Gunter Staes's Blog on the Microsoft Platform

Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta.

Gunter Staes — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:01:00 GMT

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the next version of the Windows Server operating system from Microsoft. Building on the features and capabilities of the current Windows Server 2008 release version, Windows Server 2008 R2 allows you to create...(read more)

How Customers Are Cutting Costs and Building Value with Microsoft Virtualization White Paper

Gunter Staes — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:54:00 GMT

Businesses have never been under more pressure to reduce costs and operate more efficiently. Virtualization is one of the most effective means for making this happen. It provides powerful, tangible ways to streamline many traditionally time-consuming...(read more)

The Holy Trinity for SQL Server DBAs: Indexes, Execution Plans and the optimizer

Gunter Staes — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:54:00 GMT

This UG-evening will start with an introduction of the basics of index design (the heap,clustered/non clustered indexes and covering of a query by an index). Later we will discuss how the optimizer works, why it can be wrong (statistics, procedure cache)...(read more)

Windows 7 available for Technet Plus subscribers.

Gunter Staes — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:17:00 GMT

Windows 7 is designed to make everyday tasks faster and easier, and make new things possible for end users. When released to the market, Windows 7 delivers the fundamental performance, reliability and security features that people expect — and it is designed...(read more)

Overview of Microsoft Solution Accelerators.

Gunter Staes — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:01:00 GMT

Accelerators for Securing your IT environment If you want to secure your network environment quickly and proactively, check out Security Solution Accelerators -a suite of free tools and guidance to help you stay ahead of your security challenges. • Learn...(read more)

System Center Data Protection Manager 2008 SP1 is available

Gunter Staes — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:39:00 GMT

Find out more at : http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/dataprotectionmanager/en/us/whats-new.aspx What can I say more : Whether it is a server or a client, a physical machine of Virtual, OS or application .... SCDPM is your back-up solution....(read more)

Oracle 10g Database Performance on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-v

Gunter Staes — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:40:00 GMT

With Windows Server 2008, everything needed to support database server virtualization is available as an integral part of the operating system – Windows Server 2008 Hyper-v. This whitepaper demonstrates the performance capabilities of Oracle 10g on Hyper-v....(read more)

Windows Live Messenger translation bot now available!

Gunter Staes — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:07:00 GMT

I usually don't blog in this kind of topics but I'm glad to make an exception on this. It's really giving an extra dimension on BOT's. The Microsoft Translator team is excited to announce the new translation bot for Windows Live Messenger! This Messenger...(read more)

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (Jan 2008 - June 2008) is available

Gunter Staes — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:10:00 GMT

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) provides an in-depth perspective on the changing threat landscape including software vulnerability disclosures and exploits, malicious software (malware), and potentially unwanted software. Using data derived...(read more)

The APP-V 4.5 Toolkit.

Gunter Staes — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:23:00 GMT

The main goal of the resource toolkit is to enable IT administrators to unlock the full potential of the recently released App-V 4.5. This release consists of the following tools: · App-V Application Listing Tool - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5DA48313-CF6D-445D-AF97-594F194AC759&displaylang=en...(read more)

Belgian Launch of SQL Server 2008

Gunter Staes — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:02:00 GMT

The Belgian SQL Server User Group (SQLUG.BE vzw) , Microsoft and our partners decided to join efforts to celebrate the availability of SQL Server 2008 in the market and organize the very first Belgian SQL Server Day . SQL Server Day 2008 is the biggest...(read more)

Let's start blogging again.

Gunter Staes — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:53:00 GMT

As you've probably noticed I stopped blogging about a year ago as I've changed roles within Microsoft. But if there is a time to stop there probably is a time to start again & seen the rollercoaster period that's coming in 2009 I think it makes sence...(read more)

Next SQLUG session by Gunther Beersaerts.

Gunter Staes — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:32:00 GMT

Abstract: In this session we will provide an overview of the next release of SQL Server, SQL Server 2008, codenamed "Katmai". The session will cover the core value-proposition, major themes and scenarios, and the specific engine improvements, including...(read more)

Reporting Services

Gunter Staes — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:34:00 GMT

Thu Nov 22 by Marc Mertens Reporting Services is Microsoft's server based reporting solution that is delivered together with SQL Server 2005. In this session you will learn how to create a report, deploy and manage it. Also covered is how you can use...(read more)

Exchange 2007 Service Pack Preview Ships

Gunter Staes — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:09:00 GMT

August 14, 2007 Exchange 2007 Service Pack Preview Ships By Stuart J. Johnston Microsoft announced Tuesday that it is shipping Beta 2 of the first service pack for Exchange Server 2007. With this beta, which is also being called a community technology...(read more)