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• How do the links in YOUR copy of SQL Server 2008 Books Online work?

  I am just taking a quick show of hands; and maybe some information, if you are willing. (And if this hasn't happened to you, I apologize for taking up your time.) I have had various problems on multiple installations of Books Online throughout the entire Read More... Posted Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:55 PM by AaronBertrand | 0 Comments Filed under: katmai, SQL Server 2008, books online

• SQL Server has a new logo

  SQL Server's new logo has been published: Courtesy of Wesley . And I have taken a screen shot of the new splash screen for Management Studio: Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:51 PM by AaronBertrand | 6 Comments Filed under: katmai, SQL Server 2008

• SQL Server 2008 is getting close... I can smell it!

  No, this is not a "funny funny, ha ha!" April Fool's Day post (though I do find those entertaining, and considered posting one myself). This is for real, and it almost made me tingle a little. I saw this comment from Eric Kang in a Connect item yesterday Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:05 AM by AaronBertrand | 1 Comments Filed under: katmai, SQL Server 2008

• Increased limits for columns / indexes / statistics

  I am still on the fence about whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. However, in the next build of SQL Server 2008 you will be able to get your hands on, you will find that some element limits have changed, just a bit. With the introduction of sparse Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 3:33 PM by AaronBertrand | 8 Comments Filed under: katmai, SQL Server 2008

• 16 Changed Dynamic Management Views in SQL Server 2008

  Yesterday Denis Gobo told you about 33 new DMVs in SQL Server 2008 ; previously, I had noticed that a few of the existing DMVs from 2005 had changed slightly. So, Denis sparked my curiosity, and I ran the following query on a recent build of SQL Server Read More... Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:46 AM by AaronBertrand | 3 Comments Filed under: katmai, SQL Server 2008, DMVs, dynamic management views

• Connect needs an "Ignored" status

  The SQL team seems to have been quite busy recently, commenting on and closing out many bugs and suggestions that have been raised, I suppose as they close out work on the SQL Server 2008 codebase. Some (like Buck Woody and Bill Ramos, among others) have Read More... Posted Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:57 AM by AaronBertrand | 10 Comments Filed under: SSMS, katmai, SQL Server 2008, Connect

• Registered Servers become more useful

  In playing with the latest CTP for SQL Server 2008, I stumbled across some new context menu items for a server group node in Registered Servers. You can now right-click a group node and choose options such as "New Query" or "Object Explorer." When I first Read More... Posted Thursday, December 06, 2007 8:35 AM by AaronBertrand | 0 Comments Filed under: SSMS, katmai, SQL Server 2008

• November CTP (CTP5) is now publicly available!

  What are you waiting for? Go get it! http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3BF4C5CA-B905-4EBC-8901-1D4C1D1DA884 Why are you still reading this? Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More... Posted Monday, November 19, 2007 2:22 PM by AaronBertrand | 4 Comments Filed under: katmai, SQL Server 2008

• November CTP : Initial impressions of SSMS changes

  [Updates below in BOLD.] On loading SSMS for the first time, I noticed a few things. First of all, the row(s) affected message is now prefixed with information on the instance and login relevant to the query execution: As illustrated in the graphic, this Read More... Posted Sunday, November 18, 2007 11:16 PM by AaronBertrand | 7 Comments Filed under: SSMS, katmai, SQL Server 2008

• Elaborations on my SQL Server 2008 slides

  After attending a few sessions at PASS, based on much newer builds of SQL Server 2008, I have some additional information to complement what I have published in my slides (since I am not scheduled to present the talk further, I am not going to go back Read More... Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 3:03 PM by AaronBertrand | 10 Comments Filed under: SSMS, katmai

• Speaking engagements on SQL Server 2008

  Last month I prepared a webinar on the new features in Katmai for the Charlotte SQL Server User Group. Based on that I have agreed to present similar materials (in person!) for a couple of similar groups in New England: Wednesday, September 12th Southern Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:06 PM by AaronBertrand | 2 Comments Filed under: katmai

• Planning on using Notification Services? Don't bother...

  Tonight we saw the release of the July CTP (odd name for something released late July 31st, but that's another story) of Katmai. With it comes the following blurb, deep in the fifth section of the readme file: "SQL Server Notification Services will not Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:07 PM by AaronBertrand | 22 Comments Filed under: ssns, katmai, notification services