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Upgrading from SQL 2000/2005 to 2008

Still running SQL Server 2000 or 2005? Interested in upgrading to 2008, but not sure how to go about it? Here are a couple of recently released resources from your friends at Microsoft to help you get through the upgrade with a clean bill of heath: SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Technical Reference...

Posted to ChrisKoenig (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-01-2008
HHH Launch Update - SQL Server 2008!

For those of you that attended one of the Heroes Happen {Here} Events in the US, I’ve just been told that your copies of SQL Server 2008 should be hitting the post office “within the month” (quote from one of our Marketing Managers). Hopefully you registered on the site using the codes you were...

Posted to ChrisKoenig (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-07-2008
MSDN TechDays is Coming to Dallas!

Are you ready for a GeekFest? We’re pulling out all the stops to make the next MSDN event a memorable one! MSDN TechDays is a three-day geek-out covering a variety of topics for ITPros, Developers and Architects. We’re holding the first ever MSDN TechDays on November 18-20 at the Dallas...

Posted to ChrisKoenig (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-06-2008
MVP David Walker featured on Quest Software's Pain-of-the-Week

Kudos and congratulations to our very own MVP David Walker for his starring role on this week’s Quest Software’s Pain-of-the-Week. The topic was Quest Software's Pain-of-the-Week: The Converging Paths of SQL Server and SharePoint - Don't Wait Until It's Too Late! I’ve got it...

Posted to ChrisKoenig (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-04-2008
SQL Server 2008 RTM!

Grab your hats and clear out your bandwidth – it’s time to start downloading SQL Server 2008! Previously codenamed “Katmai”, SQL Server 2008 represents some serious enhancements over SQL Server 2005 – read more about it at the SQL Server 2008 Press Release , the SQL Server Community Site , and...

Posted to ChrisKoenig (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-07-2008
NWA SQL Server User Group

Congratulations to Jason Pluenneke and the folks in Northwest Arkansas for their first ever Northwest Arkansas SQL Server User Group meeting tonight! A very respectable 20-person crowd gathered together tonight to hear Boyd Evert discuss the new features of SQL Server 2008 . I't’s great...

Posted to ChrisKoenig (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-16-2008
Free Software for Students - Microsoft DreamSpark

Calling all students! Check out this video featuring Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates as he discusses a new initiative called Microsoft DreamSpark targeted at offering Microsoft developer tools FREE to students: Bill Gates talks about Free Software, Students, and Technology This is a FANTASTIC deal...

Posted to ChrisKoenig (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-19-2008
Excerpts from Peter DeBetta's SQL Server 2008 Book

My good friend Peter DeBetta , SQL Server MVP and all around nice guy, has been working on a SQL Server 2008 book for a while now for MS Press. I learned today that you can get a free e-Book with excerpts from this book from the Microsoft SQL Server Learning Portal : Peter has already written several...

Posted to ChrisKoenig (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-17-2008

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