Recently I had the pleasure of speaking at EPICenter Ireland at Trinity College Dublin This blog contains many of the links and subject information from this talk however here is a useful quick summary Repository Database Built on SQL Server 2008 Stores model definitions (structure) Stores model instances (data) “M” …

I am really pleased that I will be speaking at SQL Bits The 7 Wonders of SQL on SQL Modelling Services. SQL bits 7 is running from 30th September - 2nd October 2010 at the Heslington Campus of York University You will have the first chance to see features from the next release of SQL Server – Denali. The first two days …

Earlier today I was trying to use the Outlook Social Connector for Linked-in Facebook and live but it would not display the View/People Pane the answer was odd after ensuring the add in was selected in File/Options/Addins, I changed the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOfficeOutlookSocialConnector key=RunOSC, …

SQL Azure Labs have released Project Houston a lightweight web based Database management tool for SQL Azure. Houston allows you to develop, deploy, and manage SQL Azure and includes support for basic database management tasks like authoring and executing queries, designing and editing a database schema, and editing …

It must be said that Microsoft has provided me with some of the most memorable and sometimes surreal opportunities in my life. Today was most certainly one of those occasions. I was privileged to see former President Bill Clinton deliver a powerful and passionate speech about the world in which we live and the work …

The awesome team at Microsoft responsible for Kodu have now now released a new technical preview which has a load of enhancements including save and publish for games get it here They have also released a Classroom kit which is VERY VERY good, it would be great if there was an update for UK Teaching but I am sure they …

Well in that case the ever fantastic Eric Nelson is your man, if you join the fans of Windows Azure http://ukazure.ning.com/profiles/blogs/free-100-page-windows-azure I am sure Eric will find it in his heart to send you the password to download this masterpiece. b.

The Visualization and Modelling Feature Pack for VS2010 Ultimate is now available from here it is only available for MSDN subscribers. The Feature pack allows you to generate code from UML class diagrams,create UML class diagrams from code,Generate dependency graphs and layer diagrams for C, and C++ projects and more. …

At TechED one of the many important announcements is the release to manufacture of Windows Server App Fabric I will be running some events on App Fabric later in the year so keep watching. get App Fabric from here b.

Following Richards lead, I have decided to post on my thoughts about the BCS AGM. While I don’t quite agree on some of Richards points. I think that the reasons behind the call EGM are valid. It certainly seems to me that the governing body has thrown a funded PR machine against the EGM and has not spent anytime …