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Whenever I present a live TechNet Event , I ask my audience to raise their hands if they are a TechNet subscriber . Usually about 1/3 of the audience raises their hand. Considering that this is typically a Microsoft-friendly audience, I'm a little shocked Read More...
Some might remember that I blogged about this, or perhaps played this game over a year ago: Server Quest Well, the saga continues. Server Quest II is launched and ready for play. Those of us who spent too many hours playing cheesy pixilated adventure Read More...
Course 6537: Implementing High Availability in Windows Server 2008 This 2-hour online course provides IT Professionals with the knowledge and skills to implement high availability in Windows Server 2008. Topics covered in the course include: -Network Read More...
( RTM = Released to Manufacturing) Yes indeed.. today the newest version of the best database software platform anywhere reached a major milestone.  It’s ready!  You can read the PressPass announcement here. And here is the official press location Read More...
If you've been keeping up with the goings-on around the looming launch of Windows Server 2008 , SQL Server 2008 , and Visual Studio 2008 , you've more than likely heard the theme: Heros happen {here} . And naturally there has been a lot of creative effort Read More...
What's your performance? "What's your point?" Exactly. Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 is Microsoft's new Business Intelligence solution. It was announced back in June of 2006 , and is officially being launched TODAY. It's all about business Read More...
Here are the "Best Of" our questions and answers from today's TechNet Webcast: Compliance and Records Management . Thanks to all who attended! Happy Holidays! -Kevin PS - Here is my resource page for this webcast . -- Questions and Answers: “When you Read More...
"Yeah, I wanna win a 360, Kevin!" Of course you do. (So do I, but my employer says I'm ineligible.) Take any TechNet or MSDN Virtual Lab or Labcast, submit a completed evaluation, and be automatically registered to win an Xbox 360! To learn more, see Read More...
Upcoming TechNet Webcasts: December 2006 TechNet webcasts are designed specifically for the IT Professional, offering in-depth information on how to plan, deploy, and manage Microsoft products and technologies, such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Read More...
This is one of those ideas that, when you hear it, makes you think, "Duh! That's so simple, and brilliant! Why didn't I think of that?" Microsoft announced today ( among other things ) that we're starting a program that lets you try software easily . Read More...
WinFS: What’s up? Readers who follow Microsoft news and blogs already have probably seen the buzz in the blogosphere concerning the fate of WinFS; the “file system as (or in a) relational database”. Apparently rumors of it’s death Read More...
Live Event Resources For the past year or so I’ve gotten into the habit of typing out my live event and webcast resources, and making them available to my event attendees. The response has been overwhelmingly positive. And this quarter is no exception. Read More...
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 042 Service Pack 1 (SP1) for SQL Server 2005 is now available. Get it here. (Link is finally LIVE!) “What’s new, Kevin?” Well, the biggest news, in my opinion, is that it now fully supports Database Mirroring. (Can I get a big “HOORAY!” Read More...
Upcoming TechNet Webcasts: May 2006 TechNet webcasts are designed specifically for the IT Professional, offering in-depth information on how to plan, deploy, and manage Microsoft products and technologies, such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Read More...
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 041 I always like reading up on how Microsoft “does IT”. And I recently saw on the main TechNet page that we have a nice write-up on how Microsoft rolled out SQL Server 2005 internally. Check it out. — Got an IT question? Give me Read More...
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