Download the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. Unlike beta releases that receive a much higher level of testing and feature work, CTPs are intended to expose the latest working build to developers.
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (SQL Server Express) is the next version of MSDE 2000. It is a free, easy-to-use, lightweight version of Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
REDMOND, WASH. - An appeals court on Wednesday threw out a US$520.6 million patent infringement judgment against Microsoft Corp. and ordered a new trial in the dispute brought by Eolas Technologies Inc.
The reversal "gives Microsoft the opportunity to tell the jury the whole story of how this technology was developed," the company says as the case is sent back for retrial.
Update Rollup 1 is a tested, cumulative set of updates for Microsoft CRM Sales for Outlook, including performance enhancements, that are packaged together for easy deployment.
The .NET 2.0 DataGridView supersedes the .NET 1.x DataGrid control. The DataGridView supports extensive customization and fine-grained formatting, flexible sizing and selection, better performance, and a richer event model.
This month, look over Tom Moreau's shoulder as he shows you how to work with multiple-child aggregations, reviewing different versions of the query to see which aggregation gives the best performance.
Andrew Wrigley of Smart Access shows how to use Access to produce formatted reports that "flow" like word processor docs. You can create the report as an HTML file and as a RichText Format document.