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SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit

The SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit will help you understand how to build web applications which deeply exploit the rich data types, programming models and new development paradigms in SQL Serv...

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 Now Available

Service Pack 1 (SP1) focuses on essential updates only, primarily roll-ups of cumulative updates 1 to 3 and fixes to issues reported through the SQL Server community. SP1 eases deployment and manageme...

How Do I BI

Explore data mining models in Business Intelligence Development Studio, part of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database software, with Senior Developer Evangelist Lynn Langit. See how you can create data s...

MSXML 4.0 SP3 now available

MSXML4 SP3 is a complete replacement of previous service packs and includes security and reliability fixes. After MSXML4.0 SP3, there are no future service packs planned and MSXML4 SP2 support will en...

SQL Server 2008 Data Warehousing and Fast Track Architectures

Use the data warehousing capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise to build faster warehouses, manage growing data volumes, integrate with Microsoft business intelligence products, and with...

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 CTP Now Available

Service Pack 1 (SP1) focus on essential updates only, primarily a Roll-up of Cumulative Update 1 to 3 and fixes to issues reported through the SQL Server community. While keeping product changes conta...

Essential Toolkit for SQL Server 2008 Migration

Locating legacy SQL Server instances for SQL Server 2008 migration projects can be time-intensive. Accelerate the process by downloading the free Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit for S...

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 Now Available

Service Pack 3 (SP3) addresses issues reported through the SQL Server community, and includes a roll-up of fixes since SP2. SP3 does not introduce major new features. Also, the Feature Pack for SP3 ha...

MSXML 4.0 SP3 Beta now available

Service Pack 3 (SP3) is a complete replacement of previous service packs and includes a number of security and reliability fixes as well as a more robust setup package. We want to know what you think....

Rate the New DevCenter Page Design

Tell us what you like and don't like about the new design for the Integration Services page. We plan to use this design for other component and technology pages in SQL Server 2008, but your feedback i...

Watch New Videos from the SQL Server Documentation Team

Use SQL Server videos to learn about the product and component technologies, see how to do various tasks, and discover related help topics that help you expand your knowledge of SQL Server....

Hierarchy ID: Model Your Data Hierarchies With SQL Server 2008

Here we explain how the new hierarchyID data type in SQL Server 2008 helps solve some of the problems in modeling and querying hierarchical information....

SQL Server 2008: Access Your Data Any Place, Any Time

Join these webcasts, download podcasts, or take part in virtual labs to discover how you can best prepare your data for a data mining project and work with advanced features for manageability. We also...

Get the First Cumulative Update for SQL Server 2008

Cumulative Update 1 contains hotfixes for the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 issues that have been fixed since the release of SQL Server 2008....

Download the SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack

The Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008....

Connecting to SQL Server Through the Firewall on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista help increase security by automatically enabling the firewall. Before you connect to an instance of SQL Server from another computer, you must configure the Windo...

SQL Server 2008 RC0 Books Online

Download the Release Candidate (RC0) version of Books Online for Microsoft SQL Server 2008, the primary documentation for SQL Server 2008....

Cumulative Update 7 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

This package contains all of the SQL Server 2005 hotfixes that have been released since the initial release of SQL Server 2005 SP2....

Get the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack CTP (February 2008)

Download the February 2008 Feature Pack Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Microsoft SQL Server 2008, a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008...

Download SQL Server 2008 Books Online Community Technology Preview (February 2008)

SQL Server 2008, the next release of Microsoft SQL Server, provides a comprehensive data platform. Books Online is the primary documentation for SQL Server 2008. Download a pre-release preview of Book...

SQL Server 2008 CTP (February 2008) Is Now Available

Download the latest release of SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview (CTP) and discover new capabilities to help support your mission-critical platform. This CTP continues to improve functional...

SQL Server 2005 Books Online (September 2007) Update

The September 2007 update for SQL Server 2005 Books Online is now available in the MSDN Library. Localized versions and a downloadable version will be released as soon as they become available....

SQL Server Compact 3.5 Beta 2 available for download

Start building a new generation of embedded database applications for desktops and mobile devices with SQL Server Compact 3.5 Beta 2. New features include LINQ to SQL support and enhanced support for ...

