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Sunday, June 26, 2005 8:42 PM

TechEd: 3 down 2 to go !!!

Yup, as per my itinerary I am now on my way to Bangalore. I write this blog entry from Mumbai airport. Oh boy !!! Watta rain in Mumbai. I never thought this would be the case … Anyways something to cheer about and something nice to blog too. Let
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Friday, June 17, 2005 5:05 PM

MSDN TV: 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 your own reports. Catch the video here .
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Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:02 AM

TechEd India is here

TechEd in India started with a bang at Bangalore ;). Awesome list of topics to choose from and some really really cool deep dive sessions. We had around 7 tracks to pick from. And I am sure the attendees had a tough time picking one session over the other.
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005 5:55 PM

Windows Server Update Services is finally RTM'd

Check the homepage ... Source: Athif
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005 5:53 PM

Visual Studio 2005 may not ship until 2006

Here is the story on infoworld ... Update : After I put this post, saw couple of other posts on the same topic. One says Nov-7 Week (cant get specific than that) and other says it as generic as mid-october this year ... Good part being we can expect the
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005 5:52 PM

WSE 3.0 June CTP is now available

The first public build of WSE 3.0 is now available on MSDN . This build requires Whidbey beta 2.
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Monday, June 06, 2005 5:45 PM

Windows XP Starter Edition Hindi Launches

On June 2 nd MS successfully launched Windows XP Starter Edition in India in partnership with the State Government of Uttaranchal. XP Starter Edition Approach in India: Focus: Target XP Starter Edition to modest-income households in the non-metro cities
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Monday, June 06, 2005 5:34 PM

Encryption Changes in April CTP

More Encryption Syntax Changes in SQL Server 2005 Another Encryption Syntax Change: CREATE CERTIFICATE Sql Server 2005 CREATE CERTIFICATE syntax change
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Monday, June 06, 2005 5:30 PM

Yet another explanation from Ken

In his blog entry thistime around Ken writes on how the optimizer query processor selects plans and how it works by reusing the plans in detail. I bet you better bookmark his blog ... :) ... Read the entry .
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Monday, June 06, 2005 5:26 PM

Connected Systems Developer Competition

Got this from INETA. But Do You Dare? Show the world what a great developer you are and have the chance to win $50,000 USD and a trip to the joint SQL Server 2005/Visual Studio 2005/Biztalk 2006 Launch event ...
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Monday, June 06, 2005 5:22 PM

SQL Down Under

Another initiative from SQL Server MVP (Greg Low) to come with some interesting site and content for us. Catch the first talk by Kalen (remember Inside SQL Server 2000 / 7.0 ? ) ... Interesting interview. Download the interview here and link to site
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Monday, June 06, 2005 5:20 PM

Some raw info on IIS7

Read it at Robert's blog .
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Monday, June 06, 2005 5:15 PM

Steve's Keynote at TechEd 2005

Steve Ballmer Tech·Ed 2005 Keynote: " Delivering New Value to the Business ," Orlando, Florida June 6, 2005, 9:00 A.M. Eastern, 6:00 A.M. Pacific Time Keynoting Microsoft's largest annual technology education conference, CEO Steve Ballmer discusses
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Monday, June 06, 2005 5:13 PM

Using SSIS beyond Basic ETL

MSDN TV: SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is not only a high-end ETL (Extract Transform and Load) tool but also a general purpose data integration utility that goes beyond traditional ETL. Kamal Hathi demonstrates the integration of data from a
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Monday, June 06, 2005 5:11 PM

.NET Integration from a DBA's perspective

Catch this perspective of the webcast where the focus is no longer on the Developers but from a DBA. View it . PS: Been sometime since I wrote my blog. Been busy with TechEd work. But nevertheless lots of interesting stuffs to come by.
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