{"id":5113,"date":"2010-05-03T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:51:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:51:52","slug":"sql-server-2008-r2-is-now-available-to-msdn-and-technet-subscribers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2010\/05\/03\/sql-server-2008-r2-is-now-available-to-msdn-and-technet-subscribers\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server 2008 R2 is now available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are happy to announce the availability of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 for <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/subscriptions\/securedownloads\/default.aspx\">MSDN<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/subscriptions\/securedownloads\/default.aspx\">TechNet<\/a> subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>For subscribers, SQL Server 2008 R2 is now available in the following editions:\u00a0Enterprise, Standard, Web, Workgroup and Developer (English Language availability only). 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