.SQL Server Native Client can be downloaded on this Feature Pack page.
Audience(s): Developer
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If you have questions about Feature Pack content, visit the SQL Server forums on MSDN.
Visit the Microsoft Connect site to:
- Access more resources, including white papers, training, and webcasts.
- Receive information about future downloads, alerts, newsletters, and more.
- Help improve SQL Server 2008 by submitting feedback.
- Participate in forum discussions.
Download the SQL Server 2008 R2 Books Online.
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