By John Fontana – The biggest change in 2003 for Exchange will be the use of a common .Net data store, replacing the current Web Storage System in Exchange 2000. The change puts Exchange in line to offer its core messaging, calendaring and task features as reusable components, or Web services, to th

The SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) offers application developers new opportunities to build desktop and shared solutions that are freely distributable and can be easily migrated to SQL Server 2000 technology if the customer or end-user wants to scale the solution up to thousands of users

By Michael Otey – With the imminent release of Windows .NET Server, we’ll soon see deployment of applications built on the Microsoft .NET Framework. For DBAs and developers, the .NET Framework ushers in the next generation of Microsoft’s data-access technology: ADO.NET. A marked departure from earli

The Web Data Administrator is a utility program implemented in ASP.NET that enables you to easily manage your SQL data, wherever you are. Using its built-in features, you can do the following from Internet Explorer or your favorite Web browser:

SQL Server 2000 Windows® CE Edition (SQL Server CE) extends access to data to an organization’s mobile users who are using the Windows CE mobile device. Using replication or Remote Data Access (RDA), you can share your data with disconnected users in the field.

By Brian Moran – SQL Server passed a significant performance milestone last week when Unisys published Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) TPC-C results for its 32-CPU ES7000 server running SQL Server 2000. This accomplishment represents the first time Microsoft has been involved in a T

By Dennis Callaghan and Carmen Nobel – Microsoft Corp. next week will discuss a road map for its messaging platform that’s making some developers uneasy. At the Microsoft Exchange Conference 2001 in Orlando, Fla., company officials will detail how they plan to phase out the current Web data s

Proc-Blaster is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) Code Generation Tool for interacting with Microsoft SQL Server to create code patterns in a variety of languages.

Microsoft and MERANT DataDirect announced at the JDJEdge 2001 International Java Developer Conference and Expo that a beta version of the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Driver is now available for public download.

By Wylie Wong – IBM executives on Monday will unveil the first update to Informix’s flagship database software since Big Blue acquired the struggling software maker for $1 billion in April. IBM also will ship later this year new software, called DB2 Relational Connect, that will allow Informi