Last night I spoke at the Charlotte SQL Server User Group, and a bunch of people requested an online version of the talk, so I presented a webcast today at lunch.  Hope it was valuable!  Below I have attached the slide deck from both presentations, and welcome any follow-up questions.  Also just as a reminder the Resource Governor ...

I've been playing with SQL Server 2008's new spatial data types recently, and toying with the idea of using MapPoint (Bing Maps?) to visualize my SQL Server-based spatial data.  In a happy twist of fate I accidentally ran across this MSDN webcast event for a MapPoint Add-In for SQL Server.  The event is scheduled for July 29 @ ...

Since most people in the United States do not work on Monday I decided to give you some stuff to read just in case you don't know what to do with yourself this weekend. SQL Server 2008 Whitepapers  There are 16 whitepapers that Microsoft has made available. Most of them are about 10 pages so it should not take that long to go through all of ...