The newly formed Boise SQL Server User Group kicks off its first meeting with Kalen Delaney on June 25, 2008. I'm happy to see a Microsoft SQL Server user group in Boise. It will fit nicely with the other development and SharePoint groups in town. For more information, contact Cindy Gross of Microsoft.

I've been so involved with the VSTS RTM yesterday, that I almost didn't notice this one. Click here to download the latest SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview (CTP) and try out the latest features of SQL Server 2008.

Way to go Microsoft, and SQL Server 2005! For the first time in the report’s history, Microsoft is positioned in the Leader quadrant in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse DBMS. The analysts say that SQL Server 2005 is expected to grow in the data warehouse space and Microsoft’s vision for SQL Server 2008 makes clear the ...

Call it a code generator, software factory, or just a clever script. If you can write code that writes code - you win, even if just a small victory for humans in this contest we call software development. For example, I've been working on an ASP.NET application which contains many data entry screens. You know the kind: very ...

Microsoft has published a detailed KB article about the problems fixed by SR1. The article includes a link to download the update. Aside from many fixes, there are three major improvements found in this release: Cross-database references - support is improved so that you can reference objects within different databases by using ...

I saw a demo of these at Tech-Ed, and thought I would share with my friends. Essentially, the Database Operations team at Microsoft uses a suite of jobs on all their servers for performing backups, automated database maintenance, improve performance , and improving disaster recovery. I'm sure every SQL Server ...

Trainers and presenters have been wanting a sample database that is less complex than AdventureWorks, but more interesting than Northwind. Thanks to my friends at SolidQ for letting me know about AdventureWorksLT (Light) ... (Click to see a larger view) You can download AdventureWorksLT from CodePlex or Microsoft.