I’m currently attending an IndyNDA event, a local .NET developer’s group meeting in Indianapolis. The speaker, Paul Hacker is talking about Windows Server 2008.
Initial benefits he’s talking about is:
less involved (babysitting) on the install
no features enabled by default (allowing complete development and customization at the point of install)
new server management […]
Dan Rigsby (@danrigsby) shared some slides of information including his Top 10 Features of SQL Server 2008 at the IndyNDA meeting in Indianapolis, IN.
LINQ
Intellisense for SQL Server
FileStream Datatype
Date & Time Datatype
DateTime2 & DateTimeOffset Datatype
Hierarchical Datatype: i.e. org charts
Spatial Datatype: geography, geometry
T-SQL […]
Has anyone else been hearing information about a new product entering beta (or is it alpha) testing?
A recent article by Mary Jo Foley shared a few different options of what it could be:
the latest version of Microsoft Works that may or may not be advertisement funded
a new package of “Authoring” components that would include Word, […]
I just got invited to participate in a new beta for some kind of Microsoft produce. Can’t tell you anything about it at this point because I don’t know anything. I wonder what it is.
I can’t tell you anything about it until it releases, but by then maybe I’ll be well-versed in it.
We’ll see.
Interesting […]
I just got notification from the Apple Software Update application that Safari is available from Apple for me to install.
I was expecting yet another update to iTunes and Quicktime. Not this time though.
So, when did Safari become available for Windows? Is this new?
There it is folks. Safari running on my Windows XP Pro laptop.
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I just received a beta invite to Xobni (which is “Inbox” backwards if you didn’t notice), which is a e-mail management add-on for Microsoft Outlook.
Xobni is the Outlook plug-in that saves you time finding email conversations, contacts and attachments.
After a quick install, you’ll see the new Xobni toolbar appear in Outlook - […]
Maybe I’m just missing something but news about the functionality of Office 14 is coming out and aren’t we still on Office 12? See, one of the first blogs I wrote for b5media was called Office 12 Watch and it was all about Office 2007 before it was released and named Office 2007. Now we’re […]
It’s been over a decade since I’ve been in college but if I remember correctly, money was usually a hard thing to come by when I was there.
I didn’t have a computer when I was in college, my-oh-my how my life would have been different, but if I did, this would have been a […]
The InsideMicrosoft blog has some serious coverage of what may be what we’ll be using in our Windows powered mobile devices in the near future. Touch screen (a la iPhone or Microsoft Surface depending on your point of view) will be key, but how about motion gestures like you’d expect while playing the Nintendo […]
As we begin a new year with The Unofficial Microsoft Weblog, let’s take a look back at the Top 10 posts last year.
#10 My Xbox 360 Update
#9 Wal-Mart Experiences Red Ring of Death
#8 Halo 3 Retail Box Packaging Leaked
#7 More Halo 3 Screen Shots
#6 Is Office 2007 […]
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