October 2009 - Posts

Too much, too little, maybe just right?

For the past two years since we started rolling out Vista, I've felt like Goldilocks.  I can't find an antivirus software I like.  Trend was my choice until it started putting a firewall in there that made it not quite right.  Then I was testing out Nod32 and it nearly was my choice until it too started to have known issues with iTunes and network icon interference. 

So in addition to the desktop icon review tonight, I'm starting the process of removal of the various antivirus' I've been testing on various machines and starting to standardize on the one that I think will be the one I choose.  But I want a wider beta so I'm going to be installing it on more machines.  What is the maybe, hopefully, possibly just right antivirus?  I'm leaning towards Forefront client security now.  For those who have home users or home businesses, the Microsoft security essentials is my current choice of antivirus.  Notice I didn't say "free" antivirus, I said antivirus.  It's discouraging when we're paying annual subscriptions to products that are not catching rogue antivirus, causing slow downs of our systems, and in general, if they were operating systems, we'd be a lot more upset than we are right now.

So before you ask, can the management console of Forefront go on SBS 2008?  Nope.  Can't.  But this is part of my larger test to see if the native notification of antivirus status is good enough for this Goldilocks.

I'll let you know how this fairy tale ends.

Happy Halloween

Tonight to answer the door of the trick-or-treaters I'm asking the door as Danica Patrick's older, less sexy, sister that is a Mini Cooper race car driver.

Okay so it's a stretch, I'll admit, but with a Mini Cooper racing shirt and a black wig, what do you expect?

I'm also remoting back into the office and doing the annual "what icons landed up on the desktop" review of the desktops.  While most of us do remote work as a matter of ease and efficiency, sometimes the only time you see issues is looking at the actual desktop.  So I'll take my secondary admin account and log into the workstations remotely and see what icons are there.  See if there's patches that WSUS or Shavlik missed, see if the event viewer looks good.  While I have remote tools that also pull this info, sometimes actually LOOKING at the desktop is like most picture experiences, a picture is worth a thousand words.

In my case, that picture of Danica is worth way more than what I look like in my Mini Cooper get up.

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>>> NEW TOOL: Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer <<<:

>>> NEW TOOL: Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer <<<:
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/partnermsgexchange/thread/421c8eb2-7579-4806-a276-3aaeb90a10a4

Announcing the release of Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer for Exchange 2003, 2007, and 2010: https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/

 

Client connectivity and inbound email scenarios make up a significant portion of the Exchange support calls.  This tool will allow you to remotely test the following client types and services:

 

Exchange ActiveSync

Windows Mobile 5, 3rd party devices

Windows Mobile 6.1+ with AutoDiscover

Outlook Anywhere (aka RPC/HTTP)

Outlook 2003

Outlook 2007 with AutoDiscover

Inbound SMTP

 

The tool will simulate the protocol logic used by the specific client and not only tell you if the scenario was successful, but if it fails, it will tell you exactly where in the process it failed as well as try to guide you to the problem resolution.

 

 

HELPFUL LINKS:

More information https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/Pages/ChangeList.htm

Exchange team blog http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/03/25/450908.aspx.

Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer Forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exrca/threads

Provide feedback to exrcafb@microsoft.com


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So what about those action pack licenses?

http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2009/10/30/mpan-program-closed.aspx

So the bigger and more important question is ...what about the action pack license that was allowed to be purchased by CPAs as a result?  Are they still licensed?  Can they renew?  Can they keep the licenses or do they have to buy all new Server and OS licenses to make themselves legal?  [notice I'm using the word they as I've kept my firm buying software assurance for the server all this time and didn't use the action pack for the firm]

I don't know the answer to that one.  Stay tuned.

[and shame on the Office Accounting team that didn't anticipate that this would be the bigger question of the morning]

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MPAN program closed

Dear valued MPAN member:

 We are writing to let you know that Microsoft® Office Accounting will no longer be distributed by Microsoft after November 16, 2009. As such, MPAN membership will also be closed to new members effective November 16, 2009 and the complimentary download of Office Accounting Professional 2009 and the Office Accounting Customization will be discontinued November 16, 2009. Some existing MPAN benefits, such as online on demand training, will remain.

