A webcast series, level 300, “Migration from IE6 to IE8” is being offered until the end of March 2010. The webcasts will show what tools are available to you, plus the effort needed to migrate your environment to Internet Explorer 8.

Find a suitable date and time for you to view the webcast from the Webcast Calendar

Sometimes it is difficult to determine which fix is included in which SQL Server Service Pack, Cumulative Update or even build.

There are a number of Knowledge Base Articles (KB) that list this very nicely.

SQL 2005 builds released after SP2: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137
SQL 2005 builds released after SP3: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960598

SQL 2008 builds released after RTM: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956909
SQL 2008 builds released after SP1: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970365

And the above pages are all listed here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957826

The DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant informs DirectAccess users of their connection status with the organization’s intranet; provides tools to help them reconnect on their own if problems arise; and creates diagnostics to help users provide IT staff with key information if necessary—all to help customers operate with more efficiency, and at a lower cost.  Learn more about DCA.

Simple Dialogues show the user what the client machine’s DirectAccess status is and directs the user how to resolve the problem if one exists. For the Administrator, detailed event logs are also available for troubleshooting.

DCA is the newest addition to the Windows® Optimized Desktop Toolkit 2010, which helps IT pros plan, deliver, and operate the right desktop technologies for users across their organization.

Windows Phone 7 Series is truly a different type of Phone. For Business or Consumers.

Windows Phone is THE experience -completely different from other phones available today.

Information is brought together in a meaningful and valuable way.  With the new Windows Phone hubs, information from multiple sources (your phone, applications, social network sites, other web sites) is served up in one place, organized around you. 

Windows Phone will also provide many valuable services – thanks to great integration with Xbox Live, Windows Live, Zune, Bing, and Office.

Learn more at http://www.windowsphone7series.com/

16th March 2010
Registration  08:30, Seminar start 09:00, End 16:30
Location: Microsoft, Richtistrasse 3, 8304 Wallisellen
Language: English

If you want to get the most out of your Analysis Services cube it’s essential to know and understand MDX: you need to be able to write queries and calculations.

This one-day seminar, aimed at those with little or no previous MDX experience, will teach you the basic concepts of the language as well as show you how to write common queries and calculations.

The seminar will be taught by Chris Webb of Crossjoin Consulting Limited. Chris is an independent consultant specialising in Analysis Services performance tuning, troubleshooting, design and complex MDX; he’s also a SQL Server MVP, co-author of the books “MDX Solutions” and "Expert Cube Development with SQL 2008 Analysis Services" and a well-known Analysis Services blogger (http://cwebbbi.spaces.live.com/) He has been running MDX training courses for companies worldwide (including Microsoft) for several years.

Register here.