Chuck Heinzelman and I are on the Advisory Board for the THRIVE Campaign by Microsoft.   The THRIVE campaign is about getting people to use tools that they already own or are FREE to download in order to learn/enhance new skills.  I thought right away about SQL Server Express and how this could help people learn more about SQL ...

Earlier this year, I was fortunate to visit Dublin, Ireland to speak at the Irish Microsoft Technical Conference (IMTC).  Chuck Boyce from www.SQLServerDVD.com was there recording and streaming sessions.  He was unable to stream my session live, but he did get it recorded.  Chuck has just posted my session on SQL Server Express 2005 ...