Yes, you heard right! The most recent Community Technology Preview (CTP**) of SQL Server 2005 is available to all. Keith Combs writes about it, and includes links to where it is found.**Okay… call it a “beta” if you must.
This is big news. Apart from doing Microsoft Employee staffing jobs at TechEd this year, I thought that for me TechEd this year was going to be SQL SQL SQL. With SQL 2005 (formerly known as “Yukon”) coming out later this year, for me and IT Pros like me, it means learning about how to … Continue reading Three Letter Acronyms (TLAs) that will improve your working life
Indianapolis!Here are the questions (with answers) I jotted down at our TechNet Briefing in Indianpolis.Also, for your convenience, here is the link to my blog post containing the link to that resource document I handed out.—Q: Will there be or is there currently a 64–bit version of Small Business Server 2003?A: Here’s the answer that … Continue reading Notes from the TechNet Briefing in Indianapolis, Indiana
Hi!Here are the questions I jotted down at our TechNet Briefing in Bloomington, as well as some answers and additional resources.Also, for your convenience, here is the link to my blog post containing the link to that resource document I handed out.—Q: I’m running Windows Server 2003 servers in an Active/Active cluster. Are there any known … Continue reading Notes from the TechNet Briefing in Bloomington, Indiana
This coming week is another travelin’ TechNet Briefings week for me. I’ll have the pleasure of presenting live events in a couple of my favorite Indiana towns: Bloomington and Indianapolis!May 24 – Bloomington, INBloomington/Monroe County Convention Center302 South College Avenue Bloomington , INDIANA 47403 Phone: 812-336-3681Venue URL: Link to WebSite May 26 – Indianapolis, INTheater- AMC Clearwater … Continue reading Hoosier Daddy
Here’s another reminder of a good SQL 2005 webcast series going on this coming week.I’ve mentioned this a number of times in our live events.
(Big nod of thanks to Mat Stephen for finding this.)Rob Garrison has done and documented performance tests comparing SQL 2000 and a beta of SQL 2005 in his “OLTP Drag Races” post. Guess what the result was? SQL 2005 is faster! Even in beta. So you know it will be faster when it ships. (I can’t … Continue reading SQL 2000 vs SQL 2005 Drag Race
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Hello again, my Milwaukee friends! Other than a noisy start, and an annoying fire drill interruption, I had a great time with you all! How did you like the event? I got a few helpful comments, but if you have more to say please feel free to email me or, even better, enter your comments … Continue reading Milwaukee Wisconsin TechNet Briefing Questions (and Answers)
I received a great question in an email concerning a SQL Profiler demo I do in our live TechNet Briefings this quarter:—Kevin, I attended your technical briefing in Chicago last month. Thanks for a very nice and informative session. During the presentation for Yukon, you did a nice demo of analyzingperfmon and trace files using Yukon profiler. … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 – SQL Profiler Question
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