The New Lineup
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Last week was TechEd 2007 in Orlando, and I was down there for half the week. I'm in Cancun as you read this, so I had to leave early, but it was a nice week for Microsoft to make a number of announcements. I found this nice summary of the announcements of products. Windows 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 are supposed to come later this year and have a number of interesting, though I'm not sure critical, enhancements. I think these are important changes for the future, but they may not be enough to get you to upgrade.
The Windows Server core is interesting, and it's what I've wanted since NT4. It sets up an extremely minimal install, allowing you to set a base "Core" server for particular features. Like an AD Domain server, an IIS server, etc. Now if we could get one for SQL Server, that would be cool.
The changes to Visual Studio are interesting for third party plug-ins, and along with the focus on Silverlight and Expression, it seems Microsoft is getting back to their core of working tightly with developers. I'm not sure why, but they're also still pushing Biztalk with an R2 release and a web service that they'll make available for companies to use. I don't think much of Biztalk, but if it helps grow SOA, I might have to learn it.
Katmai is the big news for everyone reading this newsletter. There are tons of blog posts that are coming out this week and you might want to take a look at them. While I don't think SS2K8 is a huge growth from SQL Server 2005, it's definitely something you want to look at for SQL Server 2000 upgrades.
One of the changes in Katmai is a new policy based management for server configurations and settings. While it's not a necessary feature, it does set the stage for making the DBA a more scalable resource in the future. I blogged about it from one of the TechEd sessions.
While it will take some time for these features to really become widely deployed, I think the speed at which this release follows SS2K5 and the end of SQL Server 2000 support will help move most people to the CLR based SQL Server platform.
Steve's Pick of the Week : Download the CTP and take a look at it if you haven't spent much time with SQL Server 2005 at this point.. -
Hi Steve,
In reference to this comment: "Now if we could get [a minimal install] for SQL Server, that would be cool". Can you define what the core Windows install would look like to support SQL Server?
Cheers,
Dan
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What is it about BizTalk Server you don't care much for?
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