On Monday, Microsoft announced availability of the much-anticipated beta two version of Visual Studio 2005 and the .Net Compact Framework 2.0, as well as a community technology preview of SQL Server ...

Microsoft has unleashed the second community technology preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2008, and while it boasts several new features for testers to evaluate, other sought-after capabilities -- notably ...

In addition, the Redmond, Wash.-based company said a Community Technical Preview of BizTalk Server 2006 will be available soon. BizTalk acts as the enterprise application integration engine for ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is kicking off more than 225 events around the world showcasing the company's next generation of infrastructure and application platform ...

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Microsoft last week updated its cloud-based SQL Azure service, but some users are still clamoring for additional features to bring it up to par with SQL Server. Service Update 4 enables database ...