SQL Server 2008 R2 released to the web today for TechNet and MSDN subscribers. According to the announcement, non-subscribers will be able to access the download Wednesday, November 11th. To install PowerPivot for SharePoint you will need SharePoint 2010 beta (being released next week or the week after). For the matching PowerPivot for Excel CTP3, you need Office 2010 being released at the same time as SharePoint. Sorry I am not high enough on the food chain to have the exact date – but I do know that it is proceeding on its normal release and sign-off cycle. So get your R2 bits downloaded early and hit the ground running once the SharePoint and Office 2010 betas release.
See here (http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/R2Downloads.aspx) for the R2 announcement.
Enjoy!
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