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General Microsoft SQL Server Home Page - A great resource for all versions of SQL Server MSDN's SQL Server Section - Code samples, articles and more

Tools and Utilities SQL Server 2005 System Views Map - The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 System Views Map shows the key system views included in SQL Server 2005, and the relationships between them. Updated Version(s) of SQL Server's Books Online - Download an updated version of Books Online for Microsoft SQL Server 2005. These updates to Books Online contains new material and fixes to documentation problems reported by customers after SQL Server 2005 was released.

Recommended Books Excellent Book on SSIS: "Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services" - Brian Knight is one of the superstars of the SQL Server DTS/SSIS world and this book is his latest missive on SSIS. It covers the whole gamut including What's New in SSIS, the new roles in MSDB and how to secure/deploy your SSIS packages. SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide - This 350-page document contains guidance for SQL Server administrators, developers, and IT decision makers who would like to move their SQL Server 2000 or 7.0 databases to SQL Server 2005. Book to Improve Your SQL Skills: "Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying" - Itzik Ben-Gan, Dejan Sarka, and Lubor Kollar offer us this book focused on writing queries. Focus is on the new features of SQL Server 2005 with examples on the windowing functions, CTEs and TOP. One word of caution: not for newbies... Book for SQL CLR: "Pro SQL Server 2005 Assemblies" - Robin Dewson does an excellent job at explaining the complexities of CLR in the database and helps you understand the answer to the question, "Should I do xyz in CLR or TSQL?" User-defined types and working with XML are included as well.

In Person (Live) Classes Learning Tree's 4-Day Course "SQL Server 2005 Integration Services: Migrating Data for Business Intelligence" - Learning Tree is one of the best (and largest) in-person (live) training companies in the world and this is an excellent course