Released: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is now available for download. What’s New: 15K partitioning Improvement. Introduced support for a maximum of 15,000 partitions in tables and indexes in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 in the Enterprise, Developer and Evaluation Editions. For details on how this support can be enabled and… Continue reading

Creating Excel Files from DataSet using OpenXML 2.0 – C#

Introduction It is quite often we programmers have to develop business applications which provides the facility for the end-user, such as “Export to Excel”, dumping report information to an Excel worksheet and mail them to the user. Since excel is a good medium to generate easy to use reports, calculation, sales forcasts etc. Imagine that… Continue reading

Released: BizTalk Server 2010 – Developer Edition

BizTalk Server 2010 is an integration server that provides connectivity, Business Process Management (BPM), and SOA/ESB capabilities. It also includes Business to Business (B2B) integration capabilities, Adapters, Accelerators, and an RFID platform. BizTalk Server 2010 offers significant enhancements to help integrate heterogeneous Line-of-business systems with Windows .NET and SharePoint based applications to optimize user productivity,… Continue reading

Introducing Book: Professional WCF 4: Windows Communication Foundation with .NET 4

Professional WCF 4: Windows Communication Foundation with .NET 4 by Pablo Cibraro, Kurt Claeys, Fabio Cozzolino, Johann Grabner Book Description A guide to architecting, designing, and building distributed applications with Windows Communication Foundation Windows Communication Foundation is the .NET technology that is used to build service-oriented applications, exchange messages in various communication scenarios, and run… Continue reading