Thurrot is wrong. Azure is very much alive. See Mary Jo Foleys post. She actually tried to get a comment from Microsoft about it. They are just renaming stuff on...

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express isn't pre-packaged with SP1. You either install it with the regular download or (even simplier) with the Web Platform Installer (you can also...

Microsoft has dropped Pearson/Vue as a certification provider as of 31st of December 2007. Your only choice is Prometric for all the MCP exams and Certiport for Microsoft Business Certification...

Happy to see that Backup Compression has trickled down from Enterprise to Standard with SQL Server 2008 R2.

Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2008 R2

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645993(SQL.105).aspx