December 2006 - Posts

Enterprise Library V3.0
Yup. The version 3.0 is out and you can get the CTP from CodePlex site. Get the same here.
Posted 12-27-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
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Security Wars Contest in India
As IT Pro Community, here is your chance to show how techie you are with Security ... Register online and take a test. Lots of goodies up for grab. More details here.
Posted 12-26-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
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Performance degrades after upgrade
I have had instances where I did hear of these issues from the field. Nice to see some mention of this from the query optimization team on the very topic. Didnt know they were online :). I am still not convinced completely ... Some more specifics need to come out for sure.
Posted 12-25-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
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Database Engine troubleshooting book from Ken
Yup!!! None other than Ken himself has this book out. But just looking at the contributors for the book, this must be a goldmine nevertheless for sure. 480 pages of simply hardcore internals stuff. Check out the same at Amazon here.
Posted 12-23-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
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SQL Server 2005 gets Frost & Sullivan’s award for database market
The Indian market is hot and no exception to the database implementations. Here is another small testimony to the power SQL Server 2005 can bring to your enterprise. More about the news here.
Posted 12-22-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
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Who is more secure???
I personally feel that security is an industry problem and not a specific vendor problem. Questions have been for on how MS products are secure or not. Must admit that the SDL has taken products like SQL Server 2005 a long way and the reports over press are a testimony for itself. I am not posting this to tell competition is bad. But to demystify the security perception in the industry of the SQL Server product in general ... Read the news here.
Posted 12-21-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
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Inside SQL - Kalen is back

Yes, the book from Kalen on the Storage side is out. I have got a copy. Get the info from here.

Posted 12-16-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
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SQL Server 2005 CE is back
Dont know how many took a notice of this. Here are the detials.
Posted 12-14-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
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IEAK 7.0

Internet Explorer Administration Kit provides administrators with powerful, easy-to-use options designed to save you time and money in deploying and managing Web solutions.

IEAK allows you to:
Establish version control across your organization.
Centrally distribute and manage browser installations.
Configure automatic connection profiles for users' machines.
Customize virtually any aspect of Internet Explorer, including features, security, communications settings, and other important elements.

 

Posted 12-13-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
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SQL Server Best Practices

This is a good page to bookmark on SQL Server Best practices. Available on techNet website, this is awesome.

Even the page on my website, get to SQL Server -> Articles Page I have a article on SQL Server 2000 Best practices (Article #19) which has been on the most accessed page for a while now.

Posted 12-12-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
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Team System for Database Professionals
Yup. It is out there and for folks who want to have a try at it. Here is the trail version for download.
Posted 12-11-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
ITShowtime - Bookmarked
This is an amazing website to bookmark and have. Has recordings from various events including TechEd 2006, WinHec and more. Worth a bookmark.
Posted 12-10-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
Vista Security Guide
Get to read and use some neat tools with enhanced security features on Vista. Get the same here.
Posted 12-09-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
SQL Server Unicode considerations
Lovely post from the ISV Management team on this topic. Read the blog post here.
Posted 12-08-2006 by vinodkumar | 1 comment(s)
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Connecting to Excel
Excel is a powerful and wonderful tool to have. Sometimes it is quite debatable if it is a tool or an application in itself :). It is simply awesome. Here is a white paper on how to connect to external data sources and what are the various permissions to check while working with them. Catch the same here.
Posted 12-07-2006 by vinodkumar | no comments
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