 We would like to thank the many dedicated users and partners who have been enthusiastic supporters of Microsoft Office Accounting and MPAN over the years.

 As a registered Office Accounting user, you may continue to use Office Accounting after November 16, 2009 and Microsoft will continue to offer product support for Office Accounting in accordance with the terms of the support policy. Your current MPAN membership entitles you to unlimited phone support through January 15, 2011.

 To learn more about other Microsoft offerings that can be useful to your business, please visit the following:

   -   Microsoft's Small Business site is a great resource for small businesses.

   -   Microsoft Office is a great tool for small businesses, especially when used with our easy-to-use templates.

   -   Microsoft Dynamics products offer adaptable business management solutions, and we invite you to visit the Microsoft Dynamics Community Web site, which offers role-based content, including a Finance sub-community, product forums and networking functionality.

 Please refer to MPAN FAQs for more information on MPAN benefits going forward.

 If you have further questions about Office Accounting changes, including changes to add-on services, additional information can be found on the Office Accounting FAQ page.

 Again, we thank you for your support of MPAN and Office Accounting. 

MPAN US Team

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Folder view in Win7

So on the "production" win 7 one of the feedback items was that the file open menu didn't open up the file folders the way Vista used to

http://www.windows7update.com/Windows7-Folder-Options.html

So one of the settings I put back on the workstation was the open folder settings.

And voila, the expanded folder pane on the left hand side like Vista did it is back again.

Searching for a bit of spam

Someone showed me this "trick" the other day.  Google search on a web site, limiting the domain to just your domain and then search for "sex".

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=com.microsoft%3A*&q=sex++site%3Amsmvps.com&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

See how many blog spam/web site spam/bad content has ended up on the site that you weren't aware of it.

I got some cleanin' to do.

Windows Vista Ultimate customers

While I applaud what Microsoft is doing in the retail space (decrapifying the PCs to start with, offering deals on Home Premium and Professional - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/offers/ms-store-bundle.aspx, there's one other group of users that need a bit more TLC.

Those that believed in the Vista ultimate experience.  While their Home Premium and Professional brethern get discounts, those who are running Vista Ultimate get no discount whatsoever

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/5bad261b-4103-4f38-b76d-da2d632e2ef2

Many are in the "Windows Update" forum asking where their update to Windows 7 is since they suffered through Vista.

Ultimate users were promised extra "stuff' and it never was delivered.  Oh sure if you want to count the few crumbs that were thrown out, and the 47 million language packs that were marketed as an "ultimate extra" but now when it's their turn to look for upgrade offers, there are none to be found.

So?  Microsoft?  How about coming out with some peace offering for your Windows Vista Ultimate customers, huh?

What's your RAID favorite?

This weekend I'm just doing a play install and seeing what sort of RAID array I can build.

RAID levels: Learn about RAID 50:
http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid5_gci1066983,00.html


 

RAID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

I can do a "0", a 1+0, a 5 or a 50.

  • RAID 0 (striped disks) distributes data across multiple disks in a way that gives improved speed at any given instant. If one disk fails, however, all of the data on the array will be lost, as there is neither parity nor mirroring. In this regard, RAID 0 is somewhat of a misnomer, in that RAID 0 is non-redundant. A RAID 0 array requires a minimum of two drives. A RAID 0 configuration can be applied to a single drive provided that the RAID controller is hardware and not software (i.e. OS-based arrays) and allows for such configuration. This allows a single drive to be added to a controller already containing another RAID configuration when the user does not wish to add the additional drive to the existing array. In this case, the controller would be set up as RAID only (as opposed to SCSI only (no RAID)), which requires that each individual drive be a part of some sort of RAID array.
  • Cross out raid 0 here.

