Recently, on codeplex the Application Lifecycle Management Rangers from Microsoft have made available guidance on database development practices when using Visual Studio 2010 database projects. This practical guidance is focused on the following...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Deploying SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse at Microsoft , which discusses how Microsoft IT is deploying SQL Server 2008 PDW to support oversight of security events.  Look for...

  When it comes to financial transactions of customers and their money, it is absolutely imperative that none of these transactions is ever lost due to an IT system failure (or any other type of failure). This white paper shows you how to create...

The CTP 1 for SQL Server Denali is now available to download at the below link: Link to Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a04f16f-f6be-4f92-9c92-f7e5677d91f9 Things that excite me about this upcoming release is: AlwaysOn...

The last two weeks have been absolutely great, working on Data Warehousing (DW) offerings based on SQL Server. As you would have seen from my previous post we had Mark Thiessen out from Redmond. He spoke to many of our partners and customers about our...

  I am presenting on Microsoft’s SQL Server Data Warehousing offerings at the Sydney SQL Server User Group on Tuesday evening 9th November 2010. Following are the topics: SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse offerings Preview of the new Microsoft...