If you want to start testing database mirroring in SQL Server 2005, you will need to enable a trace flag on your SQL Server 2005 instance. To do so, you will need to modify the start-up flags for the SQL Server executable and add the following option...

I'm writing this from Ottawa, the second stop on the ten city cross-Canada SQL Server 2005 Launch Tour. I love being in the Nation's Capital having grown up here. It was good to be back on home turf again. We rocked Ottawa and hopefully were able to deliver...