more from the Insiders here @ http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/default.aspx download from here @ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=66ab3dbb-bf3e-4f46-9559-ccc6a4f9dc19 cutting to the chase ...

nice animation @ http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-US&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:b4d189d3-19bd-42b3-85d7-6ca46d97fe40&showPlaylist=true

Folling the TeraData posting I got a lot of... "So, you can connect to Teradata, but what about SAP?" Directly from Reporting Services Summary: This paper discusses the integration of SAP NetWeaver BI ® with Microsoft ® SQL Server ® 2008 Reporting...

From our Partner Programmes Manager... SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance 26-29 January 09, BT Dublin This five and four day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to implement and maintain a Microsoft...

Cutting to the chase: What's New in SQL Server 2005 SP3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd353312(SQL.90).aspx Links etc... SP3 (Std, Dev, Ent) SP3 Express SP3 Express Advanced SP3 express Toolkit SQL 2005 Feature Pack Refresh...

Recently doing work in the Teradata world again. If your using Teradata, and, want to surface the data vis SSAS (apply models, security, aggregations etc etc) while still leveraging the power of Teradata (i.e. via ROLAP (i.e. no need to cache, create...

The Architects Perspective@ http://blogs.technet.com/msdatacenters/archive/2008/12/08/microsoft-s-generation-4-data-center-vision-the-architects-perspective.aspx / http://blogs.technet.com/msdatacenters/default.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/jnak/archive/2008/12/10/multiple-service-configurations-for-a-windows-azure-cloud-service.aspx

As so many people are asking... "A successful upgrade to SQL Server 2008 should be smooth and trouble-free. To achieve that smooth transition, you must devote plan sufficiently for the upgrade, and match the complexity of your database application...

great summary @ http://geekswithblogs.net/cyoung/archive/2008/10/15/125848.aspx

Great advancements with .Net 4 (especially around WF and WCF) coming and applying them directly to the server via "Dublin" some blog links etc below, but getting straight to the details here @ http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/9/B/59B74A2A-245D...

Subscribers can download from... http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?PV=42:334 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?PV=42:334

Basically, removing the 90 day re-assignment rule such that workloads can be moved more freely within a Server Farm (details in the doc) excerpt from http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/d/4/3d42bdc2-6725-4b29-b75a-a5b04179958b/Application_Server_License_Mobility_VL_Brief...