Twenty-two new webcasts are Scheduled for April, covering such topics as
Server 2005 Express, Using Web Services To Connect to SQL Server 2005 from Your Smart
Client Applications, Defending the Database and more.
TechNet
Webcast: SQL Server 2005 Series (Part 3 of 10): Achieving Greater Concurrency
(Level 200)
Mon, 04
Apr 2005
SQL Server 2005 provides
enhancements to enable greater concurrency and significantly reduce lock
contention. In part three of this series, we show you how to use Snapshot
Isolation to reduce currency contention. Gain an understanding of database
snapshots and replication for scaling and read-only views, and learn how
Dynamic Management Views can help you proactively monitor locking and avoid
deadlocks.
MSDN
Webcast: Introducing SQL Server 2005 Express: Your Smart Client Data Store
(Level 200)
Mon, 04
Apr 2005
One of
the most powerful features of a Smart Client Application is its ability to work
offline. To do this, most applications require data. Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Express Edition allows you to build powerful data-driven smart client
applications.
MSDN
Webcast: New Data Features in Visual Studio 2005 Windows Forms (Level 200)
Mon, 04 Apr 2005
Working with data in your
Smart Client application is one of the key components for success. This session
introduces the new data features for Windows Forms in Microsoft Visual Studio
2005.
MSDN
Webcast: Managing XML Data on the Database with SQL Server 2005 and Visual
Studio 2005 (Level 300)
Tue, 05 Apr 2005
This session explores advanced
concepts and techniques for working with XML data types using Microsoft SQL
Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. Topics covered include casting to and from
CLR types, working with XML on the provider level, and integrating with SQLXML
4.0.
MSDN
Webcast: Data-Disconnected: Working with Disconnected Data Using ADO.NET 2.0
(Level 400)
Thu, 07
Apr 2005
What's so
great about Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0 and the disconnected model? Check out this webcast
and find out about the strong and powerful disconnected model built into
ADO.NET that allows applications to work with databases that exist in memory.
MSDN
Webcast: Using Web Services To Connect to SQL Server 2005 from Your Smart
Client Applications (Level 200)
Thu, 07 Apr 2005
This talk examines the XML
native Web services capability in Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Learn how this
feature greatly enhances the accessibility and interoperability of SQL Server
2005 through demonstrations, specific examples and scenarios that involve
access to SQL in a heterogeneous environment.
TechNet
Webcast: Clustering Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000 / 2005 (Level 200)
Fri, 08 Apr 2005
Clustering is an important
technique for building resilient systems and maintaining throughput. Two
Microsoft complementary technologies for implementing low-cost, highly
available clusters are Network Load Balancing (NLB) and Microsoft Cluster
Service (MSCS).
MSDN
Webcast: Digital Blackbelt Series: Defending the Database (Part 1 of 2): The
SQL Injection Attack in Detail (Level 300)
Fri, 08 Apr 2005
Developers the world over
underestimate the seriousness of a SQL Injection Attack. In this session we
will dive deep into the topic and do some live hacks to see the huge danger of
SQL Injection.
MSDN
Webcast: Native Data Access Technologies for SQL Server 2005 (Level 300)
Fri, 08 Apr 2005
Learn about all of the ways to
connect natively to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 from your smart client
application.
MSDN
Webcast: Improving Smart Client Performance Using MARS (Multiple Active Result
Sets) in SQL Server 2005 (Level 300)
Fri, 08 Apr 2005
All Microsoft SQL Server data
access APIs provide an abstraction to represent sessions and requests within
those sessions. SQL Server 2000 and earlier restricted the programming model
such that at any point in time there would be at most one pending request on a
given session. Several alternatives have been implemented to work around this
limitation...
TechNet
Webcast: SQL Server 2005 Series (Part 4 of 10): Securing your SQL Server (Level
200)
Mon, 11 Apr 2005
Parts four
and five in our series highlight the security enhancements in SQL Server 2005.
MSDN
Webcast: Advanced Reporting with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (Level 200)
Wed, 13 Apr 2005
Microsoft
Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services provide a powerful
platform for reporting on enterprise data. In addition to basic table layouts,
reports can be structured with drill-down levels, hyperlinked related reports,
and flexible data-based formatting.
MSDN
Webcast: Developing Smart Client Applications Using SQL Server 2005 Native XML
Support (Level 200)
Fri, 15 Apr 2005
Smart
clients such as Microsoft Office can leverage the extensive XML support for
object property management, data interchange and content management in
Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The new data type XML can be used to store and
manipulate XML data at the server, which can be optionally bound to XML
schemas.
TechNet
Webcast: SQL Server 2005 Series (Part 5 of 10): Protecting Sensitive Data
(Level 200)
Mon, 18 Apr 2005
Parts four
and five in our series highlight the security enhancements in SQL Server 2005.
Building upon the discussion of authentication and authorization in the
previous session, part five of the series covers the crypto support in SQL
Server 2005.
MSDN
Webcast: SQL 2005: Data Replication (Level 300)
Mon, 18 Apr 2005
Replication is a complex and
involved topic that traditionally has required deep knowledge of the services
and processes involved to configure and operate a widely distributed database
solution. Learn about the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 enhancements to data
replication for getting started using this vital technology to build a large
scale data environment.
MSDN
Webcast: Data-Disconnected: Developing Occasionally Connected Database
Applications with Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 (Level 300)
Mon, 18 Apr 2005
This webcast
provides an overview of the steps involved in building occasionally connected
applications.
MSDN
Webcast: T-SQL Exception Handling in SQL Server 2005 (Level 300)
Tue, 19 Apr 2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
introduces rich exception handling capabilities into the T-SQL language.
MSDN
Webcast: T-SQL vs. the CLR in SQL Server 2005- How Should You Choose? (Level
200)
Wed, 20 Apr 2005
The ability to run managed
code in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 doesn't mean that T-SQL is going away. In
fact, SQL Server 2005 has significant T-SQL enhancements. However, a Microsoft
.NET language can be useful in some situations. In this webcast, we'll discuss
how CLR-based code might be a better choice for computation and logic-intensive
operations.
MSDN
Architecture Webcast: Using Service Broker in SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
for Reliable Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Implementations (Level 300)
Thu, 21 Apr 2005
This
presentation will explain how to use the new Service Broker feature in
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to build reliable, distributed rich-client database
applications that offer the loose coupling of message-based services.
MSDN
Webcast: Digital Blackbelt Series: Defending the Database (Part 2 of 2): Making
the Right Design Choices (Level 300)
Fri, 22 Apr 2005
After drilling down into the
infamous SQL Injection attack in Part 1 of the Defending the Database, we will
now address several of the questions and answers developers have concerning the
database and security.
MSDN
Webcast: Putting the "Smart" in Smart Client: Adding SQL Reporting to
Your Smart Client Applications Using the Reporting Services Client Controls
(Level 300)
Fri, 22 Apr 2005
This session shows how to make
use of these new controls in your smart client applications as well as how to
enhance their functionality by migrating them to a central Report Server.
TechNet
Webcast: SQL Server 2005 Series (Part 6 of 10): Managing Large Databases (Level
200)
Mon, 25 Apr 2005
Partitioned tables improve
the scalability and manageability of very large SQL Server databases. In part
six of this series we look at the table and index partitioning capabilities in
SQL Server 2005.