SQL Server 2008 Virtual Labs

MSDN Virtual Lab: Using Table Valued Parameters in SQL Server 2008

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:19:50 -0700

After completing this lab, you will be better able to work with Change Data Capture in SQL Server 2008.

MSDN Virtual Lab: Using the new SQL Server 2008 Spatial Capabilities- GEOGRAPHY

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:17:46 -0700

Explore how you can build offline smart client applications in a RAD way that synchronizes backend database with a local Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5.

Microsoft Virtual Lab Express: Building Occasionally Connected Systems

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:20:22 -0700

Welcome to Microsoft Virtual Lab Express, a 30-minute hands-on overview of the features of SQL Server 2008.
With mobile devices and workers on-the-go, occasionally connected has become a way of life. SQL Server 2008 delivers a unified synchronization platform that enables consistent synchronization across applications, data stores, and data types. In a joint effort with Visual Studio, SQL Server 2008 enables the rapid creation of occasionally connected applications by way of new synchronization services in ADO.NET and offline designers in Visual Studio. SQL Server 2008 provides support for change tracking, enabling customers to develop caching-based, synchronization-based, and notification-based applications using a robust implementation with minimal performance overhead.

Microsoft Virtual Lab Express: Dimension Designer and Best Practice Alerts

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:21:14 -0700

Welcome to Microsoft Virtual Lab Express, a 30-minute hands-on overview of the features of SQL Server 2008.
Through a tight interoperability with Microsoft Visual Studio, developers can easily build and maintain robust, secure, scalable BI applications. SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio offers a single tool that covers multiple types of BI solutions and provides a single, consistent environment for developing ETL, analysis and reporting solutions. Intuitive BI wizards that are delivered as part of the Business Intelligence Development Studio make it easy for even novice developers to build advanced Business Intelligence models and projects. However, enabling developers to build solutions more quickly is only effective if those solutions are optimally designed. To help ensure the best possible performance and correct functionality, SQL Server 2008 includes new enhancements to the development environment that promote best practices and help developers create effective analysis solutions.

Microsoft Virtual Lab Express: Hierarchy Id

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:22:29 -0700

Welcome to Microsoft Virtual Lab Express, a 30-minute hands-on overview of the features of SQL Server 2008.
SQL Server 2008 enables database applications to model tree structures in a more efficient way than currently possible. HierarchyId is a new system type that can store values that represent nodes in a hierarchy tree. This new type features a flexible programming model. It is implemented as a CLR UDT that exposes several efficient and useful built-in methods for creating and operating on hierarchy nodes.