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Tips for using ASP.NET with SQL Server 2005 (Part 2)
Here you can find some useful tips to use ASP.NET with SQL Server 2005.
Virtual Conference Starts Today – Still Time to Register
The SSWUG.ORG Virtual Conference gets underway today – there is still time to register and attend (that’s the cool thing – we bring it to you, you don’t have to go anywhere, you can just register and you’re in). Check out the huge array of sessions on SQL Server, Business Intelligence and even SharePoint and .NET here at the site, and get registered and you’ll be on your way. We get started today and continue through Friday, with on-demand for 45 days after that point.
[vConference Site for Information]
SharePoint Editions
Microsoft has been talking a great deal about the new release of SharePoint due out next year, and of course with that comes a complex (and potentially very confusing) licensing and version model.
I do understand the intent of the different versions, though. To have a version that maps relatively closely to what you’re trying to accomplish, be it an intranet site, enterprise search or whatever your goals are, it’s a good thing. But, getting to the point where you both understand the versions and how they apply to your environment and having the ability to take the "smallest" version possible to help mitigate costs is another thing. It does give you some great insight though into how people are using, or will be using, SharePoint.
Take a look here to see the versions.
Clearly SharePoint is the platform for organizing, searching, delivering content from your various information stores. While that seems pretty obvious, if you look at the different pieces of SharePoint, you quickly see some key elements:
– A core foundation piece – makes sense. Sets you up with the basics.
– An Internet/intranet piece – build your site using the tools.
– A search piece – make it easier to find things on the system with enterprise-class search
…etc. There is a lot here to give you different cuts at the information in your systems. Not necessarily "just" data – but docs, pages, sheets, etc. Combine this, of course, with Office 2010 and the Gemini/BI functionality and things get really interesting.