{"id":5213,"date":"2010-04-15T06:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2010\/04\/15\/new-sql-server-2008-r2-ebook\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:51:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:51:59","slug":"new-sql-server-2008-r2-ebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2010\/04\/15\/new-sql-server-2008-r2-ebook\/","title":{"rendered":"New SQL Server 2008 R2 Ebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 544px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"151\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;border-width: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image_thumb.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"141\" height=\"174\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"391\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">From the Microsoft Learning Team: Our purpose in <i>Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2<\/i> is to point out both the new and the improved in the latest version of SQL Server. 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