Good afternoon students, this is just a quick announcement to let you know that SQL University (sort of) is offering a computer lab for students to cut their teeth on SQL 2008 technology. I say sort of because this lab is actually offered via a partnership with PASS, Maximum ASP, and DELL Computers at http://www.sqlserverbeta.com .
The labs offer up a virtual sandbox environment where you can discover and practice everything you learn here in a dedicated hosted environment! Here’s the lab description:
The beta team has created a Microsoft® Hyper-V™ based private cloud to host individual instances of Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 on which you can perform your experiments. You will have access to a Hyper-V instance and SA rights to a SQL Server Instance. The instance is available to you for three continuous hours and you are welcome to come back and use the beta instance as often as you like.
We have included the following sample databases for you to perform your experiment upon:
- Adventure Works 2008 OLTP
- Adventure Works 2008 DW
- Adventure Works 2008 AS
- Adventure Works 2008 LT
We will be adding additional labs in the coming months in preparation for the release of SQL Server 2008 R2, so check back often.
So how do you get in on this great deal? Well just head on over to http://www.sqlserverbeta.com and Register!
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