Microsoft has launched the home page for the SQL Server 2005 ("Yukon") version of SQL Server. On it, .NET developers and database administrators can find links to the SQL Server 2005 Express release, preview book chapters on SQL Server 2005, and technical white papers. SQL Server 2005 will play a major role in .NET 2.0 (and beyond), and it"s well worth getting a leg up on the system sooner rather than later.