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…
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010: the Next Generation
Want a sneak peek at the future of deployment? Live Demo: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is used to deploy Windows 7 Client and Windows Sever 2008. Get ahead of the curve and be prepared to answer your customer’s questions BEFORE they ask. Walk through installation, image creation, and deployment scenarios of the future. Watch the…
Choosing the Right Deployment Tool
Join Johan Arwidmark and Mikael Nystrom in a dazzling session on using the right tools for deploying Windows. They will navigate you through the current deployment tools that Microsoft provides and help you decide which solution is right for you. They will guide you on when to tweak, and when to stop tweaking and choose…
A Drivers Saga – The Control Freak meets The Dynamic Developer
One of the biggest challenges when doing windows deployment is dealing with device drivers. Join Michael Niehaus and Johan Arwidmark as they share their notes from the field on handling device drivers in the deployment process, using the MDT 2010 and ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 platform as a foundation. You can expect a lot of live…
Springboard Series Presents: Windows Deployment Made Easy
Watch this discussion with Microsoft and external IT Professional influencers as they discuss Windows operating system deployment. So you want to deploy Windows, but where do you start? What tools should you use? Learn everything you need to know about Windows deployment from the experts. Watch the video here. Speaker(s): Michael Niehaus, Rhonda Layfield, Stephen…
Exchange 2010 SP1 and Blackberry Enterprise Server Express
Back on March 4th I posted a guide for Exchange 2010 and Blackberry Enterprise Server Express 5.0.1 Today I just applied SP1 to our Exchange 2010 server and found that there is one small tweak I need to make to my Exchange server according to Elan Shudnow’s blog. His blog was written for Blackberry Enterprise…