I’m currently sitting in an airplane on my way to Philadelphia. My trip this week is made possible by the Exchange Team, who needed a speaker to talk about the upcoming Service Pack at an HP Exchange 2003 Academy Conference. And since I just delivered an SP2 talk at the newly formed Minnesota Exchange Users … Continue reading Getting excited for Exchange Server 2003 SP2
Oh yes! The Scripting Guys are at it again. More fabulous, funny, and above all USEFUL content on how to use scripts to your I.T. management advantage.Mark your calendar: October 24 – 28, 2005. Hurry up and register today. Space is limited! Seriously! See Dean Andrew’s TechNet Webcasts blog for more details, and more importantly … Continue reading Scripting Guys Webcast Week #3 is coming! …with prizes!
Microsoft Word came out 22 years ago today.Microsoft Introduces Word9/29/83 Microsoft introduces its full-featured word processing program, Microsoft Word for MS-DOS 1.00. PC World subscribers receive a free demonstration floppy disk of Microsoft Word in the magazine's special Software Review. "This is the first time in the history of publishing that a magazine has featured … Continue reading Happy Anniversary!
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 028This tidbit comes as an answer to a really good question asked at a recent TechNet Event:“When creating a Maintenance Plan, you showed that you can set up the entire plan to launch at a particular time or on a schedule. Can you schedule the individual steps in your plan?”No, I … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 028
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 027This tidbit comes as an answer to a really good question asked at a recent TechNet Event:“In your demo of integrated log viewers, you showed looking at the SQL and NT Event logs on the database server you were managing. Can you integrate and view IIS Log information from a remote … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 027
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 026This tidbit comes as an answer to a really good question asked at a recent TechNet Event:“If I’m running SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition, and I use the Database Engine Tuning Advisor, will I see Partition options available?”This quesiton came about mainly because partitioning is available SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition, … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 026
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 025This tidbit comes as an answer to a really good question asked at a recent TechNet Event:“What if a Maintenance Plan fails at some point? Do I have the ability to restart the plan at a particular step?”The answer to this is similar to the answer to the one in tidbit … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 025
Yes, Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office is available today.Here are some notes from a memo I received about it…—“Why should I upgrade?”SP2 is an update to Office programs and servers that addresses top customer experience issues. To optimize the customer experience with SP2, Microsoft recommends people update their Office applications and servers to take advantage … Continue reading Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 is now available
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 023“What’s gonna happen to my DTS packages, now that SQL Server 2005 has this new SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)?”Well.. you’ve got several options. The SQL Server 2005 Books Online has hefty document all about it in the “Upgrading to SQL Server 2005” section.You basically have three choices: You can migrate … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 023
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 024“What are the differences between the MSDE and the new SQL Server 2005 Express Edition?”Here’s a good overview document containing a great comparison the two products.NOTE: This was based on an earlier Technology Preview. Some items can and have changed since then. But overall it’s a very good introduction to this … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 024
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