Microsoft® .NET Kick Start

SQL Server Yukon Release

Whereas database-based application development has always been a key component of any Web, Windows, or mobile application (or even a Web service development), the programming models have always been quite different. For instance, today if you were to design and develop a sufficiently complex .NET application, apart from writing the necessary .NET components, applications, and services in your favorite .NET programming language, you would also inevitably have to write a set of stored procedures in the database-specific programming language, such as TSQL or Transact SQL for SQL Server. At the same time, SQL Server seems to be the database of choice when it comes to developing and deploying .NET applications. Microsoft realizes ...