Microsoft has released a new community technology preview of the ADO.NET Entity Framework, which allows coders to program against data defined in a conceptual fashion instead of directly interacting with information stored in traditional table-and-column fashion.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 07/03/2007
A hacker managed a rare feat Wednesday, successfully attacking a Web page within Microsoft's U.K. domain and replacing the page with several graphics related to Saudi Arabia.
Microsoft has done an about-face on virtualization licensing for Windows Vista and decided to maintain the status quo.
Microsoft Corp. has partnered with Israel-based GigaSpaces Technologies Ltd. to bundle the vendor's extreme transaction processing middleware with a Microsoft front-end and enterprise grid. The agreement is on the heels of GigaSpaces' announcement of version 6.0 of its flagship data grid and caching platform, expected in September.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/19/2007
Unify Corp. is offering a product that lets companies switch their IBM Lotus Notes e-mail and collaboration applications to the Microsoft Office system.
Continuing its support of Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Server 2005, Quest Software recently unveiled its latest offering, Change Director for SQL Server, as well as upgrades to its Performance Analysis for SQL Server 6.0 and Toad SQL Server 3.0.
Developers can now take a first hand look at Microsoft’s next major upgrade of its flagship database platform. The company this week released the first CTP of SQL Server 2008, until now known as Katmai.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/08/2007
The company develops MCA title for DBAs who want to showcase their database architecting skills.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/07/2007
Microsoft announced release of the first community technology preview of SQL Server 2008 at the Microsoft TechEd Conference in Orlando.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 06/04/2007
Microsoft kicked off its first-ever Business Intelligence (BI) Conference in Seattle with a keynote speech by Business Division President Jeff Raikes, who spoke in general terms about Microsoft’s efforts to integrate existing products into businesses processes, without offering much in the way of specifics.
Just two weeks after shipping a major new service pack for SQL Server 2005, Microsoft is having to issue a hotfix to correct a problem some customers experienced with the update.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/07/2007
Microsoft announced Monday it is shipping Service Pack 2, or SP2, of SQL Server 2005 -- an update that brings its premier database server current with features in Windows Vista and Office 2007.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/20/2007
For those who are interested in Microsoft's plans for software as a service (SaaS), the company has published a sample application illustrating how it's done.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/15/2007
How Skype & Co. get 'round firewalls. Plus: PHP security, phishing facts and passwords in plain sight.
Another ADO trick that allows you to connect to your data via scripting.
We don't see Chief Renamer on the Microsoft org chart, but that person has got to be on there somewhere....
- By Mike Gunderloy
- 09/01/2006
Is all this integration among Microsoft components good for customers?
- By Scott Bekker
- 12/01/2005
Use the SQL Server Report Designer's wizards for a streamlined solution to setting up, designing, polishing, and publishing reports.
- By Stacia Misner
- 09/01/2004
ASP.NET's Repeater, DataList, and DataGrid controls display data in a tabular format with various features. Learn which control is the best fit for your app.
Database Programming with C# explains the essentials of database programming to those familiar already with C#. Learn to exploit the VS.NET IDE to access data, and more.
- By Joel Semeniuk
- 08/01/2004