  • RAID 1+0 (or 10) is a mirrored data set (RAID 1) which is then striped (RAID 0), hence the "1+0" name. A RAID 10 array requires a minimum of two drives, but is more commonly implemented with 4 drives to take advantage of speed benefits.
  • RAID 5 (striped disks with distributed parity) combines three or more disks in a way that protects data against the loss of any one disk. The storage capacity of the array is a function of the number of drives minus the space needed to store parity. The maximum number of drives that can fail in any RAID 5 configuration without losing data is only one. Losing two drives in a RAID 5 array is referred to as a "double fault" and results in data loss.
    • RAID 1+0: mirrored sets in a striped set (minimum two disks but more commonly four disks to take advantage of speed benefits; even number of disks) provides fault tolerance and improved performance but increases complexity.
    The key difference from RAID 0+1 is that RAID 1+0 creates a striped set from a series of mirrored drives. In a failed disk situation, RAID 1+0 performs better because all the remaining disks continue to be used. The array can sustain multiple drive losses so long as no mirror loses all its drives

    When the top array is a RAID 0 (such as in RAID 10 and RAID 50) most vendors omit the "+", though RAID 5+0 is clearer.

    Just for grins I'm going to try out 1+0, 5 and 50 and see what each give me.

    Stay tuned.  In the meantime, what's your favorite setup?

    Win 7 just officiall was released...

    And already in the partner group is the question "how do I get my classic menu back"...

    ... uh.. you don't...

    Start menu:
    http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/partnerwinclient7rc/thread/c47a3087-ef5c-4821-a551-974483bccf51

    Hello Karel,

     

    Thank you for posting here.

     

    I understand that you want the XP classic start menu in Windows 7. Yes,  as Johnny said, Classic Start Menu has been removed in Windows 7 because shell has been fully new designed in Windows 7. However, we can use a third party tool called CSMenu to achieve your goal.

     

    For more information, you can refer to the following article:

     

    Get the Classic Start Menu in Windows 7

    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2227/get-the-classic-start-menu-in-windows-7/

     

    How to Get Good Old Classic Start Menu Back in Windows 7?

    http://www.askvg.com/how-to-get-good-old-classic-start-menu-back-in-windows-7/

     

    How to Get Back Windows XP Style Classical Start Menu in Windows 7

    http://www.blogsdna.com/3856/how-to-get-back-windows-xp-style-classical-start-menu-in-windows-7.htm

     

    Hope the information above can be useful. Have a nice day!


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    Putting Windows 7 on an older machine is putting "Lipstick on a Pig".

    As Tim Barrett said, putting Windows 7 on an older machine is putting "Lipstick on a Pig".

    Windows 7: Crystal Meth for Geeks Q*A :: Third Tier:
    http://www.thirdtier.net/2009/10/windows-7-crystal-meth-for-geeks-qa/

    Amy will be posting up the slide deck and the recording but here's the Q&A log already.

    Low cost Win7 upgrades for non profits -- check out www.techsoup.org

    Question: Can I upgrade directly to W7 from XP64?

    One question that I see that I want to make real clear on the answer. You cannot inplace upgrade from 32bit to 64bit.  You cannot inplace upgrade from XP to Windows 7.  While in theory you can do an inplace from XP 32bit to Vista 32bit to Windows 7 32 bit and conversely you could do a 64bit XP to Vista 64bit to Win7 64bit ... The reality is that's a LOOOOONGGG inplace migration you are looking at with possible weirdness at the end.

    A clean install runs approx 20 minutes.  Inplace upgrades have taken 4 to 6 hours a pop. 

    Consider using the Microsoft Desktop Deployment as well.

    Upgrading to Windows 7 for Small and Midsize Businesses:
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee523218(WS.10).aspx

    Solution Accelerators | Microsoft Connect:
    https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=14

    Look for the webcast to be available for download at http://www.thirdtier.net/store/

     

    Join the live celebration of worldwide availability of Windows 7

    "Join the live celebration of worldwide availability of Windows 7 with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the Windows 7 Launch event on October 22, 2009, at 8:00 A.M., Pacific daylight time. If you can’t watch the event live, come back later to watch the webcast on demand."

