Interesting survey results on blogging, readers, and RSS. Found on BloggersBlog.com…Blogging and readership are growing. MSN Spaces is growing in a BIG way. (Hooray for our team. ) “What’s the bad news?”50% of regular blog readers don’t know what RSS stands for (no, it’s not “Rocket Science Surgery”) let alone how to use it to … Continue reading Interesting Blogger / Reader stats… lead to Kevin’s RSS Rant!
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 004Another one! Number four…This tidbit comes as a result of a question an attendee from one of our live TechNet Events emailed me."We have a multiserver environment with one master server and twenty-four instances of SQL Server as target servers. Will multiserver work in a multi-versioned environment? In other words, if … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 004
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 003Tidbit time! Number 3…This tidbit comes as a result of a question an attendee from one of our live TechNet Events emailed me."Can SQL Server 7.0 be upgraded directly to Yukon? Or does 7.0 need to be upgraded to SQL Server 2000 first? And what are my options with MSDE 7.0?”No, … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 003
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 002Ready for another tidbit?This tidbit comes as a result of a question an attendee from one of our live TechNet Events emailed me."Are online restore and online index only available in Enterprise Edition? Do you have a document that lists which features are available in each edition?” Online Restore and Online … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 002
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 001Hello all you DBAs!Yes, this is the first of what promises to be over 100 tidbits of information on the new version of SQL Server (formerly codename: Yukon) coming out the first week of November, 2005. Some of these tidbits (like today’s) will point to cool resources found online. Others will … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 001
Greetings! Here, as promised, are the “Best of” Q&A from the Webcast I delivered on August 17, 2005 – “Windows Server 2003 System Administration, Part 1 of 2”.If you didn’t see this webcast and would like to view it ON DEMAND, click here.Don’t forget to take advantage of the Additional Resources I’ve posted. Also, be … Continue reading Webcast Q&A for Windows Server 2003 Administration (Part 1 of 2)
Greetings! Here are the promised resources for the webcast I delivered today (Aug 17, 2005) on Windows Server 2003 Administration (Part 1 of 2). Official Content session number TNT1–121.Hope you find these links useful!Kevin—TNT1–121 Additional Resources New Command Line Tools in Windows Server 2003http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298882 What’s New in Active Directoryhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/overview/technologies/activedirectory.mspx Active Directory Technical Overviewhttp://www.waypointsg.com/ADtechover.pdf Multi Forest Considerationshttp://download.microsoft.com/download/0/2/6/026ee2e2-e06d-4660-b9db-6926fd200ed9/Multiforest_White_Paper.doc Windows Server 2003 Deployment Guidehttp://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/deployguide/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/deployguide/en-us/acicc_ris_xbok.asp Introduction … Continue reading Windows Server 2003 Administration Webcast (Part 1 of 2) Additional Resources
Harold Wong posted about how a preview of Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2003 will be available soon – like in just a few days (August 19, 2005). See Harold’s post, and check back here (or there) for the link to the download when it’s available.I don’t know about you, but I for one am … Continue reading Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 is coming!
Disclaimer: I haven’t tested this tool, as I don’t have any systems currently vulnerable to this attack I mentioned earlier today in my blog. However, I see now that Symantec has made available a free cleanup tool.NOTE: The best prevention is to install the update if you haven’t already. But if you’ve already been affected (or … Continue reading Free W32.Zotob Removal Tool
The schedule of TechNet Webcasts for September is ready to go. I’m doing two of them, too; one on Virtual Server 2005 and one on the Exchange Best Practice Analyzer I’ve posted the entire schedule, complete with breakdowns by topic or product/technology, as well as full descriptions, as an article HERE. You can also download … Continue reading September 2005 TechNet Webcast Schedule
Absolutely Full of I.T. 