SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Released

Posted by Ankur Mittal 7 August, 2008 (0) Comment

SQL Server Compact - SP1 has been released.

This release includes several key features and bug fixes following up on the asks of our customers.

The new features in SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 are:

  • ADO.NET Entity Framework provider. The Entity Framework enables you to work with data in the form of domain-specific objects and properties, such as customers and customer addresses, without having to concern yourself with the underlying database tables and columns where this data is stored.
  • Support for the ADO.NET Entity Framework allows you to create flexible, strongly typed queries against the Entity Framework object context by using LINQ expressions and the LINQ standard query operators directly from the development environment.
  • Case-sensitive collations for those C# folks that were allowed into the database <g>
  • Native 64bit support. No more locking your apps to WoW mode or Target = X86. And yes, we support a single version of your app that can privately deploy Compact 32 and 64 so your customers don’t have to figure out whether they’re running 32 or 64bit operating systems.

We’ll have a KB article out soon that covers the rollup of bug fixes since RTM as well.

We’re still waiting on the main landing/content pages to be updated, so for those of you too impatient, here’s the download links directly:

SQL Server Compact SP1 will be included in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 as well.  So, you won’t need to download it separately like you did in Visual Studio 2005 SP1.  …we’ve gotten better about integrating things for you…  These links are mostly for those that need SQL Server Compact SP1 for VS 2005 support, or those that can’t install VS 2008 SP1 for some reason.  The Visual Studio 2008 SP1 setup is sooooo much better than VS 2005 SP1.

Source- MSDN Blog

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New Social Bookmarking Features For MSDN and TechNet

Posted by Ankur Mittal 29 May, 2008 (1) Comment

Today Microsoft announced a preview of new social bookmarking capabilities for MSDN, TechNet and Expression as part of an expanded effort to open these sites up to the technical community.  Social Bookmarks allow members of the community to bookmark any URL on the web, apply tags, and save bookmarks in the new My Bookmarks tool.  All bookmarks, bookmarkers, and tags are enabled as links and can be “surfed” to discover new content and people. Social bookmarks are also integrated into the new Profile page and give every member of the community a new way to increase their visibility, impact, and influence.

New features include:

· Social Bookmarks Preview: With Social Bookmarks, users can save all their favorites online, see what others are bookmarking, find experts, and even get their bookmarks published on the website.

http://msdnbookmarks.com

http://technetbookmarks.com

http://expressionbookmarks.com

· All-new Forums: The new Forums site is easier to use, has a new UX, and new features like Live Update.

http://forums.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/Forums/

http://forums.technet.microsoft.com/en-us/Forums/

http://forums.expression.microsoft.com/en-US/forums

· New Profile Page: A person’s profile is a key part of the new site experience and now features a large avatar image and feeds of contributions from key applications like Forums and Social Bookmarks.

· New Site Design: The MSDN and TechNet home pages and home pages for top Developer and TechCenters have been updated with a new design that increases the visibility of people and content from the community and other important resources.

· Improved Search: Improved auto-complete provides more search matches faster. Thirty-one languages are now supported.

http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?locale=en-US

http://search.technet.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?locale=en-US

http://search.expression.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?locale=en-US

For more information on these announcements, please visit these blogs:

http://blogs.msdn.com/dantr/  Dan Truax, GM for the global MSDN, TechNet, CodePlex, and Expression sites

http://blogs.technet.com/johmar/  John Martin, Lead Evangelist for Server & Tools Online at Microsoft

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