It looks like Joomla 2.5 has hit the virtual shelves and there is a piece of great news if you are a Microsoft dev like me. It looks like 2.5 will run on SQL Server backends in addition to MySQL.

I'm guessing that a transition to SQL Server is not going to be all that easy, but it's nice to finally have the option.  It will sure make database backups a lot easier for me once I make the switch though. I've already got my other SQL Server DB backup jobs locked and loaded. Not being as familiar with MySQL tools, I don't have the process very automated, so it's largely a manual kind of deal for now.

The bad news for me is that I am going to have to migrate from Joomla! 1.5.X to 1.6, and then from 1.6 to 1.7 before I can even think about 2.5. There is no direct upgrade path to 2.5 from 1.5.X!

Grrrrrrrrrrrr!