Andy Leonard is CSO of Linchpin People and SQLPeople, an SSIS Trainer, Consultant, and developer; SQL Server database and data warehouse developer, community mentor, engineer, and farmer. He is a co-author of SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns. His background includes web application architecture and development, VB, and ASP. Andy loves the SQL Server Community!

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• Presenting at the PASS Application Development Virtual Chapter 8 Sep!

  Business Intelligence at REST September 8th at 1:00 PM Eastern Presenter: Andy Leonard I am honored to present Business Intelligence at REST to the PASS Application Development Virtual Chapter on 8 Sep 2009! This is going to be a fun presentation for Read More... Posted Thursday, September 03, 2009 8:00 AM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: Business Intelligence, Developer Community, I-Am-Such-A-Geek, PASS, Social Intelligence, SQL Server 2008, SSIS, Visual Studio 2008

• PASS Summit 2008: SSIS Scripting

  It's That Time of Year Again... I am honored to again be presenting at the PASS Summit ! I'm even more honored to be co-presenting SSIS Scripting with Jessica Moss , SQL Server MVP! Errata Somewhere in the abstract for this presentation I listed the following Read More... Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 1:00 AM by andyleonard | 2 Comments Filed under: Business Intelligence, Custom Tasks, SSIS, Visual Studio 2008

• Database Edition and You - Some Cool Changes

  Greg Low mentioned the new licensing model for Database Edition is his post on the topic a few days ago. What does this mean for you? Here's my take: Now that Database Edition is included ( free as in beer ) with Developer Edition, application developers Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 3:15 PM by andyleonard | 2 Comments Filed under: database developers, Database Edition, Database Testing, Visual Studio 2008

• Announcing Database Edition CTP16

  Gert Drapers announces the availability of Visual Studio Team System Database Edition CTP 16 ! The Database Edition team is cranking out some cool code - great work team! :{> Andy Read More... Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:41 PM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: Database Developer, Database Edition, Visual Studio 2008

• New Database Edition CTP!

  I'm a little late on this one... Gert announces the availability of Microsoft® Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR July CTP ! Lots of cool stuff in this release. I have a post in the works with screenshots of how to install the June CTP... Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:53 PM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: Database Edition, Visual Studio 2008

• Database Edition Now Does DB2!

  Tech Ed 2008 included some major announcements for database development folks. One of the biggees was this - and announcement that Database Edition is going to support DB2 development! Gert and the team have been working hard to expand the underlying Read More... Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 1:20 PM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: Database Developer, Database Edition, Database Testing, SQL Server, Visual Studio 2008

• New E-Book: Mastering Database Edition Volume 1

  My first e-book is out! Mastering VS 2008 Team System Database Edition, Vol 1: Creating and Deploying Database Projects is available at Solid Quality Press . Volume 1 of the Mastering Visual Studio 2008 Team System Database Edition series focuses on creating Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:20 PM by andyleonard | 5 Comments Filed under: Books, Database Developer, Database Edition, SQL Server, Team Edition for Database Professionals, Visual Studio 2008

• Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta

  ScottGu has a great post about enhancements in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1, released today in Beta. Of particular interest to database developers: SQL Server 2008 support, a built-in Entity Data Modeler, and REST support! :{> Andy Read More... Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 3:58 PM by andyleonard | 1 Comments Filed under: Database Edition, Service Packs, Visual Studio 2008

• DreamSpark: Free Software for Students

  This is cool! Microsoft is giving away software - including SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition, Windows 2003 Standard Edition, and Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 Professional Editions - to college students. It's called DreamSpark and it puts professional Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:02 PM by andyleonard | 2 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2008

• Power Tools for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition

  Gert and team announce the availability of Power Tools for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition ! Cool new stuff includes a couple new test conditions, file- and XML-based data generators, and (my favorite) SQL Static Code Analysis integrated Read More... Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 2:55 AM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: Database Developer, Database Edition, Microsoft, Team Edition for Database Professionals, Team System, Visual Studio 2008

• Database Testing on .Net Rocks!

  I am honored to be the guest of a .Net Rocks! show on Database Testing! Richard Campbell, Carl Franklin, and I recorded the show last night and I had a lot of fun! Richard and I commiserated about the "DBA condition" in the enterprise. Everyone shared Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:00 AM by andyleonard | 5 Comments Filed under: Database Developer, Database Edition, Database Testing, Team Edition for Database Professionals, Visual Studio 2008

• VSTS 2008 VPC Images

  Microsoft released a couple Visual Studio 2008 Team System VPC images over the holidays - one loaded with Team System 2008, Team Explorer, and TFS 2008; the other with TFS 2008 and Team Explorer only. The images expire 1 Apr 2008 and provide a cool way Read More... Posted Saturday, January 05, 2008 11:27 PM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: Team System, Visual Studio 2008

• Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools Released!

  Microsoft announces the release of Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools ! From the website: Team Foundation Server Power Tools includes the following tools: Team Foundation Power Tool command-line tool (TFPT.EXE) Build Notification Read More... Posted Friday, December 21, 2007 11:27 PM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: Agile, Database Developer, utilities, Visual Studio 2008

• Learning LINQ-to-SQL

  Microsoft released a couple free Hands-On Labs to teach users about LINQ in Visual Studio 2008. Robert Shelton blogs about them here . :{> Andy Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:55 AM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: LINQ, Visual Studio 2008

• Microsoft Announces Database Edition!

  Gert D announced Visual Studio 2008 Team System Database Edition on his blog today. There's more good information on Gert's blog about Database Edition, including plans to release a 2008 version of Power Tools "later this month"! :{> Andy Technorati Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:11 PM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: Database Edition, Visual Studio 2008