14 DAY TRIAL // On the second day of the Microsoft TechEd 2005 event, Paul Flessner said that Microsoft will launch in the first week of September SQL Server 2005. Flessner added that Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 will be launched in the same period.
Obviously, all the functions and features that will be implemented in the SQL Server 2005 were presented in such a manner, you would think your servers are run by the best piece of software ever made: amazing income increase, maximum reliability and efficiency etc. etc. We'll wait and see just how good this software really is.
Microsoft announces that 8 customers have already installed SQL Server 2005, and until the official launch, 20 more are expected to follow their example.
The first TPC-H tests of the solution were also presented, outlining the qualities and performances mentioned by Paul Flessner.