IT Pro & System Administrators- India : SQL Server 2008

Launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, & SQL Server 2008

ITPro — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:38:00 GMT

The Big Launch is almost here. On March 4th, we kick off a 3 city Launch of the 3 new products-Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, & SQL Server 2008. We have had a great response to this event. We are looking forward to meet the System Admins...(read more)

Heroes Happen here

ITPro — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:26:00 GMT

Ratan Tata launched the Rs. 1 Lakh car today. The Nano. What a great day for India, what a great day for the India automotive industry. Ratan Tata has put India right on the top of the world with his vision & perseverance. I am sure he had a great team backing him to pull off such a great feat. His team of engineers deserve a lot of credit as well. Hats off to these unsung heroes.

A perfect point to introduce my theme for this blog- Heroes Happen Here.

Heroes Happen here seeks to put the spotlight on you- the IT Pros & Developers You are the ones who do a great job of keeping the servers up & running, and building world class software. You truly are a great army of engineers & we at Microsoft would like to recognize the hero in each of you.

Please go ahead and take a dheko at our website- Heroes Happen Here.Post your stories, and share your experiences with us. You may get lucky winning the grand prize of a trip to our headquarters at Redmond. This contest is open for Indian residents only!

CTP for SQL Server 2008

ITPro — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:39:00 GMT

Most of you may be aware that SQL Server 2008 is scheduled for launch some time next year.

And Today, Microsoft released the July Community Technical Preview (CTP) for SQL Server 2008. The release makes available several performance and feature enhancements designed to support customers’ mission-critical platform and enable pervasive insight across the enterprise.

We are making available a lot of content on the key workloads for SQL Server 2008 specifically – OLTP, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Server Consolidation and Data Programmability. More information can be found here.

Additionally, you can download the SQL Server 2008 July CTP here.

What more, come attend a live Webcast on August 8th, 2:00 pm (India Time) on " SQL Server 2008 – Beginning of a New Era"

Register at https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/Register.aspx?culture=en-IN&EventID=1032345633&CountryCode=IN&IsRedirect=false