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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 6:51 AM

TechEd 2006 India Forums

We are less than a week away from the mega event in India. And it rolls to more than 6 cities in a month long time. So people from the community can use the forums created specifically for the attendees to question and ask the speakers and the MVP community
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 6:10 AM

SET Vs SELECT

I have seen multiple post on this very topic. And most importantly its a blanket statement that dont use SELECT and use only SET while assigning. Here is some more perspectives to the whole thing from Tony. Read it here . PS: I still wonder why MS always
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:44 PM

Cross Tab in SQL Server 2000

Today, I got a note from one of the blog readers on this very topic and thought it is worth making a mention over the blog rather than sending replies everytime to different people. I am sure this will be useful to someone googling over the internet :)
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Monday, May 29, 2006 2:20 PM

TechEd 2006 India: My sessions

Same time next week I must be on my way to attend/present at the biggest techno event TechEd from Microsoft in India. So I plan to talk on couple of topics and the same can be got from: TechEd Site . So I am talking on: SQL Server Monitoring Tools: The
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Sunday, May 28, 2006 2:48 PM

More on IIS 7.0

Check the .NET Show on IIS 7.0 bundled with Vista. Listen now !!!
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:47 PM

Walk through the memory lane

Good pix by Euan Garden on the memory lane of SQL Server from the OS/2 system days to SQL 2005. And after a long time I get to see former fellow MVP UC too ... Catch it here .
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:40 PM

Office 2007 Beta 2 Available for Download

This is a big one. Check the details from: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:38 PM

Presence Controls for Microsoft Office Communicator 2005

I have been using Communicator inside our organization and it surely looks cool. Was amazed to see this go a step further in implementing this on windows apps? Cool !!! Check out this download on MSDN .
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:34 PM

Bob Talks on SQL Server 2005

Bob Beauchemin talks about the new features in SQL Server 2005, and it's a lot more than just the .NET Framework! He goes into great detail on the dos and don'ts of framework inside SQL Server, talks about the relative strengths and weaknesses of T-SQL,
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Saturday, May 13, 2006 2:17 PM

SP1 and RS

SP1 extends SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services with a new .NET Data provider and a new MDX Query Designer that directly support enterprise reporting against SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence. You can get a whitepaper about this new feature here .
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Friday, May 12, 2006 4:27 AM

TechEd India 2006

Will you be there ??? Dont forget to meet me ... Registration ...
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:17 AM

MSN in Hindi and Tamil

http://content.msn.co.in/Hindi/Default http://content.msn.co.in/Tamil/Default Links Courtesy: Dr. Pavanaja (CEO, http://www.vishvakannada.com/ )
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:30 AM

Bugs list for SQL Server 2005 SP1

Check the KB Article here .
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:40 AM

Hindi Global Support Site

Did you know that??? Abhisek (MVP Lead) did give us the link but surely a big step forward. There is a lot to be done to make it loaded with articles. India Hindi site: http://support.microsoft.com/?LN=hi-in
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:36 AM

XML features of VB9

Here is a cool paper by Brian Beckman and Erik Meijer from the MS Research Site. Read it here .
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Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:22 AM

More Starter Kits !!!

Starter Kits are fully functional sample applications. Each sample is complete and well-documented so that you can get started right away. Some cool kits on the Visual C++ 2005 Express site. The Media Share and the Skype wrapper are something that catch
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Friday, May 05, 2006 6:33 AM

csUnit

csUnit is a unit testing tool for the Microsoft .NET Framework. You can use it with all .NET languages including C#, Visual Basic .NET, J#, and managed C++. Read more about its features and download it here .
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Friday, May 05, 2006 6:31 AM

Office 2003 Add-In: International Character Toolbar

Download it from MSDN .
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Friday, May 05, 2006 5:41 AM

Third party controld for Atlas

This seems to the buzz word for the web developers ... Here is cool post on the same ... Read it ...
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