Problem statement: I have the name of a person in 5 separate fields (Yeah, this is usually the case in the Arab World as there are names that may include spaces). FirstName , SecondName , ThirdName , FourthName and FamilyName First, Second and Family...

Came across this list of very interesting set of free training for developers and wanted to share it with you all. SQL Server 2008 R2 for Developers Training Kit This free training is a great way to learn how to develop solutions for and leverage the...

I was one of the people who loved SQL Server Notification Services (SSNS) since its inception as a download for SQL Server 2000. Some of my own customers have pushed it far beyond what it was designed to do, however, and I had to tell them not to use...

Want to learn about how to utilize your development skills to develop applications that use SQL Server as a backend? How about doing this for FREE!!! Now you can take the Essential SQL Server 2008 for Developers Workshop as a FREE MSL e-Learning Clinic...

Thanks to our esteemed partners, Quest Software, you can now create, version control, publish, test, build and manage your Oracle Database applications from within Visual Studio and the Visual Studio Team System. Great value and invaluable tools. Read...

It’s been a while since I had the chance to blog here. I was waiting for something interesting and here it is. Now you can easily convert flowcharts you created in Word or PowerPoint to Visio 2007 with this great tool. The best thing about it...

You've been asking for it. Free training on building mission-critical applications on the .net framework. You can build such applications using Microsoft's Visual Studio Team System and the Team Foundation Server. ISV Training Course:Application Lifecycle...

Another great download resource, now that SQL Server 2008 is Released to Manufacturing! The Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008. It includes the latest versions of: Redistributable...

If your organization invested in SAP's Business Objects and the Microsoft Platform, then you'd definitely need a way to integrate both platforms and provide your users with the best possible productivity tools. Business Objects makes this possible via...

If you are a PHP developer, this is a tool you've been waiting for for a long time. It's open source, too! The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP allows PHP developers to access SQL Server databases. The SQL Server Driver for PHP relies on the Microsoft...

Project Description This tool takes a SQL Profiler trace file and generates a unit test that replays the same sequence of database calls found in the trace file. The unit test is designed to be used in a Visual Studio Load Test. The code generated is...

Visifire is a set of open source data visualization components - powered by Microsoft ® Silverlight ™ . With Visifire you can create and embed visually stunning animated Silverlight Charts within minutes. Visifire is easy to use and independent...

The Microsoft Health Common User Interface (MSCUI) Patient Journey Demonstrator is a vehicle for Microsoft thought leadership in state-of-the-art User Experience for Healthcare applications. It provides exemplar implementations of Microsoft Common User...

Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout (MSAGL), formerly known as GLEE, is a .NET tool for laying out and visualizing directed graphs. MSAGL is now available for purchase at Windows Marketplace . Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout

The Community Technologies group at Microsoft Research has developed a set of components for displaying data in .NET applications. Included in this package are: a treemap. A treemap is a rendering of hierarchical data as a set of nested boxes, where each...

This is a great project for those of us who need to work with lots of ETL operations. Do check it out. Microsoft SQL Server Metadata-Driven ETL Management Studio (a.k.a. MDDE) provides a tool for rapidly generating SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS...

I love it. This download is exactly what my customers were asking for. Brief Description The Data Integration Toolkit is a set of software, documentation, and samples designed to enable partners and customers to expose data from financial source systems...

Hello, everyone Just wanted to share some of my favourite resources for Visual Studio Team System that I love most. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did: Visual Studio Gallery The Visual Studio Gallery is a central place for Visual Studio developers...

Yes, it's now live! The Microsoft Tester Center showcases the test discipline as an integral part of the application lifecycle, describes test roles and responsibilities, and promotes the test investments required to deliver high quality software. ...

During TechEd 2007 in Orlando, a lot of interesting sessions were delivered about the Visual Studio Team System. Session recordings and decks are now available online. Anybody can access these, regardless of whether or not they attended TechEd....

Many organizations have adopted a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) as the architecture of choice. SOA allows a company to expose its services and data in a manner that is compliant with industry standards. SOA is the buzzword these days. Down the wire...

Hello, everyone Just wanted to share my arsenal of great resources I use during my development and proof of concept engagements with my customers. Hope you find these resources useful. Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals I use...

I wonder about you, but I love the new live.com search engine. It's fast, reliable, and is returning more accurate results every time I use it. I was hoping we can come up with something that could make using Live.com even better. Now, with the help...

Hello, Everyone Just wanted to share with you my favourite bookmarks to websites, articles and blogs on SQL Server from a Developer's perspective. I hope you like these and are willing to share yours with the rest of the world. My personal favourite...

Hi, Welcome to my blog. I'll be using this blog to post my ideas, tips, tricks, etc. and share my knowledge with you, the Developer, about Microsoft's Applications Platform and its components. Since I live in Kuwait, I'll be posting some information...