Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/C/0/5C0BD0AB-040D-4C56-A60B-661001012DDA/Windows_Server_2008_R2_e-book.pdf Learn about the new features of Windows Server 2008 R2 in the areas of virtualization, management, the Web application platform, scalability and reliability...
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I just installed the internal Beta of Office 2010 and couldn’t wait to see this new add-in working. PowerPivot for Excel is a data analysis tool that delivers unmatched computational power directly within the application users already know and love—Microsoft Excel. Leveraging familiar Excel...
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on 10-20-2009
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Recently, I have had the opportunity to replace my home laptop and one of my demo Laptops because of different reasons. I have been a bit relaxed on maintaining these laptops and hence the headaches followed and some resolution had to be made. Now that they are behind my back and I take utmost care of...
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on 10-15-2009
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The SQL Server Customer Advisory Team handles tons and tons of large deployments and they try to go ahead and document all their findings for the benefit of the larger community. Their whitepapers are generally loaded with loads of information that I have had instances where I used to read the article...
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on 10-07-2009
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I think we maybe a bit late to talk about these, nevertheless it is worth mentioning. Recently a week back MS launched the WebsiteSpark initiative and this surely has brought all the buzz in the web world and it surely is catching some spark in a number of forums … I personally feel there is tons...
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on 09-29-2009
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I have seen this as a constant struggle to understand even when people come to the performance labs in our environments. Today I got a chance to read this post from Gail Shaw on Estimated rows, actual rows and execution count which are all a common areas of confusion. Gives a very good indicator to what...
Since SQL Server 2005 this feature of Service Broker has been in the outside world but in my opinion is an underutilized feature. In SQL Server 2008 the capabilities atleast from a UI has been addressed partially via the Management Studio which was one of the biggest drawback for using this feature....
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on 09-09-2009
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Developing SharePoint Applications guidance integrates new guidance with the original release, SharePoint Guidance – November 2008 , into a single download. The guidance contains the following components: SharePoint Guidance Library A set of reusable components that helps developers manage configuration...
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on 09-05-2009
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This session comes directly from the heart of the most respected person on the planet for me "Mark Russinovich". No one can talk as authentic and as deep technical than this man. Dont miss the action as you are sure to get lot of fireworks and great amount of detail on Windows 7. Details for...
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on 09-02-2009
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Paul Randal has a wonderful post that tells you how much of data has changed since the last full backup. A wonderful script to have in handy ... Read the blog post here . Now with this script one can take a informed decision if they want to take a differencial backup or a full-backup.