April 2009 - Posts

Sunny days and disasters - get prepared!
24 April 09 09:35 AM | chriskil | 1 Comments   

The sun is shining here in the Seattle area today, and for some reason, it got me thinking about disaster recovery. I guess I'm weird that way, but then I have dreams about command lines from time to time. Anyway, thinking about how to recover from a Read More...

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Happy Earth Day from TechNet Magazine
22 April 09 09:23 AM | chriskil | 0 Comments   

In honor of Earth Day, TechNet magazine has released an online-only edition, with articles around reducing energy consumption in the data center and other ways you can do more with less. Check it out at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/default.aspx Read More...

Filed under: TechNet, What's New - TechNet, TechNet Features

SQL Server 2008 SP1 is Now Available
09 April 09 03:52 PM | chriskil | 0 Comments   

Good coverage at the Data Platform Insider and PSS SQL Server Engineers blogs, and as always, product documentation is in the TechNet Library . Chris FIN Read More...

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Featured TechNet Books
09 April 09 09:01 AM | chriskil | 0 Comments   

With the geometric explosion of ever briefer (hello, Twitter !) electronic resource materials the past few years, you might think the need for long-form books is declining. Think again. From ancient history's clay tablets to today's print on demand , Read More...

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Videos, videos and more videos on TechNet
01 April 09 04:27 PM | chriskil | 0 Comments   

Reading white papers, product documentation, blogs, forums or any other textual information can only go so far when you're trying to learn how to do something or get up to speed on a new technology. That's why we've been adding more and more video content Read More...

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Refreshed Windows Server TechCenter
01 April 09 04:07 PM | chriskil | 0 Comments   

Spring cleaning continues on TechNet with a refreshed Windows Server TechCenter ! Our big changes here include: A vertical left navigation strip that appears on every page of the site, exposing the most requested downloads and tasks We changed the tabs Read More...

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Refreshed Windows Client TechCenter
01 April 09 03:02 PM | chriskil | 0 Comments   

It's Spring, (well, here in the Seattle area, it was snowing this morning, so Winter isn't quite ready to release it's icy grip...) so it's time for Spring cleaning on TechNet! We've started with the Windows Client TechCenter . Notable changes: More featured Read More...

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