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• SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 is Out

  Yesterday, Microsoft released SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3. Reporting Services Report Builder added support with Teradata. Note that some manual configuration is required to turn things 'on' as well as you need to install the .Net provider from... Posted Dec 18 2008, 08:03 AM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: General, Reporting Services

• BI Salary Survey

  Not sure how much your BI expertise is worth? The 2008 TDWI Salary, Roles, and Responsibilities Report TDWI survey may help. Posted May 20 2008, 02:46 PM by tlachev with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: General, Business Intelligence

• Microsoft Launches Tafiti

  Microsoft launches a preview of a cool search portal dubbed Tafiti to bring the web search to a new level and give Google a run for its money. From FAQ "Tafiti, which means 'do research' in Swahili, is an experimental search front-end from... Posted Aug 24 2007, 12:04 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: General

• SQL Server 2008 (Katmai) to Launch February 28th 2008

  From the latest MS press release "In anticipation for the most significant Microsoft enterprise event in the next year, Turner announced that Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 will launch together at an event in... Posted Jul 12 2007, 09:47 AM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: General

• SQL Server Samples to CodePlex

  The March release of SQL Server 2005 samples is available for download . Note that Microsoft has moved all SQL Server 2005 samples (standard and open source) to the CodePlex website . The documentation is still on MSDN. So, GotDotNet is dead, long live... Posted Apr 27 2007, 02:37 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: General

• MVP Summit Is Over

  MVP Summit is over and I am back in Atlanta. I had great time meeting other MVPs, MS employees, and learning about the future in MS terms. I posted pictures from the event. Some interesting statistics given to us by Microsoft: The MVP Summit is the largest... Posted Mar 19 2007, 01:23 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: General

• 2007 MVP Global Summit

  Joining some 2,000 other MVPs from all around the world, I am heading tomorrow for Seattle to participate in the annual MVP Global Summit. It's time to shake hands, take pictures, put names to faces, and soak up as much as possible about what's coming... Posted Mar 11 2007, 09:02 AM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: General

• SQL Server 2005 SP2 Refresh

  The initial release of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) contained an issue that caused maintenance plan cleanup tasks to remove data before the specified cleanup interval. Install this update to correct the interpretation of existing cleanup task... Posted Mar 07 2007, 08:47 AM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: General

• SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 is Born

  As an update to my previous post , SQL Server 2005 SP2 is now officially available . The SP2 build is 9.00.3042. A SP2 landing page is available too that includes links to the SP2 release, KB articles, marketing information about the benefits of SP2.... Posted Feb 19 2007, 12:04 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: General, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, Business Intelligence, SharePoint

• SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 Is Semi-born

  Thanks for Russell Christopher's blog , we now know that the final release of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 is very close to going live. I will update this blog when the download link is known. I listed the SP2 major BI-related enhancements in this blog... Posted Feb 19 2007, 09:35 AM by tlachev with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: General

• CTP3 Build of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 Released

  In the spirit of the season, the SQL Server team give us the third (and probably last before the final release) CTP3 build (version 9.00.3033.0000) for the forthcoming SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. Posted Dec 20 2006, 07:48 AM by tlachev with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: General

• Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals

  The newly released CTP7 of Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (aka DataDude) now supports bi-directional schema updates. Once you generate the scripts from your database schema, you can choose either the database or the scripts... Posted Nov 11 2006, 12:38 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: General

• SQL Server 2005 SP2 CTP 2 Build Released Today

  The second CTP (Community Technology Preview) build of the forthcoming SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released today. Besides bug fixes, SP2 includes major BI features and enhancements including: Reporting Services SharePoint 2007 integration –... Posted Nov 07 2006, 07:12 PM by tlachev with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: General

• And the MVP Award Goes To

  I learned today that my MVP award has been renewed. This will be my third year as an MVP for Windows Systems – SQL Server. Posted Oct 01 2006, 03:54 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: General

• July Refresh of SQL Server 2005 BOL and Samples Released

  Download an updated version of the documentation and samples for Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Posted Jul 23 2006, 10:25 AM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: General