Microsoft's Lineup of SQL Server Related Webcasts for May 2007

Wednesday, May 02, 2007
9:00 AM Pacific Time
This web cast extends the SQL and LinQ web cast by showing you how to use the new OR designer to build applications that take advantage of LinQ to SQL.

Wednesday, May 02, 2007
10:00 AM Pacific Time
Join this session as we explore how new technologies within Microsoft Visual Studio code name "Orcas" make working with data a better experience.

Wednesday, May 09, 2007
9:00 AM Pacific Time
This webcast series is based on Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step, by Rebecca M. Riordan (Microsoft Press, 2002). In this first session, we provide an overview of ADO.NET, the data-access component of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Friday, May 11, 2007
11:00 AM Pacific Time
In this webcast, we examine schemas, ownership chaining, impersonation, and module signing. Discover how each of these four factors fits into the security puzzle and helps you create simple yet robust schemes that ensure only properly authorized users can access your data.

Monday, May 14, 2007
1:00 PM Pacific Time
Data binding is one of the most powerful features included in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF. In this webcast, we illustrate how to use this impressive technology both to bind controls to each other, like having a scroll bar to control the size of a set of thumbnail images, and to bind a control to a data source. Discover how to bind to both a simple XML file in addition to a Microsoft SQL Server database.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
10:00 AM Pacific Time
Join Burzin Patel, SQL Server ISV PM for PeopleSoft as he discusses the best practices for running PSFT on SQL Server 2005 and discusses examples from enterprise customers that are taking advantage of SQL Server 2005 today.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
10:00 AM Pacific Time
The powerful recommendation engines that major e-commerce sites use to tempt customers into new and additional sales are one of the most visible uses of data mining. This technology often seems unobtainable for smaller businesses and their developers; however, in this webcast, we discuss how Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services offers powerful, predictive analysis with a comprehensive range of simple data mining technologies.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
1:00 PM Eastern Time
In this webcast we will review how several companies in banking, insurance and capital markets are applying Microsoft SQL Reporting Services, Microsoft Office and SoftArtisans OfficeWriter to gain business insight and improve the design, creation and deployment of powerful reporting tools.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
10:00 AM Pacific Time
This webcast series is based on Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step, by Rebecca M. Riordan (Microsoft Press, 2002). In this second session, we further explore ADO.NET, the data-access component of the Microsoft .NET Framework, by examining connections to data...

Friday, May 18, 2007
11:00 AM Pacific Time
Attend this webcast to learn about Microsoft SQL Server 2005 exceptions: types of exceptions, when and why exceptions are thrown, and how the server treats exceptions. We also cover error and exception handling techniques using the TRY/CATCH syntax in SQL Server 2005.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
9:00 AM Pacific Time
In this third session, we further explore ADO.NET, the data-access component of the Microsoft .NET Framework, by examining a basic foundational element in ADO.NET: the DataReader.

Friday, May 25, 2007
1:00 PM Pacific Time
Join this session as we provide an overview of Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) now available in Microsoft SQL Server 2005. In this webcast, presenter Greg Low shares details on the 10 DMVs he considers most useful.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
9:00 AM Pacific Time
In this fourth session, we further explore ADO.NET, the data-access component of the Microsoft .NET Framework, by examining how the DataAdapter facilitates the communication between the DataSet and the database. Learn how the DataSet provides methods to select, insert, update, and delete data that has been changed or added to the database. We also discuss the database functionality of Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET.