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12/9/04 -
Comparison of Analysis Service 2000 vs 2005 - Analysis Services
2000 and 2005 differences and features of direct interest to
developers: User Interface, Architecture and MDX
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12/29 - Database Journal -
SQL Server 2005: Day to Day DBA - Part I - .... I am writing this
series on Microsoft's next release of SQL Server 2005. We will begin
with a tutorial on how to install SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 Release.
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12/29 - Windows IT Pro -
What You Need to Know About Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Beta 3 - ...
the recent release of SQL Server 2005 Beta 3 brought some surprises in
the form of several interesting new features. These features, which
include new Data Transformation Services (DTS) functionality, new
data-mining functionality, and the recently acquired ActiveViews
reporting services technology, round out the product nicely.
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12/23 - Informit.com -
SQL
Server 2005's Snapshot Isolation - In this article, I'll explain
the new Snapshot Isolation feature.(for SQL Server 2005 aka Yukon)...
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12/13 - Developer -
Understanding SQL Server Full-Text Indexing - SQL Server 2005
features quite a number of changes and improvements in full-text
searching...
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12/10 - Windows IT Pro -
Sympathy - ... most conversations about when Microsoft will
eventually ship SQL Server 2005 is met with some degree of eye
rolling.
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12/3 - Informit.com -
Security Enhancements in SQL Server 2005 (aka Yukon) - This
article discusses some of the important security enhancements of SQL
Server 2005.
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eWeek - 12/3/04 -
MS Rolls Out
Second Interim Beta of SQL Server 2005 - Microsoft Corp. on
Friday released its second Community Technology Preview of SQL Server 2005 and
rolled out a new, free tool to manage SQL Server 2000 and MSDE (Microsoft
Desktop Engine) 2000. This second preview edition, which is an interim release
wedged between major beta builds of the upcoming SQL Server upgrade, introduces
64-bit support for SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services and Integration Services.
The SQL Server 2005 database engine already includes 64-bit support.
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The Inquirer - 12/3/04 -
Microsoft adds more
64-bit bits to SQL Server 2005 - SOFTWARE FIRM Microsoft
said it released the second "community technical preview" for SQL Server
2005.
It said that there are performance improvements for the software, but
the beta also includes 64-bit support for SQL Server Analysis Services
and Integration Services now.
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11/29 - Database Journal -
SQL Server 2005 Part 2 - High Availability and Scalability
Enhancements - Database Mirroring - ...the high availability and
scalability enhancements, such as database mirroring (introduced in
this version) and failover clustering, which is improved in SQL Server
2005, compared to earlier editions.
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11/12 - Database Journal -
SQL Server 2005 Part 1 Introduction - ...a high-level overview of
SQL Server 2005 functionality, based on its most recent Beta 2
implementation.
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.NET Developers Journal - 11/8/04 -
Optimizing Your SQL Code
with SQL Server 2005 Don't just throw hardware at it - A common
complaint of database administrators (DBAs) is that performance bottlenecks are
not among those problems that one can fix "by just throwing hardware at it."
Thus, database servers must provide tools and techniques to help administrators
address this issue. On that aspect, SQL Server 2005 does not disappoint.
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Infoworld - 9/30/04 - Microsoft boosts BI in SQL Server 2000 and 2005 -
Microsoft is bolstering BI and reporting features in both the existing SQL Server 2000 database and the planned SQL Server 2005 release.
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eweek - 9/29/04 - Microsoft Unleashes a Deluge of BI Goodies -
Microsoft Corp. is flooding the BI market yet again. This time around, the company is announcing new SQL Server Report Packs for Exchange and Business Solutions CRM; Report Builder, a tool that opens up simple report creation to the masses; and a rechristened version of DTS (Data Transformation Services) that will reach into non-persistent data stores such as those found in RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds or Web services.
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Developer -
August 26, 2004 - Implement User-defined Functions in SQL Server 2005 with Managed Code.
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SYS-CON Media - Getting the Message with SQL Server 2005
Service Broker
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SQL Server Magazine -
May 2004 - In enhancing existing management tools and designing new ones for SQL Server 2005
formerly code-named Yukon Microsoft's SQL Server Tools team followed two guiding
principles: "no secrets" and integration.
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CRN -
4/26/04 - Microsoft said Monday it has purchased ActiveViews, a small company that specializes in ad-hoc reporting.
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SQL Server Magazine -
May 2004 - In enhancing existing management tools and designing new ones for SQL Server 2005
formerly code-named Yukon Microsoft's SQL Server Tools team followed two guiding
principles: "no secrets" and integration.
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eWeek -
3/24/04 - Microsoft Corp. plans to add new Reporting Services
capabilities to the next version of its SQL Server database, known as
SQL Server 2005.
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Builder -
3/16/04 - SQL.NET? In SQL Server 2005 or Yukon, one of the most bragged about features is
the ability to embed .NET code in SQL. There are already all kinds of
procedural code features in SQL, but integration with the .NET Framework
will, in theory, allow for even more powerful code features.
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CNET News - 3/10/04 -The company said Wednesday that it has decided
to push out to the first half of 2005 the delivery of the next major
edition of SQL Server, code-named Yukon, and a closely related update to
Visual Studio.Net, called Whidbey.
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Builder - 3/5/04
- A favorite feature of Access and one that SQL Server users have been
longing for is PIVOT tables. Their longing will end when SQL Server 2005
"Yukon" is released.
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