GuntherB's WebLog
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SQLUG.BE - next UG event: The Holy Trinity for SQL Server DBAs
The Belgian SQL Server User Group is organizing another interesting evening full of technical...
Date: 01/12/2009
Kimball University: Microsoft SQL Server Comes of Age for Data Warehousing
Just bumped into this article in Intelligent Enterprise - June 23, 2008 Impressive to see the...
Date: 06/26/2008
SQL Server now with a logo !!!
For many years, SQL Server was a product / platform with no logo. At TechEd US we finally revealed...
Date: 06/05/2008
Rafal Lukawiecki- Data Mining and Business Intelligence for Enterprises on TechNet Spotlight
I've always had a passion for Data Mining... simply because I didn't understand what it's all about...
Date: 06/02/2008
What's up with those SQL Injection Attacks lately ?
As you might have seen in the news, there have been ongoing SQL injection attacks against vulnerable...
Date: 06/02/2008
SQL User Group evening : "Managing, monitoring and troubleshooting SQL Server using Free tools"
Woohoo! The guys from the SQL User Group keep going strong. I'm very pleased that our very own Dirk...
Date: 04/25/2008
SQLUG.be : Reporting Services by Marc Mertens
On Thu Nov 22 the Belgian SQL Server User Group (SQLUG.be) will deliver a SQL Server Reporting...
Date: 10/23/2007
JDBC Driver 1.2 CTP August 2007
Good news for all the J2 App Server fanatics! :-) We've just released a new Java Database...
Date: 09/05/2007
SQL User Group event : Secrets of Fast Detection and Recovery from Database Corruptions by Paul Randal
On Thu May 24, Paul Randal, Lead Program Manager in the SQL Server Storage Engine team will host a...
Date: 04/26/2007
SQL Express : How to detect if Express is installed?
I recently stumbled across this question from a customer : how can you detect if SQL Express is...
Date: 01/23/2007
Microsoft ProClarity Analytics Platform 6.3 (English) releases to manufactoring !
Microsoft ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3 (English) and Microsoft ProClarity Desktop Professional...
Date: 01/22/2007
VSDBPro Codeplex samples project goes live
If you are looking for samples or want to collaborate on Visual Studio Team Edition for Database...
Date: 01/04/2007
How does Windows Live Messenger actually work?
An interesting post from the MSBLOG.org sources explaining how Windows Live (MSN) Messenger actually...
Date: 12/28/2006
TechEd: Developers - Good times to be a SQL Developer
Folks, these are good times to be a SQL Developer! Over the next few days more than 3500 developers...
Date: 11/02/2006
TechEd: Developers - SQL Server - Draft Session Update
So here we are, star date August 11th 2006 Still 4 months to go until TechEd Europe. But only 1...
Date: 08/11/2006
TechEd: Developers - SQL Server - First list of draft sessions
Ok, so here's a first draft of some of the SQL Server sessions that we are planning for TechEd:...
Date: 05/17/2006
TechEd 2006 Europe : Feedback & Suggestion request SQL Server Track
As you might know by now, TechEd Europe 2006 will be split in 2 events: TechEd: Developers TechEd:...
Date: 05/17/2006
LINQ CTP - May 2006
On May 10th, the VB and C# teams issued an integrated CTP release of the Language Integrated Query...
Date: 05/17/2006
Microsoft Expression Web Designer CTP1 released !
So yes! We released the first CTP of Microsoft Expression Web Designer on Monday. Over the past 2...
Date: 05/17/2006
Must blog more often, must blog more often, must blog more often...
Ok ok, I know... I should blog more often... hectic times. No excuses though - here's another...
Date: 05/17/2006
Windows Workflow Beta 2.2 is live !
Microsoft.com Download...
Date: 03/15/2006
IT Forum 2005 Database Track : Feedback Request
With TechEd 2005 Europe now a fading memory, we're well into the planning for IT Forum 2005 which...
Date: 08/23/2005
TechEd 2005 Europe Attendees get Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise Edition For Free
All registered attendees for TechEd 2005 Europe Amsterdam (from 5 till 8 July for those that haven't...
Date: 06/09/2005
FAQ : ASP.NET 2.0 Membership Provider for AD/ADAM
After the EMEA ASP.NET 2.0 on Tour event, lots of devs have been asking me about our plans for an...
Date: 03/10/2005
EMEA ASP.NET 2.0 on Tour : Personalization & Membership demo code now available
Some folks have been sending me email about how to get the code samples we used in the EMEA ASP.NET...
Date: 03/10/2005
EMEA ASP.NET 2.0 on Tour : post-mortem
Last week Wednesday, we hosted the EMEA ASP.NET 2.0 on Tour event in Brussels, Belgium.This was our...
Date: 03/10/2005
TechEd Europe 2005 : Call for papers
Ever wanted to speak at TechEd Europe 2005? Are you a top-notch technical speaker? Are you really...
Date: 02/22/2005
Wanted : Windows Longhorn Server Feedback
Wanna get a great idea in front of a Microsoft developer? Ever wish Windows Server had a feature you...
Date: 08/31/2004
.NET Framework 1.0 SP3 and 1.1 SP1 Tech Preview now Available for Download
Oh heck, I love living on the bleeding edge - although not on my production machines. :-) So here...
Date: 07/02/2004
Adding sample data to SQL Server 2005 Express
Yes, finally SQL Server 2005 Express Beta 1 has been released !SQL Express is the new name for...
Date: 07/01/2004
Mono 1.0 and Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 released !
So here it is, v1.0 of the Mono framework, an open source implementation of the .NET framework for...
Date: 07/01/2004
PayPal goes XML Web Services and releases SDK !
Well, I've always liked the PayPal thing. Fast, easy online payment and quite secure (if you know...
Date: 06/30/2004