Vinod Kumar Mindmap

IronRuby and IronPython CTPs for .NET 4.0 Beta 2

vinodkumar — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:21:00 GMT

Now to continue from what I posted in my last post around the VS2010 and .NET Beta 2 update, here is another. This is the third preview of IronRuby and IronPython running under the Dynamic Language Runtime that is built directly into .NET 4.0. As before...(read more)

VS 2010, .NET 4.0 Beta2 & Channel 9

vinodkumar — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:45:00 GMT

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...(read more)

PowerPivot for Excel 2010

vinodkumar — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:26:00 GMT

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...(read more)

IIS Media Services 3.0 is RTW

vinodkumar — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:48:00 GMT

IIS Media Services is a set of extensions for Internet Information Services 7 (IIS) that provide an integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform. This includes the new IIS Live Smooth Streaming and the separate IIS Advanced Logging package. Also with...(read more)

Extending Life of your Computer - Tips

vinodkumar — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:28:00 GMT

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...(read more)

SQLCAT Articles – SQL 2008

vinodkumar — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:29:00 GMT

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...(read more)

A’bad UG CTD and Gandhi Ashram …

vinodkumar — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:33:00 GMT

I have been planning to write the trip report from my recent trip - Community TechDays in Ahmedabad over weekend. Well, flying on a holiday Oct 2nd ( Gandhi Jayanthi ) and executing the event on a Saturday Oct 3rd was something I had to first skilfully...(read more)

Two System Center Beta’s

vinodkumar — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:15:00 GMT

System Center Essentials 2010 PM blog - http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenteressentials/archive/2009/09/29/sce-2010-public-beta-is-here.aspx www.microsoft.com/SCE SCE 2010 is designed specifically for mid-sized organizations and delivers a unified physical...(read more)

Web Application Toolkits – V1.0

vinodkumar — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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...(read more)

MapPoint Add-in for SQL Server 2008

vinodkumar — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:35:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Estimated Vs Actual rows

vinodkumar — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:27:39 GMT

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...(read more)

Visual Web Developer Express Videos

vinodkumar — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:53:00 GMT

Using Express edition is something I recommend a lot in my sessions. But a number of times people ask do we really have easy to learn videos … Well, with all the web-technologies hype here are a number of too good video’s that you can use...(read more)

Sizing Tools with SQL Server?

vinodkumar — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:02:26 GMT

I have seen a number of people ask me if there are tools and easy way to do sizing esp when working with SQL Server. I was browsing through the HP site and bumped into these cool resources which I felt is worth sharing. You might find a similar set of...(read more)

Service Broker – Bookmarker

vinodkumar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:48:00 GMT

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...(read more)

ZoomIT V4.0 from SysInternals

vinodkumar — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:08:22 GMT

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...(read more)