TechNet Support WebCast: Overview and deployment of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (910554)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition for Itanium Based Systems
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise X64 Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard X64 Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Workgroup

Session Summary


Wednesday, November 30, 2005

SQL Server 2005 Overview and deployment Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is Microsoft's next generation data management and analysis software that will deliver increased scalability, availability, and security to enterprise data and analytical applications while making them easier to create, deploy, and manage.

This webcast will focus on an overview of the new features available in SQL Server 2005, as well as on the things you need to know to successfully deploy SQL Server 2005 in your environment.


This is a Level 200 session presented by Vishal Anand, Mike RothKugel, Barry Marlow and Ananth Padmanabham.

Vishal Anand has been working with SQL Server for Microsoft since July 2001. He is a technical lead in the Microsoft SQL Server support team. For the last year, Vishal has been exclusively involved in supporting SQL Server 2005 customers. Vishal has a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering. He is also a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA), and a Microsoft certified trainer.

Mike RothKugel is the lead program manager for the SQL Server service life cycle platform team. Mike has been with Microsoft for over 5 years. During most of these 5 years, Mike has been the group manager for SQL Server Setup. He has been involved with the design and development of SQL Server 2005 and some previous releases, such as SQL Server 2000 64-bit version. He has also been involved with the sustained engineering of SQL Server 2000, SQL Server Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE), Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), MSXML, SQLXML, and others. Mike has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A. degree.

Ananth Padmanabham is a support escalation engineer with Microsoft Customer Support Services (CSS). He joined Microsoft as a SQL Server support professional in August 2000. He has worked with a variety of issues on all versions of SQL Server, starting with SQL Server 6.5. Ananth enjoys supporting customers and debugging problems. He has a M.S. degree in Computer Science. He has both the MCSE and the MCDBA certifications.

Barry Marlow has been working with Microsoft's Platform Services IT team for six years. He has been a Database Administrator and Associate Technologist during his tenure at Microsoft. This has allowed him to gain a broad understanding of the operations process across the enterprise. Barry particularly enjoys working with others to develop processes that improve operational efficiencies and partnering with the product teams to add value to Microsoft products by sharing his previous IT experiences.

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