I've been having some issues getting my VPC updated to SQL Server 2008 RC0 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta so I can record a couple screencasts on using Virtual Earth with SQL Server 2008.  I swear I read through the readme docs:).  However, I could not get Visual Studio 2008 SP1 to install.  I'm in the process of building a new ...

Thanks to everyone who attended.  Sorry about the Live Meeting slide animation issue.  Hopefully the webcast was still valuable even with the difficulties.  Here are the links to the deck & demo code: Deck Sync Services 101 / Going N Tier Demo (first two demos) Filtering Data Applying Additional Server Logic Conflict ...

During my Virtual Earth Workshop at the GIS-T (www.gis-t.org) conference, I demo'd how to execute a spatial query in a VE scenario by using JavaScript, WCF, and SQL Server 2008.  The query returned GeoRSS to the browser so the VE map control could use it to draw polygons on the map.  I ingested the spatial data into SQL from ESRI shape ...

Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET makes building applications for occasionally connected environments a logical extension of building applications where you can count on a consistent network.  Rather than simply replicating a database and its schema, the Synchronization Services application programming interface (API) provides a ...

The Microsoft SQL Server team has released the next CTP of SQL Server 2008 (February 2008).  Here's the overview of what's in it: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, the next release of Microsoft SQL Server, provides a comprehensive data platform that is more secure, reliable, manageable and scalable for your mission critical applications, while ...

If you are thinking about getting a Microsoft Certification for SQL Server 2008 or thinking about renewing your certification with SQL Server 2008, you may want to attend this Live Meeting (scheduled for Feb. 06, 2008, at two different times during the day).  Here's the description of the Live Meeting (a.k.a., Web Meeting): Join the ...