Need SQL 2008 R2 Evaluation Version

I know that Microsoft has released SQL 2012 now, but my company wants to move some of old servers to SQL 2008 R2 now. In this regard we are looking for SQL 2008 R2 Evaluation now, could you help where to get the same??
I tried many links but all of them direct to SQL 2012 download :(
Also, if my company decides to purchase SQL 2008 R2 now, will Microsoft will priovide us the license??
Any help on this is appreciated...
San...
San...

Yes,
I'm pretty sure that's what happened recently for one of my clients. They wanted a production server for the BI solution I developed for them on SQL Server 2008 R2. The decision was taken to not invest further resources in migrating this solution to SQL
2012 at this stage. (This is a complex multi-terra byte solution) So they purchased a SQL Server 2012 license then downgraded to SQL Server 2008 R2.
The network infrastructure team of your company will have a contact with a Microsoft licensing expert. This licensing expert should be able to tell you how to get the media / download for SQL Server 2008 R2 via this licensing route.
I also recommend trying migrating your databases to SQL Server 2012 using a desktop using a developer's license. You may then be able to communicate to your company a cost benefit analysis of upgrading to SQL Server 2012. A developer license costs around
50 USD; -
http://www.amazon.com/SQL-Server-Developer-Edition-2012/dp/B007RFXQAM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368170189&sr=8-1&keywords=sql+server+2012+developer+edition
As long as your don't use the above for your production server installation you are OK.
Kind Regards,
Kieran.
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Entry:
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Attribute = SQL_ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT
Value = (nil)
StrLen = -5
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.488638][SQLSetConnectAttr.c][681]
Exit:[SQL_SUCCESS]
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.488924][SQLDriverConnect.c][726]
Entry:
Connection = 0x26c2a30
Window Hdl = (nil)
Str In = [DSN=CERM;UID=SA;PWD=**********][length = 30]
Str Out = 0x26c4b18
Str Out Max = 1024
Str Out Ptr = 0x7fff12846560
Completion = 0
UNICODE Using encoding ASCII 'ISO8859-1' and UNICODE 'UCS-2LE'
DIAG [01000] [FreeTDS][SQL Server]Unknown host machine name.
DIAG [08001] [FreeTDS][SQL Server]Unable to connect to data source
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.491276][SQLDriverConnect.c][1353]
Exit:[SQL_ERROR]
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.491358][SQLGetDiagRec.c][680]
Entry:
Connection = 0x26c2a30
Rec Number = 1
SQLState = 0x7fff128461c0
Native = 0x7fff12845fb4
Message Text = 0x7fff12845fc0
Buffer Length = 510
Text Len Ptr = 0x7fff12846210
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.491395][SQLGetDiagRec.c][717]
Exit:[SQL_SUCCESS]
SQLState = 08001
Native = 0x7fff12845fb4 -> 0
Message Text = [[unixODBC][FreeTDS][SQL Server]Unable to connect to data source]
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.491442][SQLGetDiagRec.c][680]
Entry:
Connection = 0x26c2a30
Rec Number = 2
SQLState = 0x7fff128461c0
Native = 0x7fff12845fb4
Message Text = 0x7fff12845fc0
Buffer Length = 510
Text Len Ptr = 0x7fff12846210
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.491493][SQLGetDiagRec.c][717]
Exit:[SQL_SUCCESS]
SQLState = 01000
Native = 0x7fff12845fb4 -> 20013
Message Text = [[unixODBC][FreeTDS][SQL Server]Unknown host machine name.]
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.491528][SQLGetDiagRec.c][680]
Entry:
Connection = 0x26c2a30
Rec Number = 3
SQLState = 0x7fff128461c0
Native = 0x7fff12845fb4
Message Text = 0x7fff12845fc0
Buffer Length = 510
Text Len Ptr = 0x7fff12846210
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.491558][SQLGetDiagRec.c][717]
Exit:[SQL_NO_DATA]
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.491623][SQLDisconnect.c][208]
Entry:
Connection = 0x26c2a30
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.491652][SQLDisconnect.c][237]Error: 08003
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.491719][SQLFreeHandle.c][284]
Entry:
Handle Type = 2
Input Handle = 0x26c2a30
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.491750][SQLFreeHandle.c][333]
Exit:[SQL_SUCCESS]
[ODBC][31473][1339581606.493083][SQLFreeHandle.c][219]
Entry:
Handle Type = 1
Input Handle = 0x26abfe0
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Hi.
We have an sbs2011 std server.
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Our first thought was to purchase the premium add on but we can not find a single stockist in the UK that has one left for sale.
So is the only option to purchase another server with server OS and SQL 2008r2 STD on it if so this would be very very expensive.
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Hi:
It has been awhile since I have thought about this, but looking up the requirements for SQL 2008 for SBS I find this:
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