Installing WordPress on MS SQL Server
Believe it or not, there are actually people out there who would like to run WordPress on SQL Server simply because MS SQL has many features MySQL can stand up to. I myself have WordPress running on my local machine using a MS SQL server 2005 database and have seen no ill effects from running it. Today I found a really nice walk through which I did not have the pleasure of reading before figuring it out all by myself.
http://wordpress.visitmix.com/development/installing-wordpress-on-sql-server
WordPress 3.0 Launches
WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download (or upgrade within your dashboard). Major new features in this release include a new default theme called Twenty Ten, New API's, Multi Site functionality, New User Interface and over 1200+ bug fixes and feature enhancements
WordPress 3.0 Video Tour
Visit http://wordpress.org/development/2010/06/thelonious/ for the official article.