Discussions on SQL Server Manageability and Development.

My last MSDN blog post, for a little while...

I will be transitioning to a role outside Microsoft starting in October but intend to keep blogging...

Date: 09/23/2010

Cloud Computing and GeoSpatial forces unite in DC...

I will be attending the www.com-geo.org conference in Washington DC in a couple weeks and it...

Date: 06/09/2010

Calling all web and application developers: We need your help to make SQL Server better for developers.

Good afternoon, The SQL Server team is currently undertaking a short survey to learn more about the...

Date: 03/30/2010

PDC 2009 Session Recording – Building Location-Aware Application with SQL Server Spatial Library is now posted.

You can find a recording of the session Ed, Torsten and I gave at PDC on building location-aware...

Date: 11/20/2009

PDC 2009 is next week - I'll be Building Location Aware Applications with the SQL Server Spatial Library at Session SVR33 - Tuesday

I will be presenting at PDC next week with Ed Katibah and Torsten Grabs on uses of the SQL Server...

Date: 11/13/2009

Watch out for gotcha with missing VC++ runtime dlls when deploying .NET applications that leverage the new SQL Server Spatial Types libraries.

In my previous blog post I discussed the ability to leverage the SQL Server type library in your own...

Date: 07/08/2009

Why I should have paid more attention in geometry class: Embedding the new SQL Server Spatial CLR types and functionality directly into your own .NET applications.

In SQL Server 2008 we introduced the ability to store spatial objects as columns within a database...

Date: 06/22/2009

Calling all web developers: The SQL Server Team needs your help.

The Microsoft SQL Server product team is undertaking a short survey to help guide potential new...

Date: 06/10/2009

Videos from Tech-Ed: Building Location-Aware Services with SQL Server 2008 Spatial - WiE Demo and Code Walkthroughs

It has been way too long since I’ve blogged. I have no (good) excuse. I had the opportunity to...

Date: 05/21/2009

Happy New Year!

Just a quick post to wish folks a happy new year. Next week will mark my first year at Microsoft....

Date: 12/31/2008

WiE project and source code posted to CodePlex!

Good Afternoon, I’ve just completed posting the WiE community project to CodePlex. As this is my...

Date: 12/19/2008

PASS Summit 2008 WiE PPT presentation is now posted.

Just a quick post to let you know that you can now access and download the WiE Powerpoint...

Date: 12/17/2008

Part VIII: WiE uses SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to synchronize SQL Data Services (SDS) with SQL Server 2008.

In the previous article we covered using the use of INSERT triggers along with the new Spatial...

Date: 11/24/2008

Part VII - WiE Goes Spatial: Using SQL Server 2008 as a Spatial Rules Engine for Location-based Services.

In this second to last chapter in the series I’ll discuss leveraging SQL Server 2008’s support for...

Date: 11/03/2008

Part VI – Visualizing WiE location information using the new server-side Virtual Earth ASP.Net Map Control

In the previous article of this series I mentioned that we would next discuss how to visualize the...

Date: 10/07/2008

A blue shirt in a sea of red and black shirts... my trip to Oracle Open World.

Good morning, It has been much too long since I last wrote to the blog. Things here have been busy,...

Date: 09/29/2008

Part V: Keeping WiE Mobile Client in sync with the Cloud, a first pass at synchronization.

The Implementation of WiEModelWithLocalCache As we discussed in the previous articles, the data...

Date: 08/12/2008

Part IV: WiE reaches for the Cloud...Implementing the SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) data model for the WiE Mobile Client.

The Implementation of WiERemoteModelSSDSForMobile The WiERemoteModel expects to store and retrieve...

Date: 07/29/2008

Part II - The WiE Mobile Client: Architecture & Design - Collecting GPS data and storing it into a SQL Compact database.

In last week’s article I introduced the WiE Community project I have started working on. WiE is a...

Date: 07/14/2008

What is WiE? What happens when you put Windows Mobile, SQL Server Compact, SQL Server Data Services, Sync Framework, WPF and SQL Server 2008 together?

Before joining Microsoft I had started my own company to market a software as a service offering to...

Date: 07/07/2008

The Goowey DBA v.s. The Script Jockey DBA, a.k.a the cool tools I saw at TechEd.

Good Afternoon, While we strive to make SQL Server the easiest and most efficient database to...

Date: 06/23/2008

Top DBA Questions from TechEd

I returned from TechEd IT Pro Week with a lot of feedback from our customers, everyone seemed...

Date: 06/17/2008

Where is the DBA role heading? Let me know at TechEd.

Good Morning, I recently completed reading several articles and industry studies that seem to...

Date: 06/02/2008

Intent Based Management - SQL Server 2008 Policies

SQL Server 2008 will introduce several features that will assist DBAs in their quest to efficiently...

Date: 05/27/2008

Welcome

As a program manager in the SQL Server strategy team I am starting a new blog that will focus on...

Date: 05/23/2008