Comments on: TechEd 2008 notes: Bill Gates’ keynote http://blog.excastle.com/2008/06/03/teched-2008-notes-bill-gates-keynote/ Life, .NET, and Cats Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:15:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Weekly Link Post 45 « Rhonda Tipton’s WebLog http://blog.excastle.com/2008/06/03/teched-2008-notes-bill-gates-keynote/#comment-20953 Weekly Link Post 45 « Rhonda Tipton’s WebLog Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:15:48 +0000 http://blog.excastle.com/?p=2537#comment-20953 [...] White has posted very detailed notes from TechEd 2008:  #1 ~ #2 ~ #3 ~ #4 ~ #5 ~ #6 ~ #7 ~ #8 ~ #9 ~ [...] […] White has posted very detailed notes from TechEd 2008:  #1 ~ #2 ~ #3 ~ #4 ~ #5 ~ #6 ~ #7 ~ #8 ~ #9 ~ […]

]]> By: Anthony Carrabino http://blog.excastle.com/2008/06/03/teched-2008-notes-bill-gates-keynote/#comment-20381 Anthony Carrabino Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:36:30 +0000 http://blog.excastle.com/?p=2537#comment-20381 Hi Joe, thanks for the nice summary. Here's a few more details on the SQL Server demo (i.e. Trey Research): http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2008/06/04/beyond-heroes-behind-the-scenes-with-sql-server-2008-at-teched-2008.aspx The Trey Research demo key components were: - SQL Server 2008 - New Spatial support (new GEOGRAPHY, GEOMETRY data types and new spatial indexes) - New FILESTREAM (VARBINARY attribute) - Enhanced Date and Time support (time zone, .NET compatible) - Entity Data Model and ADO.NET Entity Framework - Microsoft Sync Framework (sync between SSDS, Mobile and WPF app) - SQL Server Data Services (cloud storage) - SQL Server Reporting Services Anthony Carrabino Microsoft Hi Joe, thanks for the nice summary. Here’s a few more details on the SQL Server demo (i.e. Trey Research):

http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2008/06/04/beyond-heroes-behind-the-scenes-with-sql-server-2008-at-teched-2008.aspx

The Trey Research demo key components were:
- SQL Server 2008
- New Spatial support (new GEOGRAPHY, GEOMETRY data types and new spatial indexes)
- New FILESTREAM (VARBINARY attribute)
- Enhanced Date and Time support (time zone, .NET compatible)
- Entity Data Model and ADO.NET Entity Framework
- Microsoft Sync Framework (sync between SSDS, Mobile and WPF app)
- SQL Server Data Services (cloud storage)
- SQL Server Reporting Services

Anthony Carrabino
Microsoft

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