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Events
February 16, 2012
1 min read

Try Power View for a Chance to Win Prizes

Our friends in the Microsoft BI Team are kicking off a new contest today centered on Power View, and you will have the opportunity to participate and win prizes.

Events
February 6, 2012
4 min read

Recommended SQL Server 2012 Virtual Launch Event Sessions for DBAs and IT Professionals

The SQL Server 2012 Virtual Launch Event kicks off on March 7, 2012 starting at 8:00AM Pacific (-8:00 GMT) with keynotes from Microsoft Executives including: Ted Kummert, Corporate Vice President, Business Platform Division and Quentin Clark, Corporate Vice President, Database Systems Group.

Best Practices
December 16, 2011
1 min read

Cloud Service Providers are Going “Live” with SQL Server 2012 RC0

A few months back we announced SQL Server 2012 availability on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

Updates
November 29, 2011
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SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB RC0 Now Available

We are pleased to announce that SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB Release Candidate 0 is now available for download.

Updates
November 17, 2011
2 min read

SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate is now Available!

Building on our announcement at the PASS Summit 2011 in early October, today we are excited to announce the SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC).

Events
November 16, 2011
1 min read

The Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Special Ops Tour is coming!

CALLING ALL SQL SERVER PROFESSIONALS Do you want Microsoft to come to your city? This March, Microsoft is teaming with PASS to bring you the SQL Server 2012 Special Ops Tour, a cross-country, technical training roadshow that will take us to 12 cities across America.

Thought Leadership
November 1, 2011
10 min read

My Top 5 SQL Server 2012 Features by Aaron Bertrand, Guest Blogger

Guest Blogger: Aaron BertrandAaron is a senior consultant for SQL Sentry, providers of the free Plan Explorer, as well as performance monitoring and event management software for SQL Server.

Events
October 27, 2011
3 min read

Follow up to the SQL Server Fireside Chats after the 24 Hours of PASS Sessions

The SQL Server Team held Fireside Chats at the end of the 24 Hours of PASS on September 7-8, 2011 to give attendees the opportunity to ask questions directly to members of the SQL Server engineering team.

Events
October 21, 2011
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Dell Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance Announced @PASS Summit!

We’ve wrapped up getting SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse on Dell hardware and proud to announce the Dell Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance that includes Dell PowerEdge R610 Servers and Dell PowerVault MD36xxF series high density storage.

Events
October 17, 2011
3 min read

Recap from PASS Summit 2011

We had a great week at PASS Summit 2011, a SQL Server and BI user conference.

Updates
September 26, 2011
1 min read

SQL Server 2012 CTP3 Now Available in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

Is SQL Server 2012 cloud ready for Microsoft partners? You bet! You already know that SQL Server 2012 CTP3 is helping customers bridge private to public cloud, but did you know that it is also forming a strong foundation for partner-hosted cloud solutions as well? Now the SQL Server community has another easy way to experience SQL […]

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