CTP5 is out! OK, so maybe you already know that...

I got back from vacation (more here if you want to read about where we go and what we do every other week) and we released SQL Server 2008 CTP5. If you have been waiting for a bit to install and learn more about it, this is a good release to try. Make sure you open Books Online and check out the "What's New" section for the most up to date info. Here's some links to other blogs that are focusing on one aspect or another, and some have links to the download itself:

http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverue/archive/2007/11/21/sql-server-2008-ctp-november-2007-available-now.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/ronang/archive/2007/11/22/sql-server-2008-november-ctp-now-available.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/dtjones/archive/2007/11/21/where-did-the-surface-area-configuration-tool-go.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/andrew/archive/2007/11/21/time-for-a-look-at-sql-server-2008-ctp5.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/euanga/archive/2007/11/23/playing-with-sql-2008-long-gestation-features-spatial-support.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/andrew/archive/2007/11/24/depend-on-dependencies-in-sql-server-2008.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/andrew/archive/2007/11/25/sql-server-2008-resource-governor.aspx