Heroes Happen Here - SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 launch events
ITS Party time!!!
Well I'm joking, its not a real-party time in the sense of food & drinks, its party time for Database world. Year 2008 entered already that kicks Microsoft gearing up for worldwide events, important ones. Release of Visual Studio 2008, Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008!!!
This brings most of the users in IT to mark their calendar, that looks very busy. So when is the date Its February 27th 2008 and big question is "Are you Ready?". Still a bit of back-on news for SQL Server users that both Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 are set to release, and SQL Server 2008 will be late to join the band-wagon of Microsoft prestigious products. To all this event launch Microsoft has come up a catchy word - Heroes Happen Here:
(I like this graphic on their site)
So what else you can get from these events, such as going to buy a car - try a test drive and here 'meet the experts' and as usual you can obtain a free copy of these products (well I can't promise but until now thats a Microsoft's trend). The actual kick off starts on Feb 27 in Los Angeles, Microsoft started accepting registration for these events. Take the account of SQL Server 2005 launch event which was extremely popular and registration for 2008 event has opened last week, so don't miss the bus. Here is the list of dates I would like to copy you from Microsoft site:
February 27 |
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March 4 |
New York, NY |
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March 4 |
San Antonio, TX |
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March 6 |
Harrisburg, PA |
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March 11 |
Manchester, NH |
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March 11 |
Chicago, IL |
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March 13 |
San Francisco, CA |
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March 13 |
Edison, NJ |
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March 13 |
Cleveland, OH |
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March 18 |
Detroit, MI |
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March 18 |
Boston, MA |
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March 20 |
Columbus, OH |
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March 20 |
Houston, TX |
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March 20 |
Denver, CO |
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March 25 |
Washington, DC |
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March 25 |
Santa Clara, CA |
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March 25 |
Kansas City, MO |
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March 27 |
Spokane, WA |
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March 27 |
Tulsa, OK |
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April 1 |
Seattle, WA |
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April 1 |
Minneapolis, MN |
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April 1 |
Phoenix, AZ |
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April 3 |
Las Vegas, NV |
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April 3 |
Indianapolis, IN |
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April 3 |
Philadelphia, PA |
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April 8 |
Charlotte, NC |
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April 8 |
Dallas, TX |
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April 8 |
Anaheim, CA |
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April 10 |
Raleigh, NC |
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April 14 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
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April 15 |
Albuquerque, NM |
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April 16 |
Anchorage, AK |
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April 17 |
Hartford, CT |
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April 17 |
Madison, WI |
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April 22 |
Omaha, NE |
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April 22 |
Sacramento, CA |
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April 22 |
Birmingham, AL |
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April 24 |
Des Moines, IA |
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April 24 |
Jacksonville, FL |
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April 24 |
Fresno, CA |
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April 28 |
Boise, ID |
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April 29 |
Atlanta, GA |
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April 29 |
Long Island, NY |
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April 29 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
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April 30 |
Honolulu, HI |
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May 1 |
Nashville, TN |
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May 1 |
Baltimore, MD |
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May 6 |
Portland, OR |
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May 6 |
Fort Lauderdale, FL |
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May 6 |
St. Louis, MO |
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May 8 |
Tampa, FL |
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May 8 |
Milwaukee, WI |
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May 13 |
San Diego, CA |
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May 13 |
Grand Rapids, MI |
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May 13 |
Albany, NY |
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May 15 |
Rochester, NY |
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May 20 |
Richmond, VA |
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May 20 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
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May 22 |
Reno, NV |
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May 22 |
Louisville, KY |
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May 22 |
Reston, VA |
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To register/attend this launch event dates, go to LaunchEvent page that will get you to dates for outside US Launch events.