These are GREAT!The SQL Server Chopper contest is over. And today (Nov 7, 2005) they’re going to announce the winners at the SQL Server 2005 Launch event in San Francisco. Paul Sr. and Mikey (for President!) are even going to be there at the Launch party that evening.And at the launch, as well as at … Continue reading American SQL Server 2005 Chopper Videos!
“Best of SQL 2005 Launch” - Event Resources E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.com Kevin’s Blog “Full of I.T.” – Additional Resources and Discussionhttp://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde Feedback E-mail to my boss: Melanie Brunner – mbrunne@microsoft.com Future Live, In-Person Event InformationTechNet: http://www.TechnetEvens.comMSDN: http://www.MSDNEvents.comMicrosoft Across America: http://www.microsoft.com/acrossamerica TechNet Events Bloggers - http://techneteventsbloggers.net(Add your blog, or subscribe to IT Pro focused blog postings) Microsoft Learning … Continue reading “Best of SQL 2005 Launch” – Event Resources
In preparation for our series of “Best of SQL Launch” events, I put together a page of resources that I hand out to my event attendees. I figure that it beats having to try and quickly write down URLs as they fly by in the slides… and it gives you something else to scribble on, … Continue reading Kevin’s Microsoft SQL Server 2005 “Best of SQL Launch” Resource Page
Yeah baby! That says it all. Today in San Francisco Steve Balmer will keynote the offical launch event for SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and BizTalk 2006. And all over Microsoft, all over the world, we are “READY to ROCK the Launch”. Today (if it’s not live yet, it will be soon) we also … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 – READY TO ROCK THE LAUNCH!
Yeah… that’s me, working hard. For the past several weeks (several months, really) the team has been focused on learning and presenting SQL Server 2005 in all it’s glory… and doing a pretty good job of it (if I can brag a bit on my team here.)This coming week we start our new “Best of … Continue reading So much to blog. So little time. So much SQL Server 2005
Confession: I’m a digital photography nut. I’m the guy at every family gathering or team function with either a digital camera or DV camcorder. Or both! (Those of you I work with, or have worked with, or LIVE with already know this.) I post my photos to a family web site I run on a server … Continue reading Oh yes! Microsoft is bundling in my favorite video editing software!
Microsoft took a big step into the Software Services world today, with some major announcements.Here’s the Press Release on the subject…To summarize – we announced a number of new, free online services. Some are still in the planning stages, and others are ready for you to try out. Click the picture above, or this link, … Continue reading Announcing: Windows Live (TM)
Another in the “this is too good NOT to post” category…I used to be a Music Student. Seriously. I was a Theory and Composition major at the University of Minnesota (Go Gophers!). So I have a lot of respect for creativity in music… and this one really floors me. I love it!“Jim of Seattle” (I’m … Continue reading Song Fight! …and a Microsoft Employee wins!
New Microsoft Certifications!That’s right! Microsoft is changing the certification program.“Huh? I’m an MCSE! Why are they changing things?”I’m an MCSE, too. But what are your specialties? You’re obviously an IT Professional. You’re not a developer (or perhaps you are), but other than that, what do you do, really? If you’re certified on a particular technology, … Continue reading Are you certifiable? There’s a new generation of Microsoft Certifications!
“Kevin, why are you bringing up Virtuality?”I think you mean “Virtualization”. I’m bringing it up because there has been a cool announcement about Virtual Machine Technology from Microsoft – specifically around licensing.“What is this Virtual Machine Technology of which you speak?”From the Microsoft Virtual PC – FAQ page: A. Virtual machine technology applies to both … Continue reading Everything is virtual someday (Welcome to “The Matrix”)
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