Check out this amazing progress bar control developed by Graham Wilson shared on CodeProject.com. "This pure eye candy won't make the task run any faster, but it might make the wait a bit less boring!". He was kind enough to share the source code as well along with obvious demo projects.
Denali is the codename for the upcoming Microsoft's SQL Server 2011 and a CTP (community technology preview) version will be released soon.
Like the meaning of Denali (the high one), Microsoft promises that it will evolve the management of information to the next level with a helping hand of cloud platform. Following major features have been announced for this release
Focus on Mission Critical environment to ensure high availability and higher performance
Blazing fast query performance
Rapid Data Discovery via Power Pivot
Credible and Consistent Data via BI & Data Quality Services
On demand scaling from devices to data centers to clouds
Write once run everywhere applications
Have a look at this fun illustration of why Microsoft suggests you should have/or at least know about Denali.
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