SQL Server User Education
SQL Server documentation team blog
Watch new PowerPivot Videos on TechNet Wiki
The 4-part video series on how user identity is established for different PowerPivot ops is now...
Date: 08/18/2010
Announcing SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP
I know I have been remiss is posting here lately, and I do apologize for that. I will try to do a...
Date: 11/12/2009
SQL Server 2008 Books Online Documentation Refresh 9 Now Available
I am pleased to announce the availability of Documentation Refresh 9 (DR9) of SQL Server 2008 Books...
Date: 07/06/2009
RSS Feeds Now Available on BI Technology Pages
Continuously striving to help you find the best and latest content in the ever-growing pool of...
Date: 05/19/2009
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 now released
I'm pleased to announce the release of the first Service Pack of SQL Server 2008 is now available....
Date: 04/08/2009
Excel formula to hyperlink ms-help URLs to the Web
This helpful tip comes courtesy of Matt Stroshane, a Writer on our team. I made a little Excel...
Date: 03/06/2009
SQL Server 2008 SP1 CTP Now Available
Just wanted to let everybody know that you can now download the Community Technology Preview (CTP)...
Date: 02/24/2009
SQL Server 2008 Books Online Release Cadence
The January 2009 update to the SQL Server 2008 Books Online has now been published to the MSDN...
Date: 02/02/2009
Using SQL Server 2008 Table-Valued Parameters (TVPs) from Access
"Table-valued parameters (TVPs) in SQL Server 2008 provide an easy way to marshal multiple rows of...
Date: 01/28/2009
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 and Documentation Released
Hi everybody! here is a new Christmas present for you all -- the release of SQL Server 2005 Service...
Date: 12/16/2008
SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide Now Available
I am pleased to announce the availability of the SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide....
Date: 11/25/2008
Videos for Data Mining Add-Ins for Office 2007
Think we're slowing down with the holidays right around the corner? Not so! Microsoft SQL Server...
Date: 11/10/2008
Announcing New Technology Page Design
The SQL Server Developer Center on MSDN and TechCenter on TechNet contain what are called...
Date: 11/03/2008
New SQL Server Videos from the Documentation team
Hi all, I am pleased to announce that the SQL Server User Education team has just published its...
Date: 10/14/2008
Social Bookmarking on MSDN and TechNet Now Available
Hey everybody, MSDN and TechNet have now released their v1 of social bookmarking technology. This is...
Date: 09/10/2008
SQL Server 2008 Books Online Now Available
I am very pleased to announce that SQL Server 2008 Books Online is now available for download on the...
Date: 08/06/2008
Annotating SQL Server Books Online
With Release Candidate (RC0) of SQL Server 2008, we have now enabled the Community Content feature...
Date: 06/30/2008
SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate Now Available!
We're getting very close to the final release of SQL Server 2008, and I am pleased to inform you all...
Date: 06/10/2008
SQL Server Driver for PHP (May 2008) now released!
Hi everybody! Just because we're very busy putting the finishing touches on the SQL Server 2008...
Date: 05/29/2008
Tagging SQL Server documentation
If you've ever happened to find a SQL Server documentation topic that you were looking for and...
Date: 04/18/2008
New SQL Server 2008 Scoped Search Macro
Awhile back, I wrote about a SQL Server 2005 Scoped Search Macro that uses Windows Live Search to...
Date: 03/24/2008
Particpate in the SQL Server 2008 Bug Bash for a Chance to Win an X-Box
As you all know, the next version of SQL Server, SQL Server 2008, is due to be released this year....
Date: 03/10/2008
SQL Server 2008 February CTP Books Online Now Available
Hi everybody, I realize it has been quite awhile since my last post, sorry about that. We on the SQL...
Date: 02/20/2008
Localized SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2 Released!
Hi everybody, welcome back from the holidays. Hope you all are ready to jump back into the world of...
Date: 01/02/2008
New Utilities for SQL Server Released
The Microsoft SQL Server support team uses several internally-written utilities to make it easier to...
Date: 12/18/2007
Use the correct "Data Sources (ODBC)" service
On an 64-bit operating system (Itanium or x64), Windows installs two versions of the "Data Sources...
Date: 12/11/2007
SQL Server 2005 Books Online -- latest release now available for download
Well, it's been a long time coming. We finally got the technical issues resolved and have completed...
Date: 12/10/2007
November CTP of SQL Server 2008 does not install SQL Server Native Client SDK files by default
To develop data access applications with SQL Server Native Client, you have to manually run...
Date: 12/04/2007
SQL Server 2008 CTP (November 2007) Available Now
I am pleased to announce that the SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview (CTP) for November...
Date: 11/21/2007
Using OLE DB Extensions in SQL Server Native Client 10.0 (SQL Server 2008) to Change the Password of a SQL Server Authentication User Account
The SQL Server Native Client team received some feedback asking for a code sample that shows how to...
Date: 11/20/2007
Feedback aliases for MDAC
Hi, My name is David Schwartz. I am a technical writer in the SQL Server product group and I...
Date: 11/08/2007
Microsoft Sync Framework CTP Is Live!
Microsoft has now posted the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) release of Microsoft Sync...
Date: 11/06/2007
Let Us Know What You Think of the New Design for the SQL Server TechCenter
A new design for the SQL Server TechCenter has now been released. This design was based on the ones...
Date: 10/25/2007
Did You Know? It's in the Books Online!
For those of you who don't know Kalen Delaney, she is a longtime SQL Server expert. In fact, she...
Date: 10/17/2007
Two New Releases for the Data Platform
I am pleased to announce that two new releases for which the SQL Server User Education team provided...
Date: 10/15/2007
Eliminate Extranneous Search Results
Ever gone to a search engine like Google or Live Search, and noticed there is a lot of clutter in...
Date: 10/01/2007
SQL Server 2000 Books Online Update Now Available for Download
SQL Server 2000 Books Online was updated in June to correct technical inaccuracies that were found...
Date: 09/26/2007
Please Give Feedback on Documentation
We rely on your feedback to help define and improve our documentation. Please feel free to send...
Date: 09/21/2007
SQL Server 2005 Books Online (September 2007) Now Released in MSDN and TechNet Libraries
The Microsoft SQL Server documentation team is constantly updating and improving the SQL Server...
Date: 09/18/2007
Welcome to the SQL Server User Education Team Blog!
Welcome to the SQL Server User Education team blog. This blog is updated by members of the SQL...
Date: 09/18/2007