May 2008 - Posts

• PDC08 Site goes live

  Our premiere conference for professional developers is on this year. The website to register just went live . This is Ray's first PDC and he will be giving a keynote. Some of the sessions are already posted here . There is a deep dive session on SSDS Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:02 PM by kellyalt | 0 Comments Filed under: Software plus Service, Cloud, SaaS, SSDS, PDC08

• Sprint 2 goes live

  Last week our Sprint 2 bits went live. We added several compelling features to our backend service, some of which will show up in the SSDS service in the upcoming Sprints. Key features added include: a. Full text index and search b. Multiple B-Trees - Read More... Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 5:53 PM by kellyalt | 2 Comments Filed under: Software plus Service, Cloud, SaaS, SQL Server, SSDS, TechEd

• Correcting an error in our documentation

  Thanks to Roger Jennings for pointing out in this post that we had mistakenly said " VS 2005 and .Net 3.0 being "recommended for Microsoft employees" to connect to SSDS ". This is an error. I talked to Mohan and it is being fixed. SSDS will work with Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:48 PM by kellyalt | 0 Comments

• What is going on at SQL Server Data Services

  The SSDS team is taking major steps this week and I thought of sharing the work we have done over the last 2 months with you, our readers. We announced our "restricted beta" at MIX 08 . The response was great and thank you all for your interest in SSDS. Read More... Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 7:20 PM by kellyalt | 2 Comments Filed under: Software plus Service, Cloud, Database as a Service, SaaS, SQL Server, MIX08, SSDS

• Nigel doing a webcast on SSDS

  Here is the link : http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032376634&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:10 PM by kellyalt | 0 Comments

• Onboarding early beta customers

  Over the past 4 weeks, we have been onboarding customers slowly. Since the response to our restricted beta invitation was quite overwhelming, quite a few of you will experience some delays in getting an account. The SSDS team is doing everything possible Read More... Posted Friday, May 02, 2008 1:59 PM by kellyalt | 0 Comments

• Tudor and Soumitra talk about SSDS value prop with Ryan

  Agility (faster time to market), scale with your need and business ready SLA - Tudor and Soumitra highlight the core value propositions of SSDS on Channel 9 . Thanks Ryan for doing the interview. Read More... Posted Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:40 PM by kellyalt | 0 Comments Filed under: Cloud, SaaS, SQL Server, LINQ, SSDS, SOAP, REST