SQL Server 2005 Launch in Vermont
Last week Laura Blood and myself did a "SQL Server 2005 Launch" presentation at a joing meeting of Vermont DotNet User Group and Vermont SQL Server User Group. The event went great, it seems we have a lot of interest in SQL Server 2005 as Julia Lerman pointed out based on the attendance count. We did a combination of supplied slides, custom slides and a bunch of demos to demonstrate the coolest features. Our main focus was development but it seems that a lot of people got super excited over the potential provided by SQL Server Integration Services.
The slides are available on the VtSql website. I will be including a zip with some of the demos shortly, I just have to script some data inserts, write instructions and package it all together.