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HP Blackbird 002 PC

March 6, 2008 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  This desktop looks awesome, talk about the Ultimate PC, it can be outfitted with a Intel Core2 Quad-Core CPU and 10,000 RPM SATA drives, and it can even hold 5TB of internal storage. Don’t mind me if I drool on for a while….you owe it to yourself to check it out.  Wish I had […]

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VS 2008

Search Server 2008 Express – RTM

March 4, 2008 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  Yes it is finally here, both the x32 and x64 version are now available for download. Search Server 2008 Express (x64) Search Server 2008 Express (x32) You may want to add the following to your enterprise search solution: MOSS Faceted Search installation only takes a few minutes and will improve the users search experience by […]

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Windows SharePoint Services

The Server Unleashed | Windows Server 2008

March 4, 2008 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  I have to admit I love these new videos about Windows Server 2008, the robot is too cool.  Microsoft has wallpaper for download also, check it out.  The entire site is driven by Silverlight.

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Windows Server

Updated SQL Server 2008 CTP Released

February 20, 2008 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


Microsoft has released an updated CTP of SQL Server 2008.  You can download it here.   The last CTP was released in November of last year and this updated version is supposed to be feature complete (given the Launch is this month).    

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SQL Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 upgrade on Team Foundation Server 2008

February 11, 2008 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  I decided it would be interesting to see how Team Foundation Server 2008 might behave after Windows Server 2003 is upgraded in place to Windows Server 2008.   Much like my last post about upgrading to Windows Server 2008 you have to uninstall Windows PowerShell 1.0 before you are allowed continue with the upgrade.  This […]

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Team System

Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008 Hotfix

February 10, 2008 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


This hotfix addresses the following issues: HTML Source View Performance Design View Performance HTML Editing JavaScript Editing Website Build Performance You can download the hotfix from the Microsoft Connect site here.  You can get more detail regarding what was fixed from the Visual Web Developer Team blog. Technorati Tags: Visual Studio 2008, Visual Web Developer […]

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VS 2008

Windows Server 2008 Standard Upgrade

February 9, 2008 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  I downloaded my RTM copy of Windows Server 2008 (x32) and decided I would use my MOSS 2007 development server as a test to see how the upgrade would proceed and overall I would say it was a piece of cake.   If you are upgrading a DC then you have to run ADPREP /forestprep […]

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Windows Server

Heroes Happen Here – Community Connection Events – What kind of an event is this now?

February 9, 2008 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


This a new type of an event that it being offered across Canada by Microsoft in partnership with User Communities and Professional Associations.  This includes CIPS, ICTC and User Groups. The agenda of the evening is going to be as follows: Intros – welcome and overview of the night. State of the industry – perspective […]

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Microsoft Web Deployment Tool for IIS 6.0 and 7.0

January 25, 2008 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  This tool incorporates many features that enable web server administrators to deploy, sync and migrate sites, including configuration, content, SSL certificates and other types of data associated with a Web server. This is definitely worth checking out even though it is only a Technical Preview, here are the download links: x86 x64 While your […]

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Team Foundation Server 2008 Check-in Policies

January 21, 2008 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  If you’ve just installed Team Foundation Server 2008 and are looking for the additional policies: Custom Path Policy Forbidden Patterns Policy Changeset Comments Policy Work Item Query Policy These can be added by installing the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools. Technorati Tags: Team Foundation Server 2008, Visual Studio Team […]

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