SQL Server 2008 News and Reviews Press Release:
November 12, 2007
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Microsoft Continues the Evolution of the Data Platform
We are announcing an important milestone for SQL Server 2008—the upcoming availability of the November Community Technology Preview (CTP) for the latest version of SQL Server. SQL Server 2008 is a huge step forward as we continue delivering on our Data Platform Vision for “Your Data, Any Place, Any Time.” SQL Server 2008 will bring that vision to life, and there is something in this feature-rich CTP to meet the needs of companies of all sizes.
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November 5, 2007
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Microsoft Commits to November Release Date for Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5
BARCELONA, Spain — Nov. 5, 2007 — Today, during the keynote address at Microsoft TechEd Developers 2007, S. “Soma” Somasegar, corporate vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft Corp., announced that Microsoft will release Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 by the end of November 2007. Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 enable developers at all levels to rapidly create connected applications that offer compelling user experiences for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, mobile devices and the Web. Soma also unveiled plans to open new opportunities for Visual Studio partners, as well as to deliver new tools and resources for developers, including a first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Microsoft Sync Framework and new capabilities for Popfly Explorer.
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October 23, 2007
| Microsoft Joins OGC
At the annual Geoint 2007 Symposium, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announced that Microsoft Corporation has joined the consortium as a Principal Member. Government agencies worldwide are realizing the power of geospatial applications to meet their missions in ways that are unprecedented – from public safety applications to famine and hunger relief.
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October 09, 2007
| A Look at Microsoft SQL Server 2008
When one thinks of Microsoft's platforms, thoughts turn naturally to such products as Windows, Windows Server, .NET (including the Web-based ASP .NET technologies) and perhaps Office. But Microsoft's success as a maker of platforms is based on far more than just the platforms themselves. It includes a developer ecosystem rooted in the Visual Studio tools and .NET development languages. And it includes the related data back-end, which centers around SQL Server.
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September 29, 2007
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No price hike for SQL Server 2008, Microsoft says
DENVER – On top of new features in the next version of SQL Server 2008 the most alluring attribute should be that the database’s price will not change, according to Microsoft.
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September 17, 2007
| SQL Server 2008 stays on schedule, Microsoft exec says
For veteran database watchers, it may feel oddly early to hear talk of the next version of Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server database.
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September 17, 2007
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Testers give high marks to new features in SQL Server upgrade
A conference being held in Denver this week by the Professional Association for SQL Server user group will provide a forum for the biggest public unveiling to date of Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server 2008 database.
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August 30, 2007
| Microsoft adds to framework to simplify development
Looking to assist developers in building business applications, Microsoft published a second beta version of ADO.Net Entity Framework this week and a community technology preview of tools to work with the framework.
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August 08, 2007
| Application Development Trends SQL Server 2008: Some CTP 2 Ins and Outs
Tweaks to Microsoft's forthcoming SQL Server 2008 database went down to the wire. However, anticipated improvements, such as the way some polices are set up and managed, did not make it into the just-released second community technology preview (CTP).
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August 02, 2007
| Microsoft Ships New SQL Server 2008 Preview
Microsoft this week shipped the second preview version of SQL Server 2008, and company officials said that the product is on track for release in the second quarter of next year.
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June 04, 2007
| Bridging the Gap between Data and Developers
Q&A: The next generation of Microsoft SQL Server seeks to help companies access and manage massive amounts of data more efficiently, while reducing the complexities facing developers in building data-centric applications.
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May 30, 2007
| Microsoft Shares Details on SQL Server 2008 Spatial Support
Last month Microsoft announced that the next version of Microsoft's SQL Server, code-named Katmai, will include support for spatial data. Directions Magazine contacted Ed Katibah, spatial program manager for SQL Server, to get further information.
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May 17, 2007
| Microsoft Talks Up SQL Server "Katmai"
Microsoft started beating the drum for the version of SQL Server, codenamed "Katmai," last week at its business intelligence conference. In addition to new business intelligence capabilities, Katmai, which is scheduled to ship in 2008, will feature better security, more extensibility, new high availability features, a rule-based management framework, and an array of new tricks for .NET developers.
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June 04, 2007
| Microsoft SQL Server “Katmai” Builds on Proven Success of SQL Server 2005, Empowering Customers to Manage the Data Explosion
Vision for next release of SQL Server announced at Microsoft’s first Business Intelligence Conference.
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