Download it from http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29066 Check out the launch event in sqlserverlaunch.com Enjoy.

ADD 2011 event (in Athens Greece) is over. I do have, however a leftover from my demo with Data Quality Services. Here is the set of screenshots that explain the demo of creating and running a cleansing project and a matching project: DQS Client application...

Excel services in SharePoint 2010 are accessible via REST API. Assuming you have a File.xlsx under Shared Documents in the server you may use the following URL with the table below that enumerates the options and the parameters available: http://server...

The CTP 1 version of the new SQL Server code name ‘Denali’ is available, you may downloaded it here . Read what’s new @ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb510421%28v=SQL.110%29.aspx

Yet another acronym, Excel Services JavaScript Object Model. A new way to interact with Sharepoint Excel Services. A brand new feature in Excel Services in Sharepoint 2010, comes as the 4th way of communicating with Excel Services: Excel Services Web...

Yes this is possible. It is a scenario –at least is seems appealing to me- suitable for accessing SSAS from machines that are not in the same domain as the SSAS. SSAS understands windows users only (there is no such thing as SQL Server Authenticated users...

SQL Server 2008 provides support for spatial data and many accompanying functions. SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 has a built in support for maps (SHD files or even bing maps). There is a handy wizard in Report Builder 3.0 that will guide you through...

This seems (and indeed it is) a trivial task. Just go to Sharepoint Central Administration >> Service Accounts and choose the managed account for the available services in your farm. That’s fine. However if you have changed the identity of a service...

This has just been released. Windows Server AppFabric is an add-on on windows application platform that combines former projects “Dublin” and “Velocity”. 

Access Control Service in windows azure will be soon augmented with new features and capabilities. Check it out here . It is still in the lab, but it will soon be released.

Do you want to create a data centric –SQL, SharePoint or WCF RIA Services- application for the desktop or the cloud with 0 code? If that’s what you want then check out Visual Studio LightSwitch .

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?familyId=4c09ffe4-43dd-4fcc-be35-c897c9bc4386&displayLang=en Enjoy…

A brand new proposal from Microsoft. Find out more here . Read this interesting article as well.

Part 1 from Microsoft patterns & practices, get it here

Get started here . Enjoy

Many people in the Visual Studio 2010 launch in Athens asked for EF resources. Here is a good starting point, enjoy! ADO.NET Entity Framework http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937723.aspx   ADO.NET Data Providers (3rd party) http://msdn.microsoft...

A quite common customer’s demand is to narrow the Assign To combo box in work item’s form in TFS. By default this field displays all the valid members of TFS server. The most reasonable (and common) choice for this field is the members of the project...

Check if your excel is suitable for Excel Services with this add-in (beta version) http://blogs.msdn.com/cumgranosalis/pages/excel-services-compatibility-checker-download-page.aspx Use this instead of seeing what’s wrong the hard way (i.e. upload the...

I’ve recently tried to use Visual Studio 2010 for a BizTalk engagement and guess what.. there is no “BizTalk Project” template in 2010 version of VS. I haven’t managed to find such a template and after searching for a couple of hours i found many posts...

Yes!!!!!! you can install TFS 2010 Basic in a client OS (see also a nice detailed blog post about this). However when installing TFS 2010 on IIS 7.5 (i.e. Windows 7 – the coolest client OS!!!!!) you might encounter an error during basic configuration...

I had recently prepared a virtual machine with MOSS 2007 SP2 with a custom made ISO with SP2 slipstreamed with MOSS –just followed the instruction for creating the slipstreamed media-. After a successful installation, i encountered many fanny errors during...

If you install service pack 1 of Visual Studio 2008, in a development machine with BizTalk Server 2009 installed, then you might get this error when creating a new BizTalk Project (Project Creation Failed). The work around is quite simple, run BTS setup...

Εάν στο VHD έχει εγκατασταθεί το λειτουργικό Windows 7 ή το Windows 2008 R2 η απάντηση είναι ΝΑΙ!!!! Πως γίνεται αυτό, απλά σε ένα command prompt με elevated privileges τρέξτε τις ακόλουθες εντολές: (έστω ότι από ένα μηχάνημα με Windows 7 θέλουμε να κάνουμε...

Simple steps on how to install and extend search providers in IE8. Installation of a Search Provider This can be done in the following ways: 1) Automatically, the web page might have a link or button for this. 2) By discovery, when the provider’s search...

Από τα πληρέστερα training kits …. enjoy!