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SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released yesterday, and I've just downloaded and installed the Express Edition with Advanced Services SP2 onto my Vista PC. Smooth sailing all the way, and no compatibility warnings. Hooray! Here's a link to SQL Server Read More...
If you're looking to better understand what's happening under the hood when you execute a query against SQL Server 2005, here's a really cool feature of SQL Server Management Studio (and SQL Server Management Studio Express) that I only just discovered: Read More...
What do the Windows Communication Framework (WCF), BizTalk 2006 and SQL Server Service Broker have in common? They’re three strategic Microsoft technologies that offer developers opportunities to build applications that tightly link together users in Read More...
Over the holidays, I built a data-driven website for a family member. It gave me a chance to explore some new Microsoft web technologies and tools hands-on. Here's how I developed, designed, and deployed the site: Develop: using ASP.NET AJAX and Visual Read More...
There wasn't a whole of blogging (or snowing) going on while I was visiting family and friends back in Canada last week. The sunsets , however, were gorgeous! I'm back in action today, knee-deep in the e-mail. Events: I've had a few people mail me asking Read More...
A very impressive addition to the Visual Studio Team System has been released for database professionals - and I've been neglecting to write about it! Team Edition for Database Professionals is designed to manage database change, improve software quality Read More...
I'm hanging out at the Visual Studio booth in the Ask the Expert area at Tech Ed Europe: Developers. I took a swing around the Ask the Experts area to see what's going on, and to meet some of the folks from the product teams. I met two guys from the SQL Read More...
I've written before about how to ease the challenge of scripting your data to move it from a local SQL Server 2005 .mdf database to a hoster. Things got a little easier today with the SQL Server Hosting Toolkit , which, in its first incarnation, is a Read More...
Last Wednesday I gave a presentation to SkyNet , the University of Limerick Computer Society. About 30 undergrad and graduate students turned up for Atlas, Vista and pizza, in that order. What I showed them was basically a riff on my ASP.NET "Atlas" presentation Read More...
Clare asked Dave and me to reveal some hidden gems that are available from Microsoft for technical support and learning. This was our list of the shiniest gems that we find devs and IT pros don't always know about. I also posted the Best of the Rest as Read More...
Dave and Rob ’s Top 5 Tips for Free Microsoft Support and Learning Resources 1. MSDN Forums – http://forums.msdn.com Looking for answers to your toughest technical questions? The MSDN forums are regularly visited by members of the product teams, MVPs, Read More...
Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals is a suite of tools designed to help database professionals take control of change, automate database testing, and improve collaboration and communication. The data dudes at The Register had some nice Read More...
I'm still chomping at the bit for the XNA Framework and XNA Studio, which will allow .NET developers to write code that targets both Windows and the Xbox 360. Here are some XNA Studio resources: the XNA Developer Center , XNA FAQ , XNA Game Studio Express Read More...
MTUG Cork Presents : SQL Server 2005 - What's New in the Database Storage Engine When: Monday, 19th June, 7pm. Reception to follow. Where: Imperial Hotel, Whitechurch Suite , South Mall, Cork Speaker: Niall Flanagan, AIB Distributed Database Group Cost: Read More...
SQL Server 2005's Express Edition is free, it supports database sizes up to 4GB, it allows seamless upgrades to other SQL Server editions, and it's deeply integrated into Visual Studio. What more could you possibly ask for? Well, sometimes SQL Express Read More...
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