Getting Started with SQL Server 2005 - my top links
Recently I have been asked the same question by technical folks I bump into in my travels - "What should I do to start to look at SQL Server 2005". The places I tend to send them to are:
- Overview of What is New - take a few minutes to get a feel for what is new in SQL Server 2005 https://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/overview/whats-new-in-sqlserver2005.mspx
- Virtaul Labs - Allows you to try SQL Server 2005 today - right now - not tomorrow - I mean right now https://msdn.microsoft.com/virtuallabs/sql/default.aspx
- Webcasts - if you prefer to watch and listen, then check out the huge list of webcasts at https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnsqlserver2005.mspx
- Trials - now you have a feel for what it is, get the trials to play with https://www.microsoft.com/emea/msdn/visualstudio/enxu/getthetrials/
- Training - and then take the free online (can be offline) training https://www.microsoftelearning.com/sqlserver2005/