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TechNet Webcast: Replicating Data Between Oracle and SQL Server 2005 (Level 200)
White Papers Microsoft SQL Server 2005 can perform point-in-time and continuous near-real time data replication between Oracle Database and SQL Server databases. You can use this capability to integrate Microsoft SQL Server-based applications and reports with...
[September 20, 2005, 0:00]
Comdex: Ellison ups the ante
News CEO Larry Ellison issued a second $1 million (£625,000) challenge designed to compare the performance of Microsoft Corp.s SQL Server 7.0 to attendees of his Fall/Comdex keynote tonight. Last week at Oracle OpenWorld, Ellison offered some early...
[November 17, 1998, 9:02]
Microsoft contemplating 'sharing' source of SQL Server
News The software giant is considering making the source code for its SQL Server database available to customers, according to Tom Rizzo, director of product management in Microsoft's SQL Server unit. In an interview with ZDNet UK sister site CNET News...
[February 24, 2005, 15:15]
Slammer may not feed on Microsoft alone
News More than 30 products, from security scanners to backup servers, use the vulnerable Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft SQL Desktop Edition (MDSE) 2000 software, according to a list compiled by database security site SQLSecurity.com.
[January 30, 2003, 7:49]
Windows XP, Office and SQL Server open to new attacks
News Microsoft late on Wednesday warned of three new bugs in its software, including a flaw in SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 that could allow an unauthorised user to execute particular administrative functions called Web tasks.
[October 17, 2002, 13:47]
Mass tests of SQL Server 2005 finally start
News Microsoft began a wide beta-testing programme of its forthcoming SQL Server 2005 database on Monday, a much anticipated -- and delayed -- product central to the company's server software line. Microsoft earlier this year delayed the delivery of SQL...
[July 27, 2004, 10:40]
SQL Server and SharePoint - The More You Know, the Better Off You Are
White Papers In this new Quest white paper, David Walker, Microsoft MVP and SQL Server and SharePoint specialist, discusses the growth of SharePoint, and why/how the SQL Server DBA can assume SharePoint administration responsibilities.
[May 20, 2009, 15:16]
Implementing Authentication and Authorization With AD/AM and AzMan - Level 200
White Papers Microsoft developers have been using SQL Server for authentication and Role Based Authorization since the days of ASP and Visual Basic 6.0. By attending you will also see how Microsoft Internet Information Server (MIIS) can be used to migrate your...
[December 14, 2004, 23:00]
Microsoft drops older products
News Microsoft will retire several of its products next week, including Windows 98 and SQL Server 7, to comply with a court order related to its dispute with Sun Microsystems over Java. The roster of products to be dropped includes SQL Server 7, Office...
[December 8, 2003, 16:00]
SQL Server and Visual Studio get updated
News In discussing SQL Server, Ballmer also reiterated a Microsoft pitch to win Oracle database customers, offering a 50 percent discount for some customers that switch to SQL Server from rival products. Microsoft said late last month that it had...
[November 8, 2005, 9:35]
MSDN Webcast: Visual Basic .NET Soup to Nuts: Visual Basic and SQL Server 2005 (Level 200)
White Papers The presenter specifically addresses how to integrate Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database functionality directly into the Web and Windows-based applications. The attendee of this webcast will see how Microsoft Visual Basic enables a person to...
[June 15, 2007, 1:00]
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Runs SAP (Level 200)
White Papers This webcast describes how the Enterprise Application Services (EAS) team in the Microsoft Information Technology (IT) department utilizes the new database mirroring and online indexing features in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to dramatically...
[May 30, 2008, 1:01]
Solution Upgrade Gives Grocery Chain Faster Performance, Real-Time Inventory Control
White Papers Originally running on Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Disco upgraded to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and revised procedures to achieve significant performance gains. Running on SQL Server 2005, the automatic replenishment system manages the company's...
[September 5, 2007, 1:00]
Amazon 'cloud' to offer Windows, SQL Server options
News Amazon said on Wednesday that it plans to offer its cloud-computing customers the option of running Microsoft's Windows Server operating system as well as its SQL Server database. The company said that EC2 running Windows Server or SQL Server will...
[October 2, 2008, 11:10]
Microsoft adds Java support to database
News The software behemoth said that it will sell software that allows Java programs to connect to data housed in Microsoft's SQL Server 2000 database. Jeff Ressler, Microsoft's lead product manager for SQL Server, said the company is adding support for...
[September 26, 2001, 10:27]
Yukon and Whidbey delayed again
News Microsoft has said the forthcoming release of its SQL Server database and Visual Studio.NET development tool will be delayed -- again. The delay of SQL Server and Visual Studio.Net -- vital products to its corporate and developer customers -- is...
[August 5, 2004, 9:40]
Microsoft rolls out SQL Azure Database preview
News The community technology preview (CTP) was made available on Tuesday, along with a preview of a SQL Server driver for building PHP applications for the Azure platform. Robinson said there was a high degree of compatibility with SQL Server, allowing...
[August 19, 2009, 14:22]
Overview: Upgrading From SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008
White Papers SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services provides a comprehensive and scalable analysis platform for analyzing performance indicators and business metrics through the intuitive interface of Microsoft Office Excel 2007.
[September 16, 2009, 1:22]
Microsoft strips down developer tools
News Microsoft is reaching out to nonprofessional programmers with a revamped line of developer tools, including a free version of its forthcoming SQL Server database. The lightweight editions of its Visual Studio line and SQL Server database are meant...
[June 29, 2004, 9:40]
SQL Server 2005 Security: Strong Security That Is Easy to Configure and Manage - An Overview for Database Administrators
White Papers SQL Server 2005 is the first version of this server software released since Microsoft developed and implemented its Trustworthy Computing initiative. This paper covers some of the most important new security features in SQL Server 2005 and how as...
[December 20, 2006, 0:00]
