What's new in DTS 2005...that was the title of tonight's local SQL Server User Group meeting. We're a bit spoiled here in the Pacific Northwest, with our local SQL Server User Group meeting on the main Microsoft campus in Redmond.
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The MVP Summit here in Redmond came to a close just a couple of days ago, and I didn't even get a t-shirt. Of course, that might be because Microsoft has not yet seen fit to bestow upon me the title of MVP.
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The focus of MS DevDays 2004 was on writing secure code. In the Web Development Track of the event, Paul Litwin demonstrated SQL Injection attacks against a simple Login web page.
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I took my laptop computer with me to DevDays thinking that they'd probably have wireless internet access (WiFi) like they did during the PASS Community Summit. After all, it was in the same convention facility.
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Got home a little while ago from the largest attended MS DevDays event in the United States, with approximately 600 people. Of course that's not too surprising considering it was in Seattle, and the Microsoft campus is just across the lake.
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OK, yesterday I ranted about Guy Brown's opening of the PASS conference. And in case it wasn't clear, let me state what I hoped would be obvious: That was not an attack on Guy.
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I had a great time at the 2003 PASS Community Summit in Seattle. It was a valuable use of my time. But what should have started with a bang, instead began with a fizzle.
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During his keynote talk Wednesday morning, Gordon Mangione (VP SQL Server, Microsoft) said to his assistant who was about to demonstrate a new feature in Yukon, “If you login as SA, Blank Password, you're fired.
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To answer Scoble's question, the recent TPC-C benchmarks that MS is proclaiming were run on a 64-way, 64-bit machine with 1/2 TB of RAM. I'm pretty sure I heard Gordon Magnione say this in his keynote at PASS.
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In my previous post on Reporting Services I mentioned that other report makers like Crystal and Lockwood Tech would not be happy. I'll modify that a little bit to say that some users will be happy with products like Lockwood's SQLWebReports because it is easy to setup and use.
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I'm pretty upset with myself this morning. In just about 15 minutes, the general session for today will get started, and I'm not there. I made a bad choice a couple of months ago when I decided to register for only one day of the conference.
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Went to two sessions on Reporting Services for SQL 2000 today. This looks like it will really be a great tool. Gordon Mangione announced that the developers are targeting to have it out by the end of the year, and he said to expect it around "December 60th".
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I didn't make any official study of this, but I did notice that in the only two sessions (one of them being the Keynote by Microsoft Vice President Gordon Mangione) where I heard a .
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Gordon Mangione just announced that last night they posted a new SQL Best Practices Analyzer available on the website. I didn't see it when I just did a quick scan, but look for it.
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Day 2: Tuesday
Just got home a little while ago from the Welcome Reception and post-func activities. The Welcome Reception was okay. It had some free food. I made little roast beef sandwiches with the rolls they had there.
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The Seattle Sheraton has WiFi access in its lobby, which was cool. I tried to connect here to post a quick blog from there with my Palm Tungsten C which has WiFi, but as I was logging into my blog I got a Fatal Error which required hitting the reset button on the back.
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I'm sure the sessions on Yukon today were great, but I didn't go so I can't tell you. But then again, I was reminded that I wouldn't have been able to tell you anyway because Microsoft was making people sign NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreements).
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Oh, here's a couple of other things... First, I'm not going to either of the "pre-conference" seminars (which cost extra). So I don't expect to have anything for Days 1 and 2.
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Today, Sunday, was really Day 0 of the PASS 2003 Community Summit here in Seattle. The only thing going on for the convention today was that the registration desk was open for those who were here early and wanted to get checked in.
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As I'm gearing up for the PASS Community Summit next week, here are a few thoughts to make the most of the event...
Last year they gave every attendee a SQL Server umbrella.
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