I’m putting together a new series to cover the materials you’ll need to know in order to pass the 70-433. Microsoft’s exam that covers Database Development using Microsoft SQL Server 2008. I’m going to list the topics covered in several posts, each one will include links to details to those topics. If you have any…
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Microsoft Exam 70-433 (part 4)
I’m putting together a new series to cover the materials you’ll need to know in order to pass the 70-433. Microsoft’s exam that covers Database Development using Microsoft SQL Server 2008. I’m going to list the topics covered in several posts, each one will include links to details to those topics. If you have any…
Microsoft Exam 70-433 (part 3)
I’m putting together a new series to cover the materials you’ll need to know in order to pass the 70-433. Microsoft’s exam that covers Database Development using Microsoft SQL Server 2008. I’m going to list the topics covered in several posts, each one will include links to details to those topics. If you have any…
Microsoft Exam 70-433 (part 2)
I’m putting together a new series to cover the materials you’ll need to know in order to pass the 70-433. Microsoft’s exam that covers Database Development using Microsoft SQL Server 2008. I’m going to list the topics covered in several posts, each one will include links to details to those topics. If you have any…
Microsoft Exam 70-433
I’m putting together a new series to cover the materials you’ll need to know in order to pass the 70-433. Microsoft’s exam that covers Database Development using Microsoft SQL Server 2008. I’m going to list the topics covered in several posts, each one will include links to details to those topics. If you have any…
Best Practices for Building Reliable SQL Azure Database Client Applications
Valery Mizonov has published a paper on SQLCAT, called “Best Practices for Building Reliable SQL Azure Database Client Applications”. The paper discusses his sub-classing of the ADO.NET classes like SqlConnection to handle the retry scenarios associated with SQL Azure. The code is a great stepping-stone; replacing the standard ADO.NET calls with his custom classes. Read…
The Days Are Just Packed
Hopefully you recognize the reference in the title. But really, the days are packed! This weekend was no exception. After work I took out 4 bushes from behind the house. They were seriously taking over the place. When that was finished, I had a pile out front 10 feet long, 3 foot deep, and as…
What Do You Think?
I’ve been building out tutorials for what seems like years now. I want my materials to be the best they can be. While I do get the occasional feedback “this is great”, or “Keep up the good work!” I’d like to get more direct feedback on my articles. If you’ve ever used one of my…
Developing and Deploying with SQL Azure White Paper
Over at Microsoft they have a white paper that mostly summarizes the articles I’ve been posting on how to develop in SQL Azure. But in a few places they add some information. I wanted to point this paper out to you since it covers how to automatically generate scripts that are SQL Azure compatible from…
TechEd 2010 SQL Azure Summary
SQL Azure Extends to 50 GB With our continued commitment to deliver increasing value in data cloud services to our customers we are happy to announce that SQL Azure database is now extending from 10GB to 50GB size of database storage capacity. With 50GB, SQL Azure service offers customer much higher scalability for their applications…