Perform Database Administration Operations with SQL Server Management Objects

SQL Server Management Objects offer developers a robust toolset for backing up and restoring databases, and issuing DDL commands, as John Papa explains....

Video Series: SQL Server 2005 Express Edition for Beginners

This video series is designed specifically for SQL Server beginnersindividuals who are interested in learning the basics of how to create, manage, and connect to SQL Server Express databases....

Get the SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition CTP

SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition is the successor to SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (SQL Mobile). Compact Edition adds to the great data replication and synchronization capabilities available in SQL Mo...

SQL Server Best Practices

Get guidance and expert tips to take your SQL Server implementation to the next level. Draw on the extensive experience of respected developers and engineers at Microsoft as they walk you through the ...

Get to Know the SQL Server 2005 Storage Engine

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: The Storage Engine includes extensive code samples and table examples to help you gain a thorough understanding of the SQL Server 2005 Storage Engine....

How to Monitor and Analyze a Load Test Result

Monitor a running test or analyze a completed test with the load test result viewer in Visual Studio Team Test Edition....

Participate in SQL Server 2005 SP1 CTP and SQL Server 2005 Books Online SP1 CTP (March 2006)

Download, try out, and submit feedback on the Community Technology Preview (CTP) releases of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and SQL Server 2005 Books Online SP1....

Download SQL Server Express SP1 CTP and SQL Server Express CTP Tools

Download CTP versions of SQL Server Express or SQL Server Express with Advanced Services. Also download CTP versions of SQL Server Express Management Studio and the SQL Server Express Toolkit....

Building a Rules Engine with SQL Server

Discover how to create a rule engine in SQL Server. Use this simple rule-engine design to implement state machines, predicate dispatchers, or any other rule-based system in a wide variety of applicati...

MSDN Webcast: Creating a Windows Mobile Line of Business (LOB) Application (Part 5 of 13): Dealing with Data, Continued

Learn how to synchronize data between a server and a SQL Mobile database that runs on a mobile device. Learn how to use SQL Server Management Studio to create the entire database for the server used b...

Migrate Your Analysis Services Cluster to SQL Server 2005

Microsoft support specialist Lan Lewis-Beven shows you how to migrate Analysis Services clusters from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005....

SQL Server 7.0: Changes to Support Policy

Still using SQL Server 7.0? Read this announcement of new support policy. SQL Server 7.0 is changing from Mainstream Support to Extended Support. Find out what this means to you....

SQL Server Express User Instances

Understand user instances in SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and how you can use them to simplify adding database functionality to your Visual Studio projects....

Now Available to MSDN Subscribers: SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005

Final release versions of SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 are now available for MSDN subscribers to download. .NET Framework 2.0 redistributable packages are also publicly available....

SQL Server 2005 Integration Services: Developing Custom Components for Project REAL

In the second phase of Project REAL, see how custom pipeline components were implemented to read and transform data by extending the SQL Server 2005 Integration Services object model....

VSLive! Orlando 2005

Attend VSLive! October 9th through the 13th in Orlando, Florida. Join us in Central Florida for five days of intensive education on Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005....

MSDN TV: Introduction to Analysis Services 2005

Amir Netz gives a quick overview of the changes coming in Analysis Services 2005. Amir builds a cube from scratch, introduces some of the new features like translations, Key Performance Indicators (KP...

Enabling Drillthrough in Analysis Services 2005

Discover the new Analysis Services 2005 drillthrough architecture. See how to set up drillthrough in Analysis Services 2005 and get guidance on migrating drillthrough settings from Analysis Services 2...

Introduction to XQuery in SQL Server 2005

Discover how XQuery works in SQL Server 2005: the FLWOR statement, operators in XQuery, the if-then-else construct, XML constructors, built-in XQuery functions, type casting operators, and more....

Report Authoring Tips and Tricks

Getting started with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services or the new report controls in Visual Studio 2005 Brian Welcker demonstrates some tips and tricks that you can use to add interactive features to...

Data Cleansing Applications with SQL Server Integration Services

Data quality is a critical issue in data integration. Donald Farmer introduces the data quality features of SQL Server Integration Services with demos that show how to use the Fuzzy Lookup component f...

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