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SQL Server 2005 was released to manufacturing in Oct. 2005 and was officially launched Nov. 7, 2005, and is now available through most Microsoft sales channels.

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SQL Server 2005’s new database partitioning feature is outlined in “SQL Server 2005 Partitions Large Databases” on page 14 of the Oct. 2005 Update.

Analysis Services in SQL Server 2005 is described in “Analysis Services Matures in SQL Server 2005” on page 3 of the Feb. 2005 Update.

Integration Services in SQL Server 2005 is described in “Data Integration Improved in SQL Server 2005” on page 13 of the Dec. 2004 Update.

Updates to Reporting Services in SQL Server 2005 are outlined in “Reporting Services Updated for SQL Server 2005” on page 15 of the July 2005 Update.

The Oracle-to-SQL-Server database conversion tool is described in “SQL Server Acquires Migration Tool” on page 17 of the Aug. 2005 Update.

For more information on the Language Integrated Query capability planned for VB and C#, see “Integrated Query Next on VB, C# Roadmaps” on page 19 of the Dec. 2005 Update.