Вышел MS SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, October 2008

Posted on октября 23, 2008
Filed Under SQL Server, Утилиты

Достаточно тихо вышел Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, October 2008. Вот что привлекло в составе мое внимание:

Microsoft Connector 1.0 for SAP BI

The Microsoft Connector for SAP BI is a set of managed components for transferring data to or from an SAP NetWeaver BI version 7.0 system. The component is designed to be used with the Enterprise and Developer editions of SQL Server 2008 Integration Services. To install the component, run the platform-specific installer for x86, x64, or Itanium computers respectively. For more information see the Readme and the installation topic in the Help file.
Audience(s): Customer, Developer

X86 Package(SapBI.msi) — 1943 KB
X64 Package (SapBI.msi) — 2848 KB
IA64 Package(SapBI.msi) — 4586 KB
Readme(Microsoft Connector 1.0 for SAP BI Readme.doc)

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Data Mining Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2007

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Data Mining Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2007 enables you to take advantage of SQL Server 2008 predictive analytics in Office Excel 2007 and Office Visio 2007. The download includes the following components:

Table Analysis Tools for Excel: This add-in provides easy-to-use tools that leverage SQL Server 2008 data mining features to perform powerful analytics on your spreadsheet data. Two new tools have been added for this release: Prediction Calculator and Shopping Basket Analysis.
Data Mining Client for Excel: This add-in enables you to go through the full data mining model development lifecycle within Excel 2007 using your spreadsheet data or external data accessible through your SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services instance. This release adds support for new SQL Server 2008 data mining features including holdout and cross-validation, a new Document Model wizard, and improvements to existing wizards.
Data Mining Templates for Visio: This add-in enables you to render and share your mining models as annotatable Visio 2007 drawings.

Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer

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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Datamining Viewer Controls

The Data Mining Web Controls Library is a set of Microsoft Windows Forms controls that enable software developers to display data mining models created using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services in their client-side applications. The controls in this library display the patterns that are contained in Analysis Services mining models.
Note:Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Datamining Viewer Controls requires Microsoft ADOMD.NET, also available on this page.
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer

X86 Package(SQLServer2008_DMViewer.msi) — 9132 KB

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP

The SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP is a PHP 5 extension that allows for accessing data in all Editions of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 (including Express Editions) from within PHP scripts. The driver provides a procedural interface for accessing data and makes use of PHP features, including PHP streams to read and write large objects. With this release, the source code for the driver is available here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=123842&clcid=0x409 . The SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP relies on the Microsoft SQL Server Native Client to communicate with SQL Server. For more information about SQL Server Native Client, visit the SQL Server Native Client page on MSDN.
Audience(s): Developer, DBA

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SQL Server Remote Blob Store

The SQL Server Remote Blob Store is a method for storing blobs of unstructured data in an external Content Addressable data store. The component consists of a client-side DLL that is linked into a user application, as well as a set of stored procedures to be installed on SQL Server. Run the self-extracting download package to create an installation folder. The setup program contained there will install RBS on X86, X64, and Itanium-based computers.
Audience(s): Developer, DBA

X86 Package (RBS.msi) — 3584 KB
X64 Package (RBS.msi) — 4648 KB
IA64 Package (RBS.msi) — 7039 KB

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0 provides an intuitive report authoring environment for business and power users with a Microsoft Office look and feel. Report Builder 2.0 supports the full capabilities of Report Definition Language (RDL) including flexible data layout, data visualizations, and richly formatted text features of SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. The download provides a stand-alone installer for Report Builder 2.0.
Note: This component also requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.
Audience(s): Customer, Partner, Developer

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