Pana acum:
 - noi functii in transact: CTE, ranking functions (ROW_NUMBER, NTILE, etc.), DDL triggers; tratarea erorilor in transact SQL; noile tipuri de date varchar(max), varbinary(max)
- CLR integration
- partitioned tables & indexes
- noile templates din VS - B.I. projects, SQL Server projects (---> B.I. development studio); MARS;
- user - schema separation; context de executie(EXECUTE AS...)

Pe cand un "top" cu ce nu ne-a placut?