{"id":6403,"date":"2008-06-07T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-07T22:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:51:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:51:46","slug":"sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for subscribers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the heels of TechEd 2008 for Developers ending on Friday, we are happy to announce that SQL Server 2008 RC0 has been made available for early download by MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers. RC0 is the final step before SQL Server 2008 RTMs in Q3 of this year. After logging into their respective accounts, subscribers can view Product Keys and download SQL Server 2008 RC0 from the following links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/subscriptions\/downloads\/details\/default.aspx?pm=pid:334\">Download SQL Server 2008 RC0 (MSDN subscribers)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/subscriptions\/downloads\/details\/default.aspx?pm=p:334\">Download SQL Server 2008 RC0 (TechNet Plus subscribers)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information will be forthcoming on this blog as we gear up for an exciting TechEd for IT Professionals in Orlando next week. The second half of TechEd gets kicked off on Tuesday June 10<sup>th<\/sup> at 8:30am with a keynote by Bob Muglia, our Senior Vice President in charge of Server and Tools at Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/events\/teched2008\/itpro\/default.mspx\">Learn more about TechEd for IT Professionals.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the heels of TechEd 2008 for Developers ending on Friday, we are happy to announce that SQL Server 2008 RC0 has been made available for early download by MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers. RC0 is the final step before SQL Server 2008 RTMs in Q3 of this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1457,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","footnotes":""},"post_tag":[],"product":[],"content-type":[2448],"topic":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-6403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","content-type-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for subscribers - Microsoft SQL Server Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for subscribers - Microsoft SQL Server Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On the heels of TechEd 2008 for Developers ending on Friday, we are happy to announce that SQL Server 2008 RC0 has been made available for early download by MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers. RC0 is the final step before SQL Server 2008 RTMs in Q3 of this year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Microsoft SQL Server Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sqlserver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-06-07T22:03:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-23T06:51:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cropped-microsoft_logo_element.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SQL Server Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SQLServer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SQLServer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SQL Server Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 min read\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/\"},\"author\":[{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/author\/sql-server-team\/\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@name\":\"SQL Server Team\"}],\"headline\":\"SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for subscribers\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-06-07T22:03:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-23T06:51:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/\",\"name\":\"SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for subscribers - Microsoft SQL Server Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-06-07T22:03:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-23T06:51:46+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for subscribers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft SQL Server Blog\",\"description\":\"Official News from Microsoft\u2019s Information Platform\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Microsoft SQL Server Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png\",\"width\":259,\"height\":194,\"caption\":\"Microsoft SQL Server Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sqlserver\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/SQLServer\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MSCloudOS\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for subscribers - Microsoft SQL Server Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for subscribers - Microsoft SQL Server Blog","og_description":"On the heels of TechEd 2008 for Developers ending on Friday, we are happy to announce that SQL Server 2008 RC0 has been made available for early download by MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers. RC0 is the final step before SQL Server 2008 RTMs in Q3 of this year.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/","og_site_name":"Microsoft SQL Server Blog","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sqlserver","article_published_time":"2008-06-07T22:03:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-23T06:51:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cropped-microsoft_logo_element.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"SQL Server Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SQLServer","twitter_site":"@SQLServer","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SQL Server Team","Est. reading time":"1 min read"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/"},"author":[{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/author\/sql-server-team\/","@type":"Person","@name":"SQL Server Team"}],"headline":"SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for subscribers","datePublished":"2008-06-07T22:03:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-23T06:51:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/"},"wordCount":148,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/","name":"SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for subscribers - Microsoft SQL Server Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-06-07T22:03:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-23T06:51:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/07\/sql-server-2008-rc0-now-available-for-subscribers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SQL Server 2008 RC0 now available for subscribers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/","name":"Microsoft SQL Server Blog","description":"Official News from Microsoft\u2019s Information Platform","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#organization","name":"Microsoft SQL Server Blog","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png","width":259,"height":194,"caption":"Microsoft SQL Server Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sqlserver","https:\/\/x.com\/SQLServer","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MSCloudOS"]}]}},"msxcm_display_generated_audio":false,"msxcm_animated_featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_tag?post=6403"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=6403"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=6403"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=6403"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}