Where are some of the things I was used to in SS2k? The very first thing that I checked out due to rumors I had heard earlier in the year was the Database Diagrams were not going to be supported. DDs were a nice and quick way to work with the physical model of the db.  I know that I used it in my classes to help teach concepts of Relational DBs and how it was implemented in SQL Server. It didn't have all of the bells and whistles of Visio or ERWin, but it was good for what it did. DDs are not in Beta 2. MSFT is looking into possibly adding this functionality for a later Beta release.

Access 2003 is the version that I have installed on my PC. I was able to use the trusty DD tool in the Access Project (ADP file) to create a DD, but this could not be saved. Access did give me warnings when I tried to create the DD, but it let me through it anyway. If you need something like this quick, it works; it just can't be saved.

In the newsgroups recently, there seems to be concern over this feature and other Visual Data Tools not implemented.  DDs is one of those things that you may not miss until it isn't there.  Like Coke Classic, DDs aren't around currently in Beta 2.  If there is enough demand for them and the other visual tools, they may just reappear with a “Classic” label.