Updated SQL Server 2008 CTP Released


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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Windows Server 2008 upgrade on Team Foundation Server 2008


  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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Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008 Hotfix


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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Windows Server 2008 Standard Upgrade


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


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


  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


  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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Visual Studio 2008 Test Edition Web Test Recorder causes Internet Explorer 7.0 crash


  Just recently had an issue with Windows XP Professional w/SP2 and Visual Studio 2008 Test Edition recording a web test.  The user would add a new web test and when IE 7.0 was launched and the URL to the website was entered the browser would crash. It turned out that if McAfee VirusScan 8.0i was installed […]

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Team Foundation Sidekicks Version 2.0 by Attrice


  The installation package includes Code Review Sidekick, Shelveset Sidekick, Labels Sidekick, History Sidekick, Workspace Sidekick and Status Sidekick in stand-alone application as well as Visual Studio Integration Package with Code Review Sidekick, Search Items dialog, dynamic History and Build Type editing functionality.  more…   Technorati Tags: TFS, Team Foundation Server 2005/2008

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Manage your TFS email alerts (Event Subscriptions)


  Sometimes you just want to be able to see all of the event subscriptions you are subscribed to.  This tool allows you to subscribe/unsubscribe to events in Team Foundation Server, it is equivalent to the bissubscribe.exe command line tool. Technorati Tags: Team Foundation Server, TFS

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