The industrial-strength Microsoft ORM is finally ready for prime time. Are you?
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/01/2010
Microsoft extends its enterprise-capable database platform with powerful new management and scalability features -- and there's plenty in the latest rev for developers.
A new component in SQL Server 2008 R2 gives users the autonomy to set up business intelligence functionality in Excel without taking control of the process away from IT.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 09/01/2010
Microsoft issued even more details about Windows security concerns, even after releasing its August security update on Tuesday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/11/2010
New versions add caching, support for LightSwitch development.
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/05/2010
On VB author Joe Kunk shows how you can quickly discover the orientation of an unknown database using dynamic queries.
If you're willing to make the mental shift to storing objects instead of data, db4Objects may be the right solution for a distributable local database.
Microsoft on Monday announced two new "previews" to come for its Windows Small Business Server product suite.
Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft today said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/12/2010
VistaDB is a database engine written entirely in .NET managed code. It's a great solution for distributed applications that need to store data locally.
How to use SQL Server to build a business intelligence (BI) platform without getting your organization's top brass involved.
- By Andrew Peterson
- 07/01/2010
LINQ to SQL is a powerful technology that can do as much harm as good if it is mis-used. Here is how to get more out of your LINQ to SQL efforts.
- By Bart McDonough
- 06/24/2010
Microsoft today announced plans to introduce new SQL Azure pricing options later this month, based on the platform's improved scalability
Microsoft positions Visual Studio for developing business intelligence applications.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/10/2010
Continuing his investigation of what works and doesn't work with the AJAX library and .NET 4, Peter Vogel continues to explore how to retrieve data from the client... and discovers that it can be very easily done.