SQL Server 2008
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SQL Server 2008 is the current latest release version of Microsoft’s SQL Server product.
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Major New Features
Backup Compression
SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition includes native backup compression. Prior to SQL Server 2008 the only way to directly create a compressed database backup was to use a third party backup tool, such as Quest LiteSpeed or RedGate SQL Backup. It is expected that the inclusion of the native backup compression capability in SQL Server 2008 will decrease the sales of these third party tools.
However as Microsoft has only decided to include backup compression in SQL Server Enterprise Edition, third party tools will continue to be required to create compressed backups directly from other editions. Because of this some organisations may choose to continue to use the third party tools for all of their SQL Server instances as this will allow standardization of backups across versions and editions.
