SQL Server 2005 Virtual Labs

Test drive Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and see how it delivers increased scalability, availability, and security to enterprise data and analytical applications while making them easier to create, deploy, and manage. In these labs, you can experience many of the features in SQL Server 2005, including XML support and deep business intelligence integration.

SQL Server 2005 Virtual Labs

• MSDN Virtual Lab Express: What's new in SQL Server 2005 
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Mapping Your Objects to Database Tables with LINQ to SQL
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Using the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Data Mining Add-Ins for the 2007 Microsoft Office System
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Getting Started with Microsoft Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Business Intelligence Reporting Services
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Building Integrated Business Intelligence Solutions Leveraging SQL Server 2005 and SharePoint Server 2007
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Business Intelligence- Using Business Scorecard Manager 2005 and ProClarity for Performance Management
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Business Intelligence- Excel 2007 PivotTables and Analysis Services
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Business Intelligence- Report Builder
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Business Intelligence- Integration Services
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Business Intelligence- Service Analysis
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Business Intelligence- Data Mining
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Business Intelligence- Business Scorecard Manager
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 Hosted Trial
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005- Introduction to SQL Server Management Studio
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Analysis Services in SQL Server 2005
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 Report Builder
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 Report Viewer Controls
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 Service Broker
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 Server Management Objects (SMO)
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 T-SQL Enhancements
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET (Lab A)
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET (Lab B)
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Using XQuery with SQL Server 2005 XML Data
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 SQL Query Tuning
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 XML Capabilities
• MSDN Virtual Lab: SQL Server 2005 Web Services

SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Virtual Labs

• MSDN Virtual Lab: Business Intelligence Upgrade– Upgrading Reporting Services to SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Business Intelligence Upgrade– Migrating Data Transformation Services (DTS) to SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Business Intelligence – Upgrading Analysis Services to SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Performing an In-Place Upgrade of a SQL Server 2000 Relational Database Environment
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Relational Database Upgrade – Performing a Side-by-Side Upgrade of a SQL Server 2000 Relational Database Using Backup/Restore Method
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Relational Engine Upgrade– Performing a Side-by-Side Upgrade of a SQL Server 2000 Relational Database Using the Copy Database Wizard
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Relational Engine Upgrade– Upgrading a Clustered SQL Server 2000 Environment Using the Detach and Attach Method

You get a downloadable manual and a 90-minute block of time for each module. You can sign up for additional 90-minute blocks at any time.