"Here you go again, Kevin... talking about stuff for Developers and not just for IT Pros."Yep. And I do so unashamed. I will never forget, and look back fondly at my own Software Engineering days. So once in awhile I'm going to put things here for all of my developer / software engineering brethren.And today … Continue reading RTM News: Visual Studio 2008
From the "I knew this was coming a long time ago, but wasn't allowed to tell you" department:Windows Server virtualization - or WSv as we've been calling it - is now called something different. The new, official name - announced at TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona, Spain - is "Hyper-V""Hyper-V? Is that a letter V, … Continue reading WSv has a new name, too.
First of all - This news is a week old. I apologize for not putting it here sooner. Too busy to blog lately (as usual). I still think this is too cool not to share, though. "Windows Essentials Business Server? What is it?"As a former IT Manager, and in talking to so many IT Pros … Continue reading “Centro” now has a name. And a mission.
Wow!Seems like just the other day I was talking here about the release candidate for this, and now here it is, RELEASED!Very cool.Here is the Microsoft Deployment download. And you may want to check out the Microsoft Deployment Team Blog, too.---Interesting. If you go to http://www.microsoft.com/deployment, you go straight to the MD download page also.
Today Microsoft released a new Search offering - Search Server 2008 Express. This is on top of the recently announced Search Server 2008, and of course Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007."Express? Does this mean, like in so many other products with that moniker, that this is free?"Yep. Free. "So.. it's scaled down, I bet. Probably … Continue reading Search for Free! Search Server 2008 Express Announced
"Huh?"For a couple years now I've been singing the praise of "these three little letters that, if you remember nothing else from my presentation, I want you to remember: BDD!" Business Desktop Deployment.BDD is one of many "Solution Accelerators" Microsoft makes available. As the name implies, these are product or area focused tools that help … Continue reading Remember BDD? Well.. forget BDD. Remember MD.
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One more time, for those who missed it before...RTM = Released to Manufacturing"And what is SCDPM?"SCDPM is System Center Data Protection Manager 2007. It's a new version of the DPM product (first released last year), and contains several incredible improvements. Last week, at a Microsoft Across America team meeting in Phoenix, AZ, I had the … Continue reading Breaking News: SCDPM is RTM!
Oh yeah! Another "release" of sorts. Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate (RC) Zero (0) - or "RC0" for short - is finally RTTWWW (Release to the World Wide Web - or "RTW" for short)."Sweeet! Gimme gimme gimme!"Hold on there, sunshine. You'll have to download it like everybody else.Sign up for the CTP (Customer Technology Preview).Or … Continue reading Breaking News: Longhorn Beta 3 is history… Windows Server 2008 RC0 is HERE!
What's your performance? "What's your point?"Exactly. Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 is Microsoft's new Business Intelligence solution. It was announced back in June of 2006, and is officially being launched TODAY.It's all about business performance management.Check the website for the announcement, and other good overview resources. And here is the PRESS RELEASE.
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