Microsoft Corp. will use this week's Tech Ed conference in Orlando, Fla., to update product plans and show developers how it hopes to make data a first-class player in the company's development strategy, said sources close to the company.
Not only is Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., expected to release a June CTP (Community Technology Preview) of its SQL Server 2005 platform, but sources said Microsoft is also working on a solution that takes the integration of data into the development scheme beyond that of the integration between Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005, code-named Whidbey and Yukon, respectively. The company will announce release-to-manufacturing dates—expected to be mid-October—for these two products as well.
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