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Your Window Improvements May Vary
I love my new job. This morning I’m sitting in a training session organized by the SQL Server team to bring Microsoft team members up to speed on new Business Intelligence capabilities in SQL Server...
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SQL Server 2012 RC 0 Available for Download
If you’re working with the pre-release versions of SQL Server 2012, or if you’re thinking about preparing for its release, today is a big day. The first release candidate has been published on the...
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SQL Server Special Ops Tour
If you’ve been following recent SQL Server news, you know that the next version of SQL Server has lost its “Denali” code name[1] and has been officially named SQL Server 2012.[0] This is actually sort...
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SSIS in RC0
If you’ve been following the pre-release versions SQL Server 2012 (previously code-named “Denali”) you’ve probably been using the Community Technology Preview (CTP3) that Microsoft released back in...
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Setting up a SQL Server 2012 RC0 VM
I ran across this excellent article last week, but forgot to share it before I went offline for the Thanksgiving holiday. Fortunately it was waiting for me in a browser tab this morning to remind me....
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5 Tips for a Smooth SSIS Upgrade to SQL Server 2012
The SSIS team has just released a white paper on upgrading to SSIS in SQL Server 2012: Summary: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services (SSIS) provides significant improvements in both the...
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Bring the Special Ops Tour to YOUR City
Calling all SQL professionals! Oh yeah, we used that in the last video, didn’t we… We’re just getting started. Yes we did, and SQL Server fans from across the country have visited...
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So You Want to Work at Microsoft?
I love SQL Server. [1] I love working for Microsoft. [2] For me, these two loves are two things that go well together. I also love competition. If you love SQL Server as much as I do (and if you don’t...
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Welcome to the new blog – SSIMagine what’s next!
Even though there is five years’ worth of content already, this is the first post for the SSIMagine blog, which will focus on Enterprise Information Management (EIM) and Self-Service Information...
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Damn it Feels Good to be a Trainer
You’ve seen Office Space, so you know the song. I won’t attempt to reproduce the lyrics here[1] but you know where I’m coming from. I’ve been a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) since 1996, and...
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