The Windows 7 Application Compatibility List was updated a few days ago. 5’500 application are now listed, both 32 and 64 bit.

Read more about the list and get the Excel File download:

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/springboard/archive/2009/11/17/new-windows-7-application-compatibility-list-for-it-professionals.aspx

At the PASS summit, the Editions of SQL Server 2008 R2 were announced. Pricing was also announced.

• SQL Server 2008 R2 is planned for release in the first half of calendar year 2010
• 2 New Editions were announced: Datacenter and Parallel Data Warehouse
• Application and Multi-Server Management
• Support for up to 256 logical processors
• Backup Compression will now also be a feature of SQL Server 2008 R2 standard edition

The November Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is now also available

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/R2-editions.aspx

You want to learn PowerShell, but have the time of don’t know where to start?

Not to be missed! TODAY (3 November 2009) at the free PowerShell Script Club by the Swiss IT Pro User Group

Language: English

When:    Tuesday - 3. November 200
               17:45 - 21:00

               Small Apéro 17:45 - 18:15 Uhr and from 20:15
    
Where? 
        Digicomp Academy AG  (Zürich)
        Limmatstrasse 50
        CH-8005 Zürich
        Tel. +41 44 447 21 21

Marc van Orsouw is a Dutch but living in Switzerland and is a        PowerShell MVP for the last 4 years in a row, he is best known for his blog thePowerShellGuy.com and his utilities for PowerShell as PowerTab d the PowerShell WMI explorer.

Come with your colleagues and friends!