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It's that time of year again. A quick note on some of the sessions/panel discussions I'll be presenting at, and some others that relate to SQL Server Compact. Code Session DAT325 Wednesday 8:30AM-9:45AM Unlocking...

August 6th 2008 UPDATE : SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 has shipped: SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Released Developers looking to get the beta of SP1 for SQL Server Compact can download it from here : If you install Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta , you'll...

The nice thing about SQL Server Compact is the database can be treated as a document. It's a single file, it's only "open" when being used and can use the standard set of security mechanisms that any other document can. You can set ACLs on the files,...

A while back I posted some info about our intention to ship a native 64bit release: SQL Server Compact and 64bit support discussing how developers that use Compact on 64bit machines needed to use WoW mode. I'm happy to say our 64bit release is coming...

As part of our vNext release planning, we're heading out on the road to meet some of our customers. With the assistance of Jon Box we did this a few weeks ago driving 1,400 miles around Arkansas and Tennessee and we had a blast. Do you have an interesting...