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"How Do I?" Videos for SQL Server 2005 Express
I've heard from lots of customers who really like the ASP.NET "How Do I?" videos. I think they are a great way to learn in short spurts. There are a new set of videos for SQL Server 2005 Express...
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Excellent video going deep on LINQ to SQL
Charlie Calvert published a video where Matt Warren (C# Principal Architect) & Luca Bolognese (Lead Program Manager) have a very deep discussion of LINQ to SQL internals. I you're like me and you...
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MOSS Supports Live Earth - How we built Conservation International's Public...
You may recall in a previous post, I wrote about how I led a couple of projects to migrate Conservation International's public websites to SharePoint Server 2007 as well as implement a Silverlight...
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More info on LINQ to SQL performance
Soma just blogged about VS 2008 Performance Improvements. There is some good info in his post. One of the things he mentioned was:"For example, with the new LINQ facility we set a goal that LINQ...
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Installing SQL Server Management Studio when you already have Management...
Argh, I just beat my head against a wall trying to do this for the last couple hours:(. After a bit of web searching, I finally found this. So if you try to run the SQL Server 2005 installer to...
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FOLLOW UP: Public Sector Developer Conference (Seattle & Olympia, WA)
Thanks to everyone who attended. All of my demos are based on Visual Studio 2008 / .NET Framework 3.5 RTM. Here are the downloads:Introduction to LINQ + LINQ to SQL - deck, demo codeNOTE: You will...
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WEBCAST: Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET
Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET makes building applications for occasionally connected environments a logical extension of building applications where you can count on a consistent...
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DC Launch Follow Up
Thanks to everyone who stuck around for my "Defy Occasionally-Connected Challenges With Smart Client Applications" session at the DC Launch. The deck and demo files are available here:DeckWorkflow...
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SCREENCAST: Exposing/Consuming RSS/ATOM using WCF 3.5 & Silverlight 2
In this screencast, I show you how easy it is to expose RSS and Atom feeds using the new Web Programming Model (REST) features, classes in the new System.ServiceModel.Syndication namespace, and LINQ to...
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Want to access SQL Server 2005 from PHP?
You are in luck! Version 1.0 RTM of the SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP is live! Check out the SQLPHP blog for more...
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Team Foundation in May MVLS Media and now available via MVLS Download
Team Foundation Server is in this month's Volume Licensing Media Kit. The following disks are being shipped:Team Foundation Server Disc 1 Team Foundation Server (MSDN Library for Visual Studio Team...
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Microsoft Federal Architect Forum 06 content
The content for the 2006 Microsoft Federal Architect Forum will be posted on Federaldeveloper.com (link is here: http://tinyurl.com/luawt)For those who were able to attend, thank you!- Keith
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Database Professionals -- welcome to the DevTools fold!
Today we announced the newest member of the Visual Studio Team System family -- Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals. We're excited to be able to finally discuss this publicly -- tons...
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You MUST sign up for the Bi-weekly MSDN Flash
Just check out the latest issue at http://msdn.microsoft.com/Flash/ This a bi-weekly newsletter that can be customized to the topics you are most interested in. Mine arrived this morning and...
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Whitepaper: Migrating from Business Objects Crystal Reports to SQL Server...
I just saw this on Brian Welcker’s blog. How to migrate from Crystal Reports to Reporting Services is a frequently asked question I get all the time. Now we have some documented guidance. Here’s a...
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition CTP
We've release the first CTP of SQL Server Everywhere Edition. If you aren't familiar with SQL Server Everywhere Edition, here's the description from http://www.microsoft.com/Sql/Everywhere: "Microsoft...
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ADO.NET, LINQ, and the Entity Framework Oh My!
If you write database applications using ADO.NET (which means almost everyone is still reading this), then a MUST HAVE blog in your RSS reader is the Data Access blog. It is the “Data Programmability...
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NOVA SQL - June 2006 Meeting - SQL Server 2000 and 2005 Performance Tuning
The Northern Virginia SQL Server Users Group (www.novasql.com) is announcing its next session for 2006 to benefit IT Professionals (DBAs, Developers, Admins, etc.) in the Northern Virginia,...
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FIPS 140-2 Compliant Mode For SQL Server 2005
One of the benefits of SQL Server 2005 SP1 is that you can now run SQL Server in FIPS 140-2 compliant mode. This means that SQL Server will only use FIPS 140-2 certified encryption algorithms, which is...
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SQL Server Everywhere Edition Screencasts
Steve Lasker recently posted 3 great screencasts on SQL Server Everywhere Edition:Video of installing the SQL Server Everywhere Edition CTPScreencast of Deployment Options for SQL Server Everywhere...
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