Speaker Idol Prize - MS Press Books

Today the second part of my Speaker Idol prize arrived; my MS Press books. The first part was a trophy (pictured with the books) and the last part is a speaker ticket for TechEd-Developers 2008 which is being held in Barcelona.

I got 22 books all up. Some of which I'll be keeping for myself; others I'll give away as prizes at the Canberra SQL Server User Group.

So what books did I choose? Here's a list:

Books I'm Keeping

• Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: The Storage Engine
• Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming
• MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-443): Designing a Database Server Infrastructure Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-445): Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence Implementation and Maintenance
• Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Step by Step
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Step by Step
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Companion
• Microsoft Mobile Development Handbook

Books for Prizes

• MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-431): Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Implementation and Maintenance (x 2)
• MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-441): Designing Database Solutions by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (x 2)
• MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-442): Designing and Optimizing Data Access by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (x 2)
• MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-443): Designing a Database Server Infrastructure Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (x 3)
• MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-445): Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence Implementation and Maintenance
• Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Companion
• Introducing Windows Server 2008 (x 2)

Once again, big thanks to all the Speaker Idol Organisers, Compères, Judges and MS Press.

Cheers
Jeff