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March 2008 - Posts

Monday, March 10, 2008 11:53 AM

What is SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) Anyway?

After blogging about SSDS I saw that people are wondering what Microsoft's Cloud Storage offering is all about. One reader asked... Is it Windows Live Sky Drive? Is it Astoria? The answer is no... It's neither of the two above although it does have some
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:08 AM

Microsoft Cloud Storage Is Finally Here

For those who have been following Microsoft’s S+S message you may be excited to hear about SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) which was announced at the MIX08 Keynote today. So what is this new cloud storage offering by Microsoft anyway? Microsoft hosted
Posted by ZachSkylesOwens | 1 Comments
Monday, March 03, 2008 10:13 PM

To FILESTREAM or not to FILESTREAM... That is the question.

Roger and I have been delivering a demo which highlights Spatial and FILESTREAM features of SQL Server 2008. One of the common things we've heard from developers is... For years we've been told that large binary files should never be stored in the database...
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Monday, March 03, 2008 10:00 PM

SQL Server 2008 FILESTREAM and WPF MediaElement - Part 2 (Writing FILESTREAM Data)

Wow... It's been a long time coming. I promised that I would explain in more detail how to write FILESTREAM data to SQL Server 2008. This is the second article in a series and uses the sample published on the SQL Server Community Samples site on CodePlex
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