SLQ Server is RTM = Release To Manufacturing which means only the CD has to be pressed and packaged. It can already be downloaded from MDDN
New features that I think are worth mentioning :
- Resoure governer
Example : users get 70% of the CPU time, the rest 30%. This means that when no users are active the rest gets 100% CPU time. Only when the 2 groups are avtive at the same time Resoure Governer will kick in and devide the CPU time
- IntelliSense when typing sql
... Finaly.
- Change Tracking
Example: An external site wants to subscribe to events. By using Change Tracking you can sent only the updates/delete/creates that happen agter the last synchronisation. In the past you have to program this all yourself, now this is not necessary anymore.