Next month, Microsoft will release SQL Server 2008 R2 ( Kilimanjaro), To keep your SQL Server skills up-to-date, find out what R2 has to offer.
Microsoft’s SQL Server 2008 R2 web page is a central location forinformation on R2’s new editions, features, benefits, new (higher) licensing costs, training resources, and much more.
If you download the a free CTP trial of R2 be sure you install it on a test server or virtual machine, as it it may not be production worthy but I would wait for the RTM trial version
As a developer/DBA, download the free SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit, which (presentations, demos, labs) on how to develop SQL Server 2008 R2 applications.
SQL Server 2008 R2 Books Online, is the best resource for R2 documentation,
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant (Microsoft Press), should be available mid-April,
