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Microsoft Maren

Almost every Arabic speaking person I know does this; they write Arabic words using English letters. When chatting, SMSing or even blogging. That’s somewhat normal, since they’ve memorized the English keyboard by heart. The problem is, some of the letters...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Mon, Sep 7 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, News, Downloads, Utilities
Can you say 'Xobni'?

Neither could I. Xobni (pronounced zob-nee) is 'Inbox' spelt backwards, and has been hailed by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates as the 'next generation of social networking'. At first glance Xobni looks like yet-another-desktop-search-engine...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Sun, May 11 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, News, Downloads, Utilities, Google, Facebook
Search Command Ribbon for Office 2007

Don't know about you, but personally I love Office 2007. Despite what I hear and read about it, it is much easier than its predecessor (which ultimately means it is more efficient). Having said that, the number one problem users new to Office 2007...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Sun, May 4 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, News, Development, Downloads, Utilities
Microsoft Live Mesh

Ok. I just read about this on some blog. Microsoft's "Live Mesh is an ambitious initiative — a combination of a platform and a service" or "a Software + Services platform for synchronization and collaboration" or simply "I...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Thu, Apr 24 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, News, Mobile, Downloads
SQL Server Lockdown - Step by Step procedure

Do you want to lockdown your SQL Server environment? Hope you dont'! Though it is not a good practice or recommendation to perform, but will atleast prove how far your SQL Server environment has securit compliance as per the industry best practices...

Posted to SQLServer-QA.net - Knowledge Sharing Network (SSQA.net) by on Wed, Feb 13 2008
Filed under: Filed under: sql server, microsoft, security, tools, article, sa, procedure, best practice, downloads, bpa, lock down
SQL Server performance monitoring requirement and specifications, heard about baseline and benchmarking?

How do you define the terms "Performance Monitoring"? What is your baseline & benchmarks? Have you ever used PERFMON (SYSMON) & PROFILER for serious performance issues within your SQL Server environment? The answer may be not 'yes'...

Posted to SQLServer-QA.net - Knowledge Sharing Network (SSQA.net) by on Wed, Dec 19 2007
Filed under: Filed under: dashboard, sql server, performance, databases, microsoft, security, blog, environment, best practice, backups, monitoring, baseline, benchmarking, downloads, performance monitoring
Visual Basic Power Packs 2.0

Line and Shape controls, PrintForm component, and Printer Compatibility LibraryMicrosoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0 includes a new set of Line and Shape controls and updated versions of the two previously released Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Sat, Sep 22 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, Development, .Net, Downloads
Partnership: Microsoft & Facebook

Hey, all you Facebook fans out there, Microsoft and Facebook have launched a partnership and Microsoft has released a 'Facebook Developer Toolkit' which allows you to create applications for Facebook using Microsoft Popfly and Visual Studio Express...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Sat, Sep 22 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, News, Development, .Net, Downloads, Facebook
Microsoft Download Center - Microsoft Office FrontPage

Microsoft has deleted the Microsoft FrontPage Addin Center and as is usual with Microsoft has not used any redirects. While it appears not all the downloads are still available a majority of them are available at Microsoft Download Center - Microsoft Office FrontPage

Posted to FrontPage and Expression Web Blog by frontpage on Sun, Aug 12 2007
Filed under: Filed under: frontpage, microsoft, frontpage addin center, downloads
Microsoft releases: VS2008 Beta 2, .Net Framework 3.5 Beta 2 and SilverLight 1.0 RC

New releases from Microsoft for all you developers out there: Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 .Net Framework 3.5 Beta 2, and SilverLight 1.0 Release Candidate Happy downloading! Links: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx http://www.microsoft...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Sun, Jul 29 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, News, Development, .Net, Downloads, Utilities, Quickie
Quickie: MSDN Nuggets

'Don't have the time to read a 10-page how-to article or watch a full length webcast? Try an MSDN Nugget, a webcast that takes you step-by-step to discovering new functionality or exploring a hot developer topic, all in 10-15 minutes. View them...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Mon, Jun 25 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, News, Development, .Net, Downloads, Quickie
Quickie: InfoPath 2007 Sample: Training Labs

Free! Step-by-step training and downloadable samples illustrating Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 features. Enjoy! Links http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb251751.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=26E4FF75-E68D-4B34...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Wed, Jun 13 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, Downloads, Quickie
XML Notepad 2007

From an online download website: 'Microsoft XML NotePad 2007 assists developers in creating XML applications. It allows authors to rapidly build and edit small sets of XML data as a test bed during the development of XML-based applications. With XML...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Sat, May 12 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, News, Development, Downloads, Utilities
Visual Basic Power Packs

Ever since it introduced Visual Basic .Net some six years ago, Microsoft has been striving to have developers jump the VB6 wagon and onto the .Net one. Being a VB6er myself I can sympathize with all those who still find it difficult to do so. Migrating...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Sun, May 6 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, News, Development, .Net, Downloads
Take Control of Your System

First a personal piece of information: my MVP status has been renewed! Wooohooo! I'm happy :-) Now for the real stuff; the other day I was trying to uninstall WDS (Windows Desktop Search) and since I did not find the uninstaller in 'Add or Remove Programs...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Mon, Apr 16 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, MVP, News, .Net, Downloads, Utilities
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

Yes, SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 is available for download. You can get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/servicepacks/sp2.mspx . For what's new in SQL 2k5 SP2, click here: http://download.microsoft.com/download...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Mon, Feb 26 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, News, SQL, Downloads
MVP Global Summit 2007

I am very anxious to be going to the 2007 Global Summit. The Global Summit will take place March 12-15, 2007 in Seattle at the Washington State Convention Center and at Microsoft Corporation’s main campus in Redmond, Washington. Bill Gates will deliver...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Sat, Feb 24 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Events, Microsoft, MVP, News, Downloads, Utilities
AJAX 1.0 Released, Finally!!

Microsoft has finally released AJAX 1.0. AJAX stands for 'Asynchronous Java And Xml'. One of the most important things I like about AJAX is the fact that it allows you to refresh a part of your website without having to do a complete postback. This means...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Mon, Feb 12 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, Downloads
Introducing ILMerge!

Have you ever dreamed of bundling 2, or more, .Net assemblies together into a single .Net assembly. Well, your dream has come true. Introducing ILMerge, a tool which is officially described as 'ILMerge is a utility for merging multiple .NET assemblies...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Sun, Feb 11 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, Downloads
Codename: Sandcastle

Enabling managed class library developers throughout the world to easily create accurate, informative documentation with a common look and feel. Ladies & Gentlemen! Introducing Sandcastle, Microsoft's new software to produces accurate, MSDN style, comprehensive...

Posted to Bashar Lulu by on Fri, Sep 8 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, News, .Net, Downloads, Utilities

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