SQL Server Denali CTP3 – Lots of interesting resources

Yesterday we have announced the availability of SQL Server Code-named Denali.  Obviously exciting times for everyone in the SQL Server business.  As a result there is so much information being published on blogs and other locations that it might be hard to follow.  So here I will try to recap some of the most interesting links with regards to SQL Server Denali CTP3.

First of all there is the ‘official’ announcement of course at https://bit.ly/rizjXQ.

If you are looking for the download location please refer to https://bit.ly/oj7hZW.  The download for the SQL Server Denali CTP3 Feature Pack is available at https://bit.ly/nX0HxB.  The SQL Server Denali CTP3 Resource Center is located at https://bit.ly/nRWECd.

Now of course you are all interested in the ‘What’s New’ at https://bit.ly/oT8lcF.

With SQL Server Denali CTP3 there are also a couple of other interesting products such as PowerPivot v2 CTP3 and Project Juneau CTP3 (development tools for SQL Server).  You can find the PowerPivot download at https://bit.ly/oObujA and Project Juneau at https://bit.ly/n2qmwC.

The new SQL Server Denali samples can be downloaded from https://bit.ly/pCtcAK and https://bit.ly/qDclqf.

A complete Product Guide with tons of resources is available at https://bit.ly/nq41Rq.

Some interesting articles can be found at:

• Recovery Advisor: https://bit.ly/qhtfWI
• LocalDB: https://bit.ly/qhcGDb
• Windows 2008 R2 Server Core: https://bit.ly/pnSNN6
• Tabular Projects: https://bit.ly/qM5T3a
• Project Crescent Overview: https://bit.ly/quL0yI
• Project Crescent Demo: https://bit.ly/oR0wr1
• Getting up and running with BI: https://bit.ly/qPCaHt 
• Getting Started With Project Crescent: https://bit.ly/pQRlh9
• What’s new in SSIS: https://bit.ly/nyzjgG
• Deploying to the SSIS Catalog: https://bit.ly/oT53al
• Configure SSIS Project with Parameters: https://bit.ly/qfMn2V  
• DQS Cleansing Transform: https://bit.ly/rhRPEZ
• Reference Data Services in DQS: https://bit.ly/opuPfI 

There are tons of other interesting links out there and I am sure we will have many many more in the coming days and weeks, so keep your eyes open!
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