“Free” is a term rarely associated with Microsoft offerings, especially at the server end of the spectrum. Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint, Hyper-V — IT admins know functionality comes at a ...

It's no coincidence that business intelligence is the focus of Microsoft's brand-new update to the SQL Server 2008 R2 training kit. The very first item listed in the announcement for the SQL Server ...

Microsoft Virtual Academy offers hundreds of free courses for anyone interested in improving their computer or IT skills. Many of the courses, as you might expect, are geared towards Microsoft ...

In conjunction with Pearson Education Microsoft Subnet is giving away 15 copies of the video lesson “SQL Server Fundamentals for the Accidental DBA” by Eric Johnson and published by Addison-Wesley ...

I'm down on SQL Server Management Studio right now. I basically just spent a day trying to swap out the evaluation version of SQL Server 2008 R2 with the Express version, and SSMS just wouldn't ...

As a training company we always have a dilemma when a new release comes out. The early adopters want the training yesterday so that they can be at the leading (or bleeding) edge of technology. Many ...

The data management industry has grown quite a lot in recent years. And it looks like that trend is going to continue well into the future. Want a career that could pay into the six-figure range? Then ...