Feeling a bit of Deja Vu? Well, yes, this is about the third time I've run a very similar post but I just noticed that the April CTP for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is available, so here we go again! New with the April CTP, you can self-nominate in the TAP program. Complete this survey and if you...

A frequent question I see on the various news groups goes something like this one: "Is it possible to download SQL Server 2005 for practice? Is there like student edition available for nominal fee? Subscribing to MSDN is very expensive for an individual." Actually you can get all you need for "free....

Who: The "Best of the best of the best" from Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Nebraska - Al Zyck and Ravi Thoutireddy What: Overview of BCBSNE's multi-Terabyte, 64bit, SQL Server 2000/Informatica Enterprise Data Warehouse When: 2005-03-17 18:30:00-06:00 (that's 6:30PM Central Time, of course) Where: Vatterott...

Just in case you've not been watching, Microsoft has announced the MSRP line up for SQL Server 2005 , including a re-affirmation of a what's already been a great story and a huge advance in the position of the product (at least IHMO). First off, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (SSX) has been confirmed...

SSWUG's daily newsletter announced it this morning: Getting Started with SQL Server Reporting Services Our next webcast, all about SQL Server Reporting Services, is just days away. Please register ASAP. Here's the description on this great opportunity to learn more about RS and get started quickly with...

I've been reading Rocky Lhotka 's posts from today on Remoting , SOA as RPC and Services having tiers . I think he's right about a lot of what he has to say and that got me thinking about SQL Server 2005's Web Services and Service Broker (again). Continues here...

How cool is that? A day long SQL Server 2005 lovefest in the Twin Cities ! I gotta imagine they'll be doing these in the other districts too, so go check I'm out. And to my fellow SQL fantantics in the heartland, you'd better show up. Geek Dinner, anybody?

...a Web cast, that is. See, aside from being one the nicest guys on the planet, Hilary Cotter knows SQL Server Replication. He knows it so well that's he's written a Four-Pound book on topic. And now, he's doing a Web Cast to boot. While I can honestly say that this is a must watch for everybody, if...

Lots of stuff going on in the next few weeks here the Omaha area: The Greater Omaha SQL Server User Group will be meeting this Thursday night. Our speaker will be Don Bryner, Principal Technology Specialist from Microsoft Corporation who will be introducting us to SQL Server 2005. Meeting starts at 6...

I've not really blogged much about Code Camp II since getting back from Boston. Mostly my own fault. But let me tell you, Thom and Joe put together one great show and if you, can I highly recommend going to the next iteration of it scheduled for Q1 2005. The highlight for me was getting to talk about...