Work with members of the Microsoft SQL team and the community to identify, collaborate, and evaluate the importance of issues, recommend workarounds, and help ensure that the product is reliable and exceeds your expectations and needs. Your feedback can take the form of a suggestion for improving product design or behavior, or a description of a problem that interferes with your work or causes the product to behave unexpectedly.


SQL Server 2008 has shipped and a trial version is now available on the Microsoft download center.
           

Find out about SQL Server 2008 features at: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/overview.aspx

The SQL Server development team wants to thank everyone who participated in pre-release programs for their contribution and efforts in helping to make this a great product. Your validation and feedback has made significant impact on readiness of the final shipping product. Here are just a few highlights of your influence:

     Total Customer downloads of SQL Server 2008 CTP’s: 496,236
966 bugs reported by customers on CTP's have been fixed in the RTM version
These 966 bugs represent 43% of votes submitted by customers on CTP bugs
55% of customer-reported CTP bugs with 5 or more votes have been fixed in the RTM version

We also want to give special thanks to the MVP’s and TAP customers who participated in our Release Candidate bug bash. Winners of the prize categories: