On June 7, 2012 in San Francisco, Scott Guthrie encouraged the world to Meet the New Windows Azure . As part of this milestone, Scott announced the availability of several Windows Azure Preview Features including a new Virtual Machine capability. This exciting new Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering...

That’s right, just in time for SQL Server 2012 launch madness, every single presentation and demo included in the SQL Server 2012 Early Adoption Cook Book now has a corresponding video on Channel 9!  There are 50 videos covering every imaginable topic of interest to developers and IT Professionals...

If you are on the “bleeding edge” of SQL Server 2012 early adoption, and you need content, samples or upgrade resources to move the ball forward, read on! Microsoft creates a lot of content designed to drive early adoption for new releases of SQL Server. We use this as a tool to arm trainers, consultants...

My colleague Greg Low asked me to join him for the latest episode of the SQL Down Under podcast to discuss what’s new and interesting about SQL Server 2012.  Check it out! http://www.sqldownunder.com/SQLDownUnderWMAFeed.xml Or: http://www.sqldownunder.com/SQLDownUnderMP3Feed.xml Enjoy and Happy...

We just shipped a whole bunch of new content for the SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit and you can get it right now via the Web Installer Preview : http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9785999 This update includes eleven new hands-on labs covering popular topics like Integration Services , the...

Tuesday 11/1/2011 is a big day for SQL Server 2012 .  The SQL Server engineering team will be in the house at DevConnections in Las Vegas.  This post is for people who are attending SQL Server Connections and others who want to learn about SQL Server 2012 and connect with the team.  You...

Well look no further!  I’m pleased to announce that the MySemanticSearch Sample is now available on CodePlex at: mysemanticsearch.codeplex.com MySemanticSearch allows a user to upload Word documents into a SQL Server 2012 table, then visualize the semantic content of the documents in it using tag...

I’m pleased to announce that the following presentations have been added to the SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit and are available for download: Introduction To SQL Server 2012 This presentation provides an overview of the key improvements in SQL Server 2012 from a developer perspective in the...

If you want to learn how to develop database and business intelligence solutions that fully exploit SQL Server 2012 improvements, this resource is for you! The SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit includes technical content like labs, demos and presentations that you can use to learn SQL Server 2012...