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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:45 PM

Don't Forget! SQL Server 2008 Web Chat On Thursday, March 13

I wanted to mention this one more time, since my previous post on this topic suffers from a cryptic title.. Join the Microsoft SQL Server development team to learn more and ask technical questions about the February CTP release of SQL Server 2008. The
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:15 PM

SQL Server 2008 February CTP Scheduled For March 13

Forwarding along a nugget that my inbox served up.. Join the Microsoft SQL Server development team to learn more and ask technical questions about the February CTP release of SQL Server 2008. The web chat starts here at 11 am Pacific Daylight Time on
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Friday, February 29, 2008 10:30 PM

Greetings From Windows Live Writer, and Other Non-Technical News

Sure, it's a somewhat contrived reason for a post, but it's leap day.  In such a calendar-centric endeavor as a blog, it seems to me that one must leave a footprint on leap day.. I'm posting today via Windows Live Writer, which I downloaded earlier
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:45 PM

CTP 6 of SQL Server 2008 Is Now Available For Download

The latest CTP of SQL Server 2008 is available for download at the Microsoft Connect website, here . The list of new features in this release is pretty impressive: Progress-Based Management: policy violation alerts, policy import, running and evaluating
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Monday, November 19, 2007 4:00 PM

SQL Server 2008 November CTP Released!

There's big news afoot today for all of you SQL Server 2008 fans.. The SQL Server 2008 November CTP has been released to the connect.microsoft.com website and is available for download here . A discussion of what's new in the CTP may be found here . The
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Thursday, August 16, 2007 4:15 PM

CTP4 Of PerformancePoint Server 2007 Available For Download

The fourth and final CTP for PerformancePoint Server 2007 is now available for download here . Those of you into BI scorecarding should definitely go get it! -wp
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Saturday, August 11, 2007 12:45 PM

Data Dude Power Tools Released

Slightly old news, as the inbox purge slowly continues.. Gert's got details of the first round of Data Dude Power Tools, released by his team this past Monday. Fans of the product will want to check out the link; Gert is very generous with his descriptions.
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Thursday, July 19, 2007 5:15 PM

Technical News: Second Cumulative Update Released For SQL Server 2005 SP2

Let's place this in the category of "old news".. On June 18th, Microsoft released the second Cumulative Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. It may be accessed here . The CU has been released as a hotfix, not a public download, which means you only
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:45 AM

February Release Date Announced For SQL Server 2008

Yesterday, at the Worldwide Partner conference in Denver, Microsoft announced that the next wave of innovation from the Server and Tools Business -- Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008 -- will launch together at an event in Los
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Friday, June 22, 2007 11:45 AM

SQL Server 2008 Table Valued Parameter Webcast

The webast for Table Valued Parameters is currently ongoing, and is well worth your time. Database developers should be salivating for this feature! Check out the end of the webcast now.. when the links to the recordings for this week's sessions are up,
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:15 AM

SQL Server 2008 LiveMeeting Recordings

If you were unable to make last week's SQL Server 2008 webcasts, fear not; the recordings have been posted on LiveMeeting.com: SQL Server Katmai June CTP: Analysis Services - Dimension Design SQL Server Katmai June CTP: Change Data Capture The session
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Monday, June 11, 2007 1:00 PM

Technical News: More SQL Server 2008 Information

A few more items of interest regarding SQL Server 2008.. Today's initial webchat on the June CTP of SQL Server 2008 was very well attended; at one point I saw over 100 people logged into the chat room. A transcript of the chat is available here . In addition
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Friday, June 08, 2007 4:00 PM

Technical News: Two More SQL Server 2008 Web Events Next Week

I should really finish my entire in-box before I blog schedule items.. There are two LiveMeeting sessions scheduled for next week which may be of interest. On Tuesday, June 12, at 11:00 am PDT (GMT - 8:00), you'll hear about improvements in AS dimension
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Friday, June 08, 2007 2:30 PM

Technical News: June 11 SQL Server 2008 June CTP Web Chat

This Monday, June 11, at 11:00 am PDT (GMT-8:00), the SQL Server Development Team will be hosting a chat which will allow you to learn more and ask questions about the June CTP release of SQL Server 2008. You can enter the chat room here . This link will
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Monday, June 04, 2007 11:00 AM

Technical News: SQL Announcements at TechEd 2007; Dave Campbell Webcast At Noon PT

Today at TechEd 2007 in sunny Orlando, several announcements of interest to the SQL Server faithful are unfolding. The next release of SQL Server, code-named Katmai, will be released under the SQL Server 2008 banner. The first SQL Server 2008 Community
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