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Upgrading from SQL 2000/2005 to 2008

Still running SQL Server 2000 or 2005?  Interested in upgrading to 2008, but not sure how to go about it?  Here are a couple of recently released resources from your friends at Microsoft to help you get through the upgrade with a clean bill Read More...
Posted Monday, December 01, 2008 11:09 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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HHH Launch Update - SQL Server 2008!

For those of you that attended one of the Heroes Happen {Here} Events in the US, I’ve just been told that your copies of SQL Server 2008 should be hitting the post office “within the month” (quote from one of our Marketing Managers).  Hopefully you Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 5:23 PM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments
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MSDN Unleashed and ArcReady

Not sure if everyone is subscribed to the MSDN Flash or not, but if you’re not – it is a GREAT resource for finding out what’s happening in your area.  I like the fact that it’s customized to show events and happenings in your geography (my copy Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:51 AM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments

MVP David Walker featured on Quest Software's Pain-of-the-Week

Kudos and congratulations to our very own MVP David Walker for his starring role on this week’s Quest Software’s Pain-of-the-Week.  The topic was Quest Software's Pain-of-the-Week: The Converging Paths of SQL Server and SharePoint - Don't Wait Until Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 2:05 PM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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SQL Server 2008 RTM!

Grab your hats and clear out your bandwidth – it’s time to start downloading SQL Server 2008!  Previously codenamed “Katmai”, SQL Server 2008 represents some serious enhancements over SQL Server 2005 – read more about it at the SQL Server 2008 Press Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 2:00 PM by Chris Koenig | 6 Comments
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NWA SQL Server User Group

Congratulations to Jason Pluenneke and the folks in Northwest Arkansas for their first ever Northwest Arkansas SQL Server User Group meeting tonight!  A very respectable 20-person crowd gathered together tonight to hear Boyd Evert discuss the new Read More...
Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 1:19 AM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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NWA SQL Server User Group starting up!

For those of you in the Northwest Arkansas area, don’t miss the inaugural meeting of the Northwest Arkansas SQL Server User Group. Meeting Details: The first ever NWASQL meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 14th from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm .  Pizza Read More...
Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 11:53 AM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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Free Software for Students - Microsoft DreamSpark

Calling all students!  Check out this video featuring Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates as he discusses a new initiative called Microsoft DreamSpark targeted at offering Microsoft developer tools FREE to students: Bill Gates talks about Free Software, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:10 PM by Chris Koenig | 4 Comments

Excerpts from Peter DeBetta's SQL Server 2008 Book

My good friend Peter DeBetta , SQL Server MVP and all around nice guy, has been working on a SQL Server 2008 book for a while now for MS Press.  I learned today that you can get a free e-Book with excerpts from this book from the Microsoft SQL Server Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:55 PM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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Triple Launch 2008 - Mark your Calendars!

Here are the currently known dates for the Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 Launch Events in South Central District: March 6 - Baton Rouge, LA March 20 - Houston, TX April 8 - Dallas, TX April 10 - San Antonio, TX This info Read More...
Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 3:38 AM by Chris Koenig | 3 Comments

SQL Server 2008 November CTP Released Today

Wow - today seems to be the day for product updates...  If you're following the story of SQL Server 2008 (formerly codename "Katmai") you'll be pleased to know that a new update was released today on Microsoft Downloads ! Technorati Tags: Read More...
Posted Monday, November 19, 2007 4:38 PM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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Microsoft ZendCon/PHP Announcements

Microsoft and Zend announced this morning at the Zend/PHP Conference in San Francisco a couple of new initiatives that PHP and Windows developers will find interesting: First, Zend and Microsoft announced they will continue work on FastCGI and scalable Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 09, 2007 11:39 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments

Houston TechFest 2007

Michael Steinberg, John Ebeling and the rest of the HDNUG gang have put together a great program this year for the Houston TechFest . Brad Abrams , GM for the UI FX team at Microsoft (the folks that bring you Winforms, WPF, Silverlight, ASP.NET, and more) Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:53 PM by Chris Koenig | 2 Comments

SQL Server Books Online

For those of you who do work with SQL Server, and have either SQL Server Express or don't have the client installed, here's a link to download the SQL Server BOL independent of the SQL Server Management Studio. del.icio.us Tags: SQL Server Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 09, 2007 2:24 AM by Chris Koenig | 1 Comments
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Get your copy of SQL Server 2008 June CTP

https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/content/content.aspx?ContentID=5395 Make sure that you register first on Connect , or the downloads listed there won't work. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 1:02 AM by Chris Koenig | 0 Comments
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