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Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 Released
With first announced at PDC 2009, Windows Server AppFabric is a set of application services focused on improving the speed, scale, and management of Web, Composite, and Enterprise applications. Developers and IT Pros can expect the following benefits...
Forefront Identity Manager 2010 – Resources
Here are some great Edge links for reference for FIM. 1. FIM 2010: Microsoft new product and new thinking for Identity and Access management http://bit.ly/FFIAM1 2. Make Identity and Access Management more efficient with FIM 2010 http://bit.ly/FFIAM1...
FastCGI 1.5 for IIS6 & 5.1 is RTW
Wanted to update that the FastCGI module v1.5 has been released for IIS 6 and IIS 5.1. A lot more details can be got from Ruslan’s blog on this release: http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2010/01/18/fastcgi-extension-1-5-for-iis-5-1-and-iis-6...
SSMA for MySQL to SQL Server
Just wanted to make sure you were aware that the new free MySQL to SQL Server migration assistant (“SSMA for MySQL”) is now available. More info: http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/01/11/free-download-microsoft-sql-server...
ExtremeExperts: ResourceDB Tip
I recently wrote a tip around ResourceDB changes with SQL Server 2008. You can read the same on my website here . Feel free to drop in your comments. I have been on vacation for the past two weeks and hence have been silent here. Nevertheless, I got hold...
Download StreamInsight November CTP refresh
The November CTP release of Microsoft StreamInsight went live as part of the SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP. In this post we are introducing the November CTP refresh , which already contains further improvements. You can find the download page here: http://go...
InterOp on Windows Azure
This recent PDC over the couple of days has tons of announcements to go a look forward from a Microsoft technologies point of view. One of the important announcement which I had the privilege to watch is the InterOp story esp around the Cloud Platform...
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 - CTP
The Solution Accelerators Team is offering customers and partners added inventory and assessment capabilities with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 Community Technical Preview (CTP). The MAP Toolkit 5.0 CTP provides customers and...
Free useful Tech-Books
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...
VS 2010, .NET 4.0 Beta2 & Channel 9
Couple of days back we did announce the availability of Visual Studio 2010 to the MSDN subscribers and there are enough online buzz around the product. I will be installing the same just like you folks sometime on Monday as I have a session to deliver...
SQLCAT Articles – SQL 2008
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...
MapPoint Add-in for SQL Server 2008
It has been close to a month of the release and I have been wanting to drop a line on this. The MapPoint 2009 Add-in for SQL Server 2008 capitalized on the spatial data that come out-of-box with SQL Server and integrates with the maps. More about it is...
ZoomIT V4.0 from SysInternals
I do a lot of these presentations and many times I use some zomming tools to show the code and explain the concepts. And a number of times people have come back to me asking what that tool was … No rocket science :) … I have been using ZoomIT from Sysinternals...
Releases from P&P in 2009
I have been an advocate of the releases from time-to-time as I hear of them over this blog. But I thought I will consolidate the same in one post of all the releases made till date on P&P (Patterns and Practices Team) for your quick reference. Enterprise...
Win7 Upgrade Paths
This document outlines what all are the supported upgrade paths available when considering to move to Windows 7. Download it here .
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