Microsoft on Monday held its highly-touted launch event to deliver SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005, release a community technology preview (CTP) of BizTalk Server 2006 and make available ...

Free assessments, e-learning packages for developers to understand their abilities with new Microsoft software to be released in November. For developers who are gearing up on pre-release information ...

® SQL Server (TM) and Visual Studio® product lines to include new tools for hobbyists, enthusiasts and students. The Express products offer lightweight, easy-to-use and easy-to-learn products that ...

REDMOND, Wash. — April 18, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today announced availability of Visual Studio® 2005 Beta 2, Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2 and the SQL Server (TM) 2005 April Community ...

Besides launching a set of updated products Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer lauded the company’s IT user base, calling them the “heart and soul” of the industry. CEO Steve Ballmer tossed the ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

With the assistance of a heavily armed and battle-ready robot, Microsoft Corp. executive Paul Flessner today promised that new versions of the company’s enterprise database, application development ...

I have a 2014 15” MacBook Pro that I’m looking to replace sooner or later with an equivalent M1 MacBook Pro (most likely the 14”). However, one big holdup is that for my day job, I run Visual Studio ...

The mssql extension for Visual Studio Code, used to support SQL Server connections and T-SQL editing, has been updated with IntelliCode functionality and a new Object Explorer, among other new ...

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...