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Consider visiting other regional user group meetings while you are out of town. Check out the regional meetings calendar for meetings occurring in other communities.

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PASS Summit 2008: Seattle, Washington November 18 - 21.
Register today: http://summit2008.sqlpass.org/
Use the PASS Chapter code CHM3D to get your $100 off the registration

IndyPASS: Our Next Meeting

LINQ To SQL
Guest Speaker: George Huey, Microsoft Corporation

More details coming soon.

Tuesday, September 16
5:30 - 6:00: Snacks and networking
6:00 - 6:15: Welcome and Board Elections
6:15 - 7:30: Featured Presentation

The Microsoft Office - 1st floor Conference Room
Parkwood Business Park, Building Four
500 E. 96th St., Suite 460
Indianapolis, IN 46240

Click here for directions

Welcome Our Newest Sponsor

We welcome Sogeti to the IndyPASS family as our newest sponsor! Sogeti is one of the world's leading providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. To learn more about Sogeti, visit their website at www.us.sogeti.com or click here.

SQL Server News

Download the SQL Server 2008 Trial Software
Download the fully functional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Evaluation edition and try the latest features of SQL Server 2008 free for 180 days.

Download the SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack
The Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008.

Connecting to SQL Server Through the Firewall on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista help increase security by automatically enabling the firewall. Before you connect to an instance of SQL Server from another computer, you must configure the Windows Firewall to allow appropriate access and still continue to block inappropriate access. For more information the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlsecurity/archive/2008/07/01/sql-server-and-the-windows-server-2008-firewall.aspx" target="_blank" >SQL Server Security team blog</a>.

SQL Server 2008 RC0 Books Online
Download the Release Candidate (RC0) version of Books Online for Microsoft SQL Server 2008, the primary documentation for SQL Server 2008.

Cumulative Update 7 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
This package contains all of the SQL Server 2005 hotfixes that have been released since the initial release of SQL Server 2005 SP2.

SQL Server 2008 CTP (February 2008) Is Now Available
Download the latest release of SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview (CTP) and discover new capabilities to help support your mission-critical platform. This CTP continues to improve functionality in all aspects of the product.

Download SQL Server 2008 Books Online Community Technology Preview (February 2008)
SQL Server 2008, the next release of Microsoft SQL Server, provides a comprehensive data platform. Books Online is the primary documentation for SQL Server 2008. Download a pre-release preview of Books Online for SQL Server 2008.

Get the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack CTP (February 2008)
Download the February 2008 Feature Pack Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Microsoft SQL Server 2008, a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008.

SQL Server 2005 Books Online (September 2007) Update
The September 2007 update for SQL Server 2005 Books Online is now available in the MSDN Library. Localized versions and a downloadable version will be released as soon as they become available.

SQL Server Compact 3.5 Beta 2 available for download
Start building a new generation of embedded database applications for desktops and mobile devices with SQL Server Compact 3.5 Beta 2. New features include LINQ to SQL support and enhanced support for T SQL statements.

Perform Database Administration Operations with SQL Server Management Objects
SQL Server Management Objects offer developers a robust toolset for backing up and restoring databases, and issuing DDL commands, as John Papa explains.

Regular Expressions Make Pattern Matching and Data Extraction Easier
Now you can perform efficient, sophisticated text analysis using regular expressions in SQL Server 2005.

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