There are 13 new videos on channel 9 posted about SQL Server. The non-marketing videos (by engineering PMs) give customers peek into the goals and visions why certain SQL Server features were decided and implemented. Below is a list with a little blurb what the video is about.
They have the following formats available
High Quality WMV (PC, XBox, MCE)
MP3 (Audio only)
Medium Quality WMV (Lo-band, Mobile)
High Quality MP4 (iPad, WP7)
MP4 (iPod, Zune HD)
Joe Yong
Learn improvements/enhancements on upgrade experience for SQL Server from Joe Yong, Senior Program Manager from SQL Server China Research & Development Manageability team.
Krzysztof Kozielczyk
Learn about the vision of database programmability tools for SQL Server “Denali” from Krzysztof Kozielczyk, Program Manager from SQL Server Programmability team.
Britt Johnston
Learn the upcoming SQL Server appliances from Britt Johnston, Principal Group Manager from SQL Server Appliance Engineering team.
Dandy Weyn
Learn massive parallel architecture of SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse from Dandy Weyn, Senior Technical Product Manager from SQL Server marketing team.
Guy Bowerman
Learn how decisions were made for SQL Server virtualization from Guy Bowerman, Senior Program Manager from SQL Server Engine team.
Il-Sung Lee
Learn security & compliance features for SQL Server from Il-Sung Lee, Senior Program Manager from SQL Server Engine Security team.
Justin Erickson
Learn about AlwaysOn – HA/DR improvements/enhancements for SQL Server from Justin Erickson, Senior Program Manager from SQL Server Engine team.
Kevin Farlee
Learn about the choices made for SQL Server backup compression from Kevin Farlee, Senior Program Manager from SQL Server Storage Engine team.
SQL Server Integration Services
Kevin McGuire
Learn improvements/enhancements on SQL Server “Denali” Integration Services from Kevin McGuire, Principal Architect from SQL Server Integration Services team.
Michael Rys
Learn improvements/enhancements on SQL Server non-relational features from Michael Rys, Principal Program Manager from SQL Server Engine team.
RobAnn Mateja
Learn improvements/enhancements on CLR for SQL Server from RobAnn Mateja, Senior Program Manager from SQL Server Engine team.
Sunil Agarwal
Learn data compression for SQL Server from Sunil Agarwal, Principal Program Manager from SQL Server Engine Storage team.
Vinod Jagannathan
Learn manageability vision for SQL Server from Vinod Jagannathan, Senior Program Manager from SQL Server Manageability team.
Denis has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5. Although he worked as an ASP/JSP/ColdFusion developer before the dot com bust, he has been working exclusively as a database developer/architect since 2002. In addition to English, Denis is also fluent in Croatian and Dutch, but he can curse in many other languages and dialects (just ask the SQL optimizer) He lives in Princeton, NJ with his wife and three kids.
