The latest build of SQL Server Management Studio for SQL 2008 R2 includes built-in support for SQL Azure. The November CTP is still only a feature-complete preview, not a release candidate, so don't go installing it willy-nilly on your production desktop.
To use this, you'll need a SQL Azure account. You can register for ...
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Here's my bookmarked links for October 26th through October 30th:
SQL Server Links
Windows Azure Platform Launch Update - The blog notes that "a number of new features in Windows Azure will be made available for the first time" - but it's at PDC, not the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit. This should be ...
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Here's my bookmarked links for September 25th through October 2nd:
SQL Server, Cloud, and Tech Links
Viva la Famiglia! - Brad Schulz shows how to use T-SQL to determine family relations. This is freakin' awesome.
PASS Board 2009 Slate of Candidates - Candidates are Brian Moran, Jeremiah Peschka, Matt Morollo and Thomas LaRock.
PASS Elections ...
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Good news and bad news - the good news is that everybody's been going wild and crazy for the SQLServerPedia PASS contest. The bad news is that editing the articles & setting up the bloggers has eaten up every moment of my spare time, hahaha. As a result, I had to do the unthinkable this ...
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I'm going to show how to use a new feature in SQL Server 2008 Management Studio: the ability to query groups of servers simultaneously.
In Registered Servers, right-click on a group of servers and click New Query. What comes up will look like a normal query window, but pay close attention to the very bottom ...
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