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Microsoft on Tuesday will unveil the first developer preview of "Denali," the next major release of SQL Server, and will start shipping a data warehouse appliance stemming from its 2008 acquisition of DATAllegro.
Speaking at a session at Microsoft's Tech.Ed conference yesterday, BNZ head of Business Intelligence Dave Thompson shared seven tips for implementing a successful project.
Due to an early emphasis on getting the right architecture for its Azure cloud platform, which went live in February, Microsoft's cloud service is still missing key features that are available in the company's standalone products, said Microsoft executives at the company's 2010 Tech Ed conference, being held this week in New Orleans.
Microsoft has acknowledged that it had considered replacing the maligned storage engine in its Exchange email server software with its SQL Server database.