March 2004 - Posts

US Visa approved :)
I am happy that my US visa got approved last week. I am now all set to attend the MVP Global Summit 2004. I think this is a dream come true for me ... I am also visiting Singapore on my way back. Now my Sngapore Visa has gone for processing ... Hoping to meet all the fellow MVP's I admire and the SQL Server Team during the summit.
Huge Vs Tiny

Enter any URL to turn it into a huge bloated monster - http://www.hugeurl.com/

My favourite is to turn it the other way :) - http://www.tinyurl.com/

Gates' Visual Studio 2005 Vision
Bill Gates adopted the "Seamless Computing" theme for his keynote address at VSLive! Watch the video ... 
A Developer's Perspective on WinFS

Explains how WinFS defines types of objects that can be stored, examines the WinFS API, and helps developers start thinking about how to use WinFS to store data in a cohesive data store, not just a file system.

From MSDN ...

Sun’s McNealy: Java won’t be open source

Despite urging from competitors and open source advocates, Sun Microsystems Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., will not open the source to its Java programming language anytime soon, said Sun CEO Scott McNealy during a news conference at the 2004 FOSE conference.” ...

Complete Story from http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/25400-1.html ...

Java Desktop crashes during Sun's CEO keynote at CTIA
Catch the complete thread at http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/8065/ ...
Project 2002 SP1 to Release to Web (RTW) ...

SP1 will provide the latest updates to Microsoft Project 2002 and Project Server 2002 and contains significant security enhancements as well as stability and performance improvements.  Both service packs contain all previously released updates to Project 2002 and Project Server 2002.  As with all service packs, all the enhancements are not announced externally or internally.  The primary focus of this SP was on:

  • Performance improvements largely for Project Server 2002 with a small number for Project Standard/Professional 2002 based upon learnings from the Project 2003 development cycle.
  • Security enhancements based upon findings from the Project security push in early 2003.
  • Fixed a small number of issues resulting in 48.6% of the RTM Watson crashes.

For more information on SP1, please reference the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles: (830241) Overview of the Project 2002 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and (830240) Overview of the Project Server 2002 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Stephen Walther Named a Software Legend

Microsoft selected Walther to join the Legends because of his best selling title, ASP.NET Unleashed, which many developers cite as one of the most comprehensive and accessible resources on ASP.NET available. With this honor, Walther joins an impressive class of other Software Legends, including Billy Hollis, Jeffrey Richter, David Chappell, Rocky Lhotka, Alex Homer, Dave Sussman, Juval Lowy, and David Platt.  The Software Legends program was created by Microsoft to recognize authors who have significantly contributed to the developer community and its understanding of the Microsoft .NET Framework.  

 

http://www.samspublishing.com/walther

Port Reporter

Download Port Reporter a logging service for Windows that logs TCP/IP port usage data. Port Reporter logs TCP and UDP port activity on a local Windows system. Port Reporter is a small application that runs as a service on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.

Download from MSDN Site.

Bill Gates at 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show
Catch the transcript of the talk from Bill Gates at the International Consumer Electronics Show this Jan. View.
Reporting Services Books Online January 2004 Update

Download the updated documentation for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services. The update to Reporting Services Books Online includes the complete documentation that shipped with Reporting Services plus additions and revisions. Download from MSDN Downloads Section.

Testing ASP.NET Applications with NUnitASP and NUnit
A handy step-by-step guide from Justin Gehtland at one of my favourite site www.theserverSite.Net.
Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8 SDK
Nice to get the MDAC 2.8 SDK released. Interesting to find some of the finer details of this component that integrates with almost all the MS Products. More at MSDN Downloads ...
MapPoint Web Service ...
If you purchase MSDN Professional, you get a 1-year trial of the online interface to MapPoint, instead of the usual 45 days. Note that this doesn't renew with your MSDN subscription; it just gives you a longer time to get hooked before shelling out licensing fees. Catch the news ...
Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies ...

Service Pack 2 (SP2) adds advanced security technologies and innovations to Windows XP. SP2 implements strong security infrastructure that defends against viruses, worms and hackers, delivers increased manageability and control of security infrastructure for IT professionals and improves the ability of users to be both safe and productive at the same time.

In an effort to help IT professionals jumpstart their planning and testing for deployments of SP2, Microsoft is offering the SP2 Technical Preview Program based on the RC1 milestone of SP2. To participate in the Technical Preview Program, you need only navigate to the following web site:

http://www.Microsoft.com/SP2Preview


From this site, you have access to the RC1 full network install package in English, German and Japanese versions. Additionally, links to the most important SP2 content are available, including the latest and most comprehensive version of the document "Changes to Functionality in Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Windows XP".

Finally, eleven new newsgroups are available to aid the community of participants in the Technical Preview Program in sharing tips and feedback with each other as well as with Microsoft developers, testers and support professionals. These newsgroups are available through links on the Technical Preview Program site.

Note: the software available through the Technical Preview Program is for testing purposes only. It is not intended for and should not be used in production environments.

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