    Well we had our party... Snow Leopard versus Win7.  Snow booted faster but to be fair, Vlad stacked the deck as it was newer hardware.  We talked about our likes, (faster boot, performance), I talked about how folks in my CPA listserves were already buzzing about Windows 7.

    Tomorrow is the "official" party day.

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    Are you ready for Windows 7?

    Having a launch party here at the office tonight for our SMB Fresno group...

    And we're doing a MacBook Pro (courtesy of Vlad from www.ownwebnow.com) versus Win7 comparison.  First comparison, there's no video output for the MacBook Pro.

    Tomorrow  Steve Ballmer will be doing the "official launch".

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    So how am I dealing with fax and backup in HyperV?

    So the question from many is how am I going to deal with faxing and backup in HyperV?

    First off I should warn you that in my firm desktop faxing is not a priority, so on that one I don't have to deal, we have a physical fax machine and that's how we fax.  We email a lot these days and faxing is not a priority.  That said, there's several ways to deal with faxing in HyperV if it is a priority for a firm you are installing SBS 2008 into.

    Way One.  Go for an online solution.  Use efax or http://www.rapidfax.net/homepage/product.htm and configure a sharepoint list to receive emails -- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA100823071033.aspx?pid=CH101237651033

    It's $7.95 a month, as Roger Otterson put it, less than a price of a phone line, less than a physical modem, totally portable and is only "email" to your server.  You can even keep your existing fax line and forward it to your new Rapidfax 800 number for a few dollars a month.

    Way Two.  Use a virtual serial port application -- http://www.fabulatech.com/virtual-serial-port-kit.html

    Now what about backup?  How am I going to handle that?

    Several ways.  Charlie Russel (author of the SBS 2008 admin companion book) recommends that you use a fixed size VHD on a usb drive and then hot-add/hot-remove the VHD.  There is also fabulatech and USB -- http://www.fabulatech.com/usb-over-network.html

    Way three:  Check out what BackupAssist has under their sleeve -- http://www.backupassist.com/BackupAssistV5/beta/Beta_Announcement.php

    Way Four:  Check out this proof of concept of cloud backup -- http://cloudbackup.codeplex.com/

    Do you get the idea that I think I'm going to be backing up one way for now and other ways in the near future?

    So how do you check binding order on SBS 2008?

    So how do you check the binding order in Windows 2008?

    Like this:

    When you are in the network connections window, click the Alt key.  This opens up the advanced button which then exposes the advanced settings button.  Then click that and find the binding order.

    And remember.. don't uncheck that IPv6 as it needs to be enabled on SBS 2008

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    For those into hardware

    The new baby will be arriving soon.. but for those into hardware...here's the specs.  Yes, I overbuy.  Yes I ensure that RAM is way way way plentiful but it's going to be a HyperV base (I have premium).

    519578-005
    1 HP ProLiant ML370 G6 Small Form Factor Tower Server
    Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5530
    (2.40GHz, 8M Cache, 80 Watts, 1066MHz)
    HP 6GB PC3-10600R 3x2GB 2Rank Memory
    Embedded P410i/512MB with battery (SAS Array Controller)
    HP 8-Bay Drive Cage
    HP Half-Height SATA DVD-ROM Optical Drive
    HP NC375i Integrated Quad Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
    HP 750W CS HE Hot-Plug Power Supply
    HP 750W CS HE Hot-Plug Power Supply
    Hot-plug fans standard
    HP Insight Control Suite Server ManagementSoftware
    3 years parts, labor and onsite service (3/3/3)
    standard warranty. Certain restrictions and exclusions apply.

