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• Microsoft is Listening

  This blog has moved! You can find this content at the following new location: http://andyleonard.blog/2016/02/07/microsoft-is-listening/ Read More... Posted Monday, February 8, 2016 3:30 AM by andyleonard | 2 Comments Filed under: SSIS, Microsoft, Leadership, Doing Software Right, SQL Server Community, Disruptive

• And The Winner Is...

  David Taylor! There were a lot of really great comments on the post titled A Visual Studio 2010 MSDN Seeding Card Giveaway Contest ! The judging was completely subjective - just me reading the comments and making a call. One suggestion was apparently Read More... Posted Friday, July 9, 2010 12:00 AM by andyleonard | 1 Comments Filed under: Developer Community, Microsoft, MSDN

• Windows XP and 30 June 2008

  Bye Bye, Ms. Windows XP? As of this writing Microsoft plans to stop selling Windows XP 30 June 2008. Steve Ballmer has indicated there may be wiggle room in this decision but (to my knowledge) no postponment has been announced. Back In My Day... I've Read More... Posted Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:01 AM by andyleonard | 4 Comments Filed under: Microsoft

• Getting Red

  I just now (well, when you read this it will be late last week; I write ahead sometimes) purchased a Dell XPS 1530 Red laptop with the new Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED SKU installed. Granted, it's 32-bit - mainly because it's a Dell (c'mon Dell, Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:01 AM by andyleonard | 3 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, (PRODUCT) RED, Dell, Laptops

• SQL Server Management Studio Standard Reports

  Buck Woody has a great series going on SQL Server ManagementStudio Standard Reports . The SQL Server team did a great job developing these insightful and intuitive reports. I often show them to customers and during presentations and the response is always Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:01 AM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Reporting Services, Support, utilities, Microsoft

• Power Tools for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition

  Gert and team announce the availability of Power Tools for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition ! Cool new stuff includes a couple new test conditions, file- and XML-based data generators, and (my favorite) SQL Static Code Analysis integrated Read More... Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 2:55 AM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: Database Developer, Team Edition for Database Professionals, Visual Studio 2008, Database Edition, Team System, Microsoft