New SQL Server 2005 Technical Overview blogcasts from the States Demo 1-1 Using Object Explorer http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo1.asx Demo 2-1 Using Queries and Scripts http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo2-1.asx Demo 2-2 Using Solution Explorer http://www.microsoft...

Redmond mag .com have published an article 'Ten Useful Microsoft Blogs' @ http://www.redmondmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=1044 Guess who's number 2? Also at number 10 is the UKs own Industry Insiders blog http://blogs.technet.com/industry%5Finsiders/ . So as promised all of you who submitted...

Three new SQL Server 2000 blogcasts out of Redmond: Demo 4-1 Configuring System Monitor http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_4-1.asx Demo 4-2 Monitoring SQL Server performance http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_4-2.asx Demo 4-3 Configuring alerts http://www...

Here's another blogcast in the SQL 2000 performance blogcast series out of the States - this time 'Using SQL 2000 Profiler'. This one's a bit long at 11mins 8secs. http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_3.asx

Another blogcast from the States covering performance tuning in SQL Server 2000, this one covers using index tuning wizard. 6 mins 47 secs http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_2.asx

Here's a Blogcast, the third in a series of three from the US, looking at Performance tuning techniques with SQL 2000 'Managing indexes' http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_1-3.asx

Here's a Blogcast, second in a series of three from the US, looking at Performance tuning techniques with SQL 2000 'Analyzing an execution plan' http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_1-2.asx

Here's a Blogcast, one of a series of three from the US, looking at Performance tuning techniques with SQL 2000 http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_1-1.asx

Here is a 4min 8sec blogcast showing how to add a multicast transform to a SQL Server Integration Services package (the package created in the previous blogcast). A multicast transform can create two or more replica data flows from one original data flow.

Here is an 8min 13sec blogcast showing how to create a simple SQL Server Integration Services package. The package aggregates 2 million records from a raw data file and passes the resulting 64 aggregated rows into a table in tempdb.

Following on from my previous two blogcasts looking at the SQL Server 2005 Management Studio (SMS), here’s another blogcast (5m55s) looking at the Solution Explorer in SMS.

Following on from my last blogcast here’s a blogcast (8m57s) that introduces the Object Explorer in the new SQL Server 2005 Management Studio.

I’ve just done a short (4m47s) blogcast giving a first glimpse at the new SQL Server 2005 Management Studio

Following the trend I've created my first Blogcast - Creating a simple SQL Server Reporting Services report using the Report Wizard. It lasts about 6 minutes. It takes you through the simple steps required to create a simple report, making a little tweak with Visual studio and then shows you how to publish...