    7 300GB SAS 10K RPM 6G 2.5 DP HDD 507127-B21 

    3 2GB 2RX8 PC3-10600R-9 KIT 500656-B21 
    3 4GB 2RX4 PC3-10600R-9 KIT 500658-B21

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    Eight words

    Eight words to get me excited... an email that said

    "Your server"

    "It is ready when you are!"

    I'll be picking it up and doing a 'dry run' of just merely making sure to install SBS 2008 on it, what partitions I want where and setting it up with the new Calyptix Firewall.  Then I'll be mapping out the migration plans.  Stay tuned, more blogging to come. 

     

     

    Windows 7 -- it's like Crystal Meth for Geeks

    http://www.thirdtier.net/2009/10/special-webinar-windows-7-its-like-crystal-meth-for-geeks/

    October 22nd... we have a presentation for you.  Noon Eastern.  A windows 7 launch party but without the cheesy balloons, Japanese animation inspired bags, Windows 7 playing cards, and Windows 7 commemorative napkins. 

    One lucky viewer will get a Windows 7 ultimate retail license (not the Steve Ballmer signed one mind you, but a full retail license nonetheless).

    Third Tier is proud to present our friends Tim Barrett and Susan Bradley in a special webinar this Thursday at Noon Eastern.

    Tim Barrett: Windows 7 addict. Susan Bradley: Windows 7 addict.  Heck, she even loaded up Windows 7 on Parallels to be able to Remote Web Workplace on a Mac Book Pro that Vlad from Ownwebnow gave her.

    This presentation will help you understand the very coolest features of Windows 7. This version of Windows has many, many cool new features that end users are going to love and geeks will become addicted to. Join us and learn more about Windows 7.

    Third Tier has invited you to attend an online meeting using Live Meeting.
    Join the meeting.

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    SQL community news

    >>>Partner Community News Oct. 2009<<<:
    http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/partnersqlserver/thread/f317e670-af58-4ce3-a712-f3304e714533

    In this Issue:

     

    TOP SUPPORT ISSUES

     

    NEW & UPDATED KB ARTICLES

     

    NEW & TOP DOWNLOADS

     

    NEW WEBCASTS

     

     

    RECENT SUPPORT ISSUES

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    Issue1:

    you want to disable the Windows authentication to avoid the users connect to the SQL Server using the windows account.

     

    Cause:

     

    In SQL, we cannot disable window authentication. However, to avoid the users connect to the SQL Server using the windows account you can deny the windows account to connect the SQL.

    Resolution:

    Please try the following steps.

    1. Please open the SQL Enterprise Manager

    2. Please backup the master database and confirm the “sa” user available.

    3. Please expand to Security -->Logins

    4. Please open double click the “Buildin\administrators” and change the permission to “Deny”

    5. Please delete other windows account logins

     

    If the SQL instance is SQL 2005 or higher version, you may also use the login trigger to implement this requirement. For more information, please refer the following article.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb326598(SQL.90).aspx  

     

    Issue2:

    You want to execute the Check Database Integrity task, Rebuild Index task and Shrink Database task scheduled to control the database log size. And you asked the following three questions.

    1. Does the Check Database Integrity task include doing any repair in the database?

    2. How long will it take to run through the three tasks on the database?

    3. How to set the schedule for the three tasks to control the database log size?

     

     

    Cause:

    In SQL, The transaction log for any database is managed as a set of virtual log files (VLFs) whose size SQL Server determines internally based on the total size of the log file and the growth increment in use when the log expands. A log always expands in units of whole VLFs and it can only compress to a VLF boundary. A VLF can exist in one of three states: ACTIVE, RECOVERABLE, and REUSABLE.

     

    ACTIVE: The active portion of the log begins at the minimum log sequence number (LSN) that represents an active (uncommitted) transaction. The active portion of the log ends at the last-written LSN. Any VLFs that contain any part of the active log are considered active VLFs. (Unused space in the physical log is not part of any VLF.)

     

    RECOVERABLE: The portion of the log that precedes the oldest active transaction is only necessary to maintain a sequence of log backups for recovery purposes.

