SQL Server 2016 announced as SQL Server 2005 support nears its end

For those of you still using SQL Server 2005, Microsoft will completely end support on April 12th 2016. You can head over here to check out upgrade guidelines, download migration tools, and read more ...
InfoWorld

SQL Server 2005 piles it on

Microsoft’s first major release of SQL Server in many years includes such sweeping improvements that it’s sometimes hard to see the old SQL Server underneath. Not a single area of the database remains ...
Network World

SQL 2005 Reporting Services And Visual Studio 2008 Incompatibility

Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with all the 2005 this and 2008 that from Microsoft. I’m frequently amazed that Microsoft’s product management can not only keep it all straight, but can also coordinate ...
ZDNet

SQL Server 2005 gets second service pack

Microsoft has released a second free service pack -- a large, recommended update -- for its popular SQL Server 2005 database application. The update makes SQL Server 2005 compatible with Microsoft's ...
Ars Technica

Why is SQL 2005 refusing to install?

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Ars Technica

SQL Server 2000 vs 2005

We're working on a fairly large Sharepoint "migration" from 2001 to 2003 at the moment. We're going to be deploying at the end of February on SQL 2000. This seems like a bad idea to me, because when ...
InfoWorld

SQL Server 2005’s end-of-life clock is ticking down

A year from now, Microsoft will stop supporting SQL Server 2005 entirely, so the push is on to migrate customers to newer editions or to Azure Earlier this week, Microsoft reminded SQL Server 2005 ...
TechRepublic

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition: A cautionary tale

Arthur Fuller recounts his less-than-smooth installation of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and offers a few suggestions based on what he learned along the way. Like thousands of developers, I eagerly ...
Information Age

SQL Server 2005 end-of-life: how to plan for the future

SQL Server 2005 has under a year until it reaches end-of-life status, where there will be no further updates for security purposes and no official support available from Microsoft. Meanwhile, IT is ...
CNET

Microsoft releases SQL Server 2005 beta

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...
Network World

SQL Server 2008 training – Just in Time…

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 ...