SQL Server “Denali” is now available – CTP1
Been having fun with SQL Server 2008 R2? Well, get ready for the new journey. SQL Server "Denali" is now available in CTP 1 (Community Technology Preview). Download details found here.
Windows Phone 7 Quick Camera
I forgot to do a tip for last Friday. Sorry. 11/15/2010 I have a dedicated camera button on my phone. If I press and hold the camera button it will take me to the photo screen to take a picture or video. If the phone is locked or not it still takes you there so…
The War on Excel Hell has ended. The War on PowerPivot Hell has just begun…..or has it?
Whether you are a consumer, producer, or manager of Business Intelligence (BI), you undoubtedly have come across the term "Excel Hell". In fact, much of the work we have done on the technology end of the BI space, has been aimed at directly gaining control of the chaos and "Business Unintelligence" that are used to…
Enabling Skill Search in Lync 2010
Lync not only allows you to search for people across your organization by name, but also by skillset. This is great if I am looking for someone who is an SCCM expert or a Business Analyst. I don’t always know who I am looking for, but usually know what kind of person I am looking…
How do I know what objects to choose when building a custom report?
One of the most common (and most reasonable) questions I get during Operations Manager engagements is how to build reports for performance counter information. I’ve discussed on option which is available in a two-part series about “QuickReports” available at: https://www.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2010/09/21/a-practical-example-of-the-opsmgr-%E2%80%9Cquickreports%E2%80%9D-approach.aspx and http://www.systemcentercentral.com/BlogDetails/tabid/143/IndexID/76012/Default.aspx. This works well if you have multiple servers that you want to create…