     

    REUSABLE: If you are not maintaining transaction log backups, or if you already backed up the log, SQL Server reuses VLFs before the oldest active transaction.

     

    When SQL Server reaches the end of the physical log file, it starts reusing that space in the physical file by issuing a CIRCLING BACK operation to the beginning of the files. In effect, SQL Server recycles the space in the log file that is no longer necessary for recovery or backup purposes. If a log backup sequence is being maintained, the part of the log before the minimum LSN cannot be overwritten until you back up or truncate those log records. After you perform the log backup, SQL Server can circle back to the beginning of the file. After SQL Server circles back to start writing log records earlier in the log file, the reusable portion of the log is then between the end of the logical log and active portion of the log.

     

     

    Resolution:

    So, the following methods usual are taken to control the database log file size.

    1. Please use the Simple recovery model instead of Full or Bulk-logged recovery model in an effort to avoid log space exhaustion. The intent of Simple recovery model is to provide an automatic method of truncating the log, mainly for development or test databases which do not rely on transaction log backups. This option does not disable logging or transactional integrity. It merely causes the checkpoint handler to attempt a log truncation approximately every 60 seconds. Please note that you cannot restore the database to a time point if you use simple recovery model and you can only restore to a full backup

     

    2. Please backup log frequently.

     

    Usually, we backup log every 4 hours for most scenarios.

     

    For the question 1, the Check Database Integrity task doesn’t include repair by default.

     

    For the question 2, the time to complete the tasks depends on many factors, such as database objects, indexes, and space used. So I recommend please try the tasks in the databases and record the actual time.

     

    For the question 3, I recommend please try to add the backup log task for the databases every 4 hours, and execute the three tasks every day. However, please notes that the Rebuild Index task will lead to the log file expand rapidly, I suggest please don’t execute this task.

     

     

     

    NEW & UPDATED KB ARTICLES

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    Access

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    937999 Message when you open an Access 2007 database application that was packaged by using the ADE 2007 Package Solution wizard: "A potential security concern has been identified" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;937999

     

    973405  Description of the Access 2007 hotfix package (Access-x-none.msp, Ace-x-none.msp): August 25, 2009

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;973405

     

    972570  Description of the Access 2007 hotfix package (Access.msp, Mso.msp): June 30, 2009

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;972570

     

     

    SQL

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    971622 - FIX: The memory usage of a SQL Server service increases quickly when you run a query that uses a linked server in SQL Server 2008

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;971622

    973090 - FIX: Prefix search with extended characters or accents returns incorrect result in SQL Server 2008

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;973090

     

    974816 - FIX: You cannot add a node to a SQL Server 2008 cluster by running the Setup program if there are multiple instances of different languages installed on the same node http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;974816

    975171 - FIX: You cannot synchronize binary large object (BLOB) data by using a transactional replication when you set the SubscriptionStreams parameter of the Distribution Agent to a value that is larger than 1 in SQL Server 2008

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;975171

     

     

     

     

    NEW & TOP DOWNLOADS

    ====================

     

    Access 2007 Download: Access Runtime

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d9ae78d9-9dc6-4b38-9fa6-2c745a175aed

     

     

    IIS Database Manager (x64)

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2f238709-5618-4693-b7ba-d8c4035ac050

     

    IIS Database Manager (x86)

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=231989b4-2a52-4c31-b2d6-96e8e97f8295

     

     

    Microsoft SQL Server Protocol Documentation

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=91ef5106-944a-41e1-b3a0-5bd3f2356f32

    SQL Server 2008 SP1

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=66ab3dbb-bf3e-4f46-9559-ccc6a4f9dc19

     

     

    NEW WEBCASTS

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    TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for SQL Server (Level 300)

    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032428763&culture=en-US

     

    TechNet Webcast: Upgrading to SQL Server 2008: Compatibility Testing Methods and Best Practices (Level 300)

    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032415504&culture=en-US

     


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