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    SQL Training Q&A - 5

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    Q) In connectionstrings I often see server=localhost. Where is this "localhost" name coming from? Is it in a file somewhere? Is it true that the server must be using TCP/IP for this to work? I also see server=. and server=(local) in connection strings...
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    SQL Training Q&A - 4

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    Q) How do you know if an instance of SQL Server 2005 has been upgraded to SP1 and what do you do to assure all SQL Server Services are shut down prior to installing the service pack? I attempted to install SP1 and got some lock violations and kept shutting...
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    SQL Training Q&A - 3

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    Q) I specified the SQL Server service to run under LocalSystem, but noticed a domain user account is recommended. Can you talk more about best practices? Does the service run as its own user in its own group? Does it belong in the Administrators group...
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    SQL Training Q&A - 2

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    Q) When installing SQL Server 2005, do people just accept the collation defaults? Is collation a big decision? This setting will define, for instance, if SQL will consider lowercase different from uppercase or if characters will accents will be considered...
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    SQL Training Q&A - 1

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    Q) For the SQL Server 2005 training, should we use SQL Server Standard or SQL Server Enterprise? There are a few differences between what's available in each version of SQL Server 2005. You can find a nice comparision at: http://www.microsoft.com...
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    TechEd 2006 News

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    Products released to manufacturing: Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster - HPC Microsoft Antigen – E-mail Security Announcements: Microsoft ForeFront™ Client Security – Anti-Virus SQL Server 2005 Always On – High Availability Services...
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    Betas, Betas, Betas

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    During the WinHEC (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) keynote today, Bill Gates announced the release of the Beta 2 for Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Windows Server "Longhorn". Here's a review of the status of some of the major betas available...
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    Some webcasts worth watching

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    If you follow Microsoft technology closely, there were a few webcasts from Bill Gates recently that provided a comprehensive overview all the platform. Here are the links: First, there's the keynote at the CEO Summit: http://www.microsoft.com/billgates...
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    Monad is now PowerShell, goes RC1

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    You probably heard about the new Windows Shell, which will make its debut as the main command-line interface for Exchange Server 2007. This new shell just got renamed to PowerShell. It was originally known by the codename "monad" and was also called the...
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    Exchange Server 2007

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    Just to let you know that "Exchange 12" has a final name, announced just today. Synching up with the Office System release, it is Exchange Server 2007. The product has a preview released in MSDN right now and a Beta 2 is expected later this year. As the...
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    Windows Live ID

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    I just noticed it today, while logging on to MSDN subscriber downloads. The Passport service, which is the main identity system for Microsoft's web sites, is using a new domain name. We are now redirected to https://login.live.com instead of the old https...
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    Internet Explorer Beta 2

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    Beta 2 for Internet Explorer 7 has been released today. As usual, you can download following the links at http://www.microsoft.com/ie . If you're already running the Beta 2 Preview, you'll need to uninstall that version before you can install the Beta...
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    Windows Vista Product Guide

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    I was surprised to see a number of sites providing the download of the "Windows Vista Beta 2 Product Guide", the 300+ page XPS document that describes in detail all the features of the new OS. This document, also known as "The Book of Vista", has been...
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    Internet Explorer, MS06-013, the ActiveX Update and the Compatibility Patch

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    Today is patch Tuesday and many enterprises are right now testing the new security updates released and getting ready to deploy them to thousands of desktops across the company. Although this might feel like just another set of patches, the regular process...
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    TechEd 2006 in Boston

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    I just got confirmation of my registration for TechEd 2006. That's shaping up to be a great one, with all the products lined up for release later this year. The Windows Vista and Office 2007 Beta 2 versions will be out by June so we're sure to have a...
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    Outlook and SharePoint integration

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    There are several integration points between Outlook 2003 and SharePoint (both Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003). Here they are: Calendar synchronization You can synchronize your data in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003...
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    Virtual Server 2005 R2 now a free download

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    Microsoft announced today that Virtual Server 2005 R2 is now available for download at no cost. All you need is a licensed copy of Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2 or Windows XP SP2 (XP is not supported for production use). The Virtual Server...
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    New adventures of old XP

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    Windows XP has been released quite a while ago (RTM: August 2001, GA: October 2001) and most people are anxiously waiting for Windows Vista (Estimated RTM: November 2006, Estimated GA: January 2007). Two million are expected to download the Windows Vista...
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    Atlas? Nah... WPF/E!

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    I know most people attending the MIX06 conference are talking about Internet Explorer 7, Atlas and Microsoft's support for Ajax and the "Web 2.0". I'm not saying those are not interesting. I just did a presentation this morning and I covered some of that...
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    Update on Internet Explorer 7, Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server "12"

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    I posted an entry a while back about the release of Internet Explorer 7, Windows Vista and Office 2007. I tried to summarize the information available at the time and I guess it's time to update all that info. Please note that this information on pre...
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    Microsoft LATAM Support Team Blog

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    My fellow Brazilian friend Yuri Diogenes, who recently joined Microsoft in the Support team in Texas, is already doing some great work. He has just announced a new blog to focus specifically on Latin American Enterprise customers. Check it out at http...
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    Origami or UMPC

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    It just got announced today. It's a new type of Personal computer that sits right between a Pocket PC and a lightweight Notebook or Tablet PC. There was a site with a "teaser" about it at http://www.origamiproject.com but it finally got announced...
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    Search again

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    Just a couple of days after my post about search using the MSN Search Toolbar, the Windows Desktop Search and Windows Vista, a new tool from Microsoft got announced. It's the new Windows Live Toolbar, which pretty much replaces the MSN Search Toolbar...
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    Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Search

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    Today, Microsoft offers at least two different tools for searching the desktop. One of them, targeted at consumers, is the MSN Search toolbar. You can download it at no cost from http://toolbar.msn.com . If you need information on how to deploy this...
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    Cisco and Microsoft Collaborate to Enhance Real-Time Business Communications

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    Today, at the VoiceCon 2006 conference, Cisco Systems and Microsoft Corp. announced they are working together to provide collaborative real-time capabilities for businesses through the integration of Microsoft® Office Communicator 2005 and the open Session...
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