SQL Server 2005 Gets Vista/Office 2007 Hooks -- Redmond Channel Partner

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SQL Server 2005 Gets Vista/Office 2007 Hooks

After years of slogging, Microsoft has turned the old SQL Server code it got from Sybase into a major database competitor. Now SQL Server 2005 is an even closer member of the Microsoft family by virtue of its new ties to Excel 2007, Visio 2007 and Vista.

All these hooks come courtesy of SQL Server 2005 SP2.

Posted by Doug Barney on February 21, 2007

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