The Belgian SQL Server User Group is organizing another interesting evening full of technical content. From their website: " This UG-evening will start with an introduction of the basics of index design (the heap,clustered/non clustered indexes and covering...

  Just bumped into this article in Intelligent Enterprise - June 23, 2008 Impressive to see the impact of the new SQL Server 2008 features, like compression , partitioning and star schema optimization to improve your DW/BI system's query performance...

For many years, SQL Server was a product / platform with no logo. At TechEd US we finally revealed the new SQL Server logo : Check the Data Platform Insider's post here for more background info. Cheers! Guntherb.

I've always had a passion for Data Mining... simply because I didn't understand what it's all about :-) and foremost, because it's such a huge - yet unknown - hidden gem in the SQL Server Business Intelligence stack!   One of the world's best presenters...

As you might have seen in the news, there have been ongoing SQL injection attacks against vulnerable web applications occurring over the last few months.  These attacks have received recurring attention in the press as they pop up in various geographies...

Woohoo! The guys from the SQL User Group keep going strong. I'm very pleased that our very own Dirk Gubbels will be delivering the next SQL Server User Group evening. C ya there! Guntherb. Speaker: Dirk Gubbels (Microsoft Consultancy Services, SQL Ranger...

On Thu Nov 22 the Belgian SQL Server User Group ( SQLUG.be ) will deliver a SQL Server Reporting Services by the one & only Marc Mertens. Abstract : Reporting Services is Microsoft's server based reporting solution that is delivered together with...

Good news for all the J2 App Server fanatics! :-) We've just released a new Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver with SQL Server 2005. The SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2 CTP August 2007 download is available to all SQL Server users at no additional...

On Thu May 24, Paul Randal, Lead Program Manager in the SQL Server Storage Engine team will host a remote presentation at our MS premises in Diegem, Belgium. Abstract : How can you tell whether your data is corrupt? If you have corruption, how do you...

I recently stumbled across this question from a customer : how can you detect if SQL Express is installed on a local/remote box? Apparantly, the Add/Remove Programs list lists some confusing entries including general "SQL Server" et all, so how do...

Microsoft ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3 (English) and Microsoft ProClarity Desktop Professional 6.3 (English) have RTM'ed ! This is the first release by the ProClarity team since Microsoft acquired ProClarity in May, 2006. What is new in Version...

If you are looking for samples or want to collaborate on Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals samples, we now have a CodePlex project for this, please check-out http://www.codeplex.com/vsdbpro The goal of this project is to share and...

An interesting post from the MSBLOG.org sources explaining how Windows Live (MSN) Messenger actually works behind the scenes. 1. The user starts the session by double clicking a contact. 2. The user’s Windows Live ID credentials are sent across to...

Folks, these are good times to be a SQL Developer! Over the next few days more than 3500 developers will be heading to Barcelona Spain for the TechEd: Developers event. I'm very excited about the strong SQL Server line-up we will have and in addition...

So here we are, star date August 11th 2006 Still 4 months to go until TechEd Europe. But only 1 month to get your feedback on the TechEd: Developers SQL Server Track agenda ! Yes, we've been hearing your feedback and made changes to the SQL Server track...

Ok, so here's a first draft of some of the SQL Server sessions that we are planning for TechEd: Developers 2006 Disclaimer : No commitmens, no guarantees, but I'd love your feedback on this :-) SQL Server Error Handling: T-SQL, SQLCLR and Clients...

As you might know by now, TechEd Europe 2006 will be split in 2 events: TechEd: Developers TechEd: IT Forum See http://www.microsoft.com/europe/teched Kevin Ashby (Microsoft EMEA) and I will be owning the SQL Server/Database track again...

On May 10th, the VB and C# teams issued an integrated CTP release of the Language Integrated Query (LINQ) project. Although some code has been delivered since the PDC, this will be the first major release since the PDC Tech Previews. The release will...

So yes! We released the first CTP of Microsoft Expression Web Designer on Monday. Over the past 2 days I've been receiving a couple of questions on this - weird cause I'm not a designer a all - guess devs & designers are really close after all...

Ok ok, I know... I should blog more often... hectic times. No excuses though - here's another attempt to blog more often. Stay tuned, I'm in blog mode right now ! :-)

Microsoft.com Download Page http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5C080096-F3A0-4CE4-8830-1489D0215877&displaylang=en Bits http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/1/1/511bc547-dda7-4803-9e32-5f8202c0ef52/Visual Studio 2005 Extensions...

With TechEd 2005 Europe now a fading memory, we're well into the planning for IT Forum 2005 which runs 14th to 17th November. For the first time, we're in Barcelona at the Centre Convencions Internacional. November in the sun certainly sounds good to...

All TechEd 2005 Europe delegates will receive a fully functional copy of SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition once the final version is released. Indeed: no beta, the full release version, not an evaluation version, no time bombs... This means that you won...

All registered attendees for TechEd 2005 Europe Amsterdam (from 5 till 8 July for those that haven't heard of it yet) will get a free copy of Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise Edition . For the exact terms and conditions, check out this special page on Virtual...

Hooray! The Shared Source Initiative has been extended to 7 additional countries in central and eastern Europe ! Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 source code will now be available to eligible enterprises, OEMs, system integrators, MVPs...