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July 2006 - Posts

SQL Server Books Online.. just keeps getting better!

Everything you ever wanted to know about SQL Server 2005 is contained in Books Online (BOL). I think it's the best Microsoft server documentation that we've ever produced. And guess what? It just keeps getting better! :-). Make sure you download the latest Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 29, 2006 8:19 PM by darien | 0 Comments
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Check out the SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide

I get lots of questions all the time about upgrading from SQL 7 or 2000 to 2005. I can tell everyone that so far most of my customers have gone through the process without incident. The product group really focussed on the upgrade scenerios with SQL Server Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 22, 2006 8:37 PM by darien | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Zune: A snapshot of the recent announcements

It's great to see so much buzz around our new music project, Zune. To be honest, even I don't know much about it, but whenever I see us take another step in the music business, I always get excited - once an Audio Engineer, always an Audio Engineer ;-). Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 22, 2006 1:38 PM by darien | 1 Comments
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Identity Management TechNet Forums now live

Here's a cool resource for the Identity & Access Management (IAM/IdM) folks out there with the release of the Identity Management TechNet Forums. At last, users of Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003, and it's related products (IIFP), Read More...
Posted Friday, July 21, 2006 3:26 PM by darien | 0 Comments

SQL Server 2005: Peer-to-peer Replication in production on microsoft.com

Replication is always a hot topic when I talk to customers about SQL Server. It's such a fundamental requirement, as we always need to ship our data around various instances of our databases in the datacenter. SQL Server 2005 introduces peer-to-peer replication Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 09, 2006 7:09 PM by darien | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Malaysia has a new Managing Director

After nearly 5 years for me under Butt Wai Choon, the Microsoft Malaysia subsidiary will be changing the big boss. To quote The Star Online :- " KUALA LUMPUR: Yasmin Mahmood has been appointed managing director of Microsoft Malaysia with effect from early Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 08, 2006 9:59 AM by darien | 0 Comments
 
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