IUpdateable from Eric Nelson (http://ericnelson.wordpress.com)

These are pretty common questions that keep popping up when I work with folks. So.... some answers... SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services - what is new? We are adding new functionality for Reporting Services in SQL Server 2005 - some of the changes are...

SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 adds security to your data through selective encryption of sensitive information with functions that convert clear (character) text to ciphertext (varbinary). You can specify symmetric keys for better performance or asymmetric keys...

Just wanted to call out some of the work that we doing out of Microsoft UK. This year we have increased the focus on Architects and Architecture We have a UK site http://www.microsoft.com/uk/msdn/architecture/default.mspx and newsletter and run regular...

We have taken the decision to release a later build of SQL Server 2005 - with many improvements over Beta 2. Right now you need to have a betaplace login and be enrolled into the SQL Server 2005 beta program to gain access. You will find it in the downloads...

Get in the beer/milk, pocorn/doritos, a video/dvd for your partner/kids/familiy pet to watch - and sit down in you most comfy chair, turn on your PC and enjoy 5 evenings of SQL Server 2005 Webcasts. The series is running between December 6th 2004 and...

This week I am lucky enough to be on a five day training course for SQL Server 2005 delivered by Niels Berglund http://sqljunkies.com/WebLog/nielsb/ . The course has been created for early adopters we are working with - but shares a lot of content and...

We yesterday announced the decision to treat dual-core and multicore processors as though they are just one processor for the purposes of licensing our per-processor server software. You can find out more at http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/default...

Well - no sooner do I post on "SQL Server 2005 Encyption" than someone asks me "and what about SQL Server 2000?". One route is not to store an encrypted password - instead store a hash of the password (Also knows as "one way encryption") There are a couple...

Check out this little download if you miss the SQL Server 2000 service manager http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=46

I would encourage anyone running ASP.NET to check out http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/aspnet.mspx Oddly enough - I was presenting on Security only yesterday. As part of that I came across a rather nice tool for checking for the GDI+ vulnerability...

Hi folks, I'm sitting in a BI course - and must admit I'm slightly lost. With no history of BI whatsoever, I'm finding it a touch of a struggle. My temporary solution - use the Internet and find some alternatives while the instructor carries on talking...