The document summarizes new features and enhancements in SQL Server 2008 R2, including improvements to the database engine, integration services, reporting services, data storage and types, full-text search, Transact-SQL, programmability, SharePoint integration, collaboration and reuse capabilities, data sources, data visualization, report layout and rendering, aggregates, expressions and functions, reporting authoring tools, and the report manager. The document is an overview of SQL Server 2008 R2 presented by Antonios Chatzipavlis, an IT consultant with various Microsoft certifications.

1. Antonios Chatzipavlis
Solutions Architect , Developer Evangelist, IT Consultant
MCT, MCITP, MCPD, MCSD, MCDBA, MCSA, MCTS, MCAD, MCP, OCA
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Database Engine Enhancements
Integration Services Enhancements
Reporting Services Enhancements
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3. Programmability Enhancements In SQL Server 2008 R2
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4. Data Storage
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Compressed Storage of Tables and Indexes
FILESTREAM Storage
New Collations
Partition Switching on Partitioned Tables and Indexes
Sparse Columns and Column Sets
Spatial Data Storage, Methods, and Indexing
Wide Tables

5. Data Types
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Date and Time Data Types
hierarchyid Data Type
Spatial Data Types
User-Defined Table Type
User Defined Types (UDT)

6. Full-Text Search
• Full-text catalogs are integrated into the database
• SQL Server 2005 noise words have been replaced by
stopwords.
• Query and indexing performance have improved
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• New tools help you understand the raw content of a full-text
index
• A new family of word breakers improves word-breaking
accuracy and extends the set of languages available for fulltext search.
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7. Transact-SQL
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Compatibility Level
Compound Operators
CONVERT Function
Date and Time Functionality
GROUPING SETS
MERGE Statement
SQL Dependency Reporting
Table-Valued Parameters
Transact-SQL Row Constructors

8. Programmability Enhancements In SQL Server 2008 R2
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9. • ADO NET Destination Editor (Connection Manager Page)
• Use bulk insert when available. This option enables you to use
the System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy interface to improve
the performance of bulk insert operations.
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11. SharePoint Integration
• Support for multiple SharePoint Zones
• Support for the SharePoint Universal Logging service
• SharePoint Lists as a data source
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12. Collaboration and Reuse
• Report Parts
• Shared Datasets
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13. Data Sources
• Microsoft SQL Azure,
• Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse,
• Microsoft SharePoint List.
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14. Data Visualization
• Maps
• Sparklines and Data Bars
• Indicators
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15. Report Layout and Rendering
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Naming Excel Worksheet Tabs
Rendering Reports to Data Feeds
Report Pagination
Rotating Text 270 Degrees

16. Aggregates, Expressions, and Functions
• Calculating Aggregates of Aggregates
• Enhanced Support for Expressions
• OverallPageNumber and OverallTotalPages
• PageName
• RenderFormat
• Lookup Functions
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17. Report Authoring Tools
• Creating Queries
• Previewing Reports in Report Builder 3.0
• Making It Easier to Design and Edit Reports
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18. Report Manager Enhancements
• Improving the workflow for viewing and managing reports
and report server items by using a new drop-down menu to
access various configuration options for each report or
report server item in a folder.
• Eliminating the need to render a report before accessing
and configuring report properties when in default view.
• Allowing more room for Report Viewer when rendering
reports.
• An updated Report Viewer toolbar, which includes some
updates to the toolbar controls, as well as the ability to
export report data to an Atom service document and data
feeds.
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Business Intelligence Development Studio
New Web Service Endpoint
New Report Definition Language Schema
Cache Refresh Plans

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