Following up on its Fix It Button, single-click bug fix technology, Microsoft aims to simplify tech support for small businesses with a more extensive automated diagnostic system.
As a DBA you always followed a practice to back up your database (or take a snapshot of your database) before making any changes so that you can revert to your old database state if something goes wrong. Also to setup a development or test environment you use a backup of your database and restore it in the respective environment. If you are moving to SQL Azure, what would you do in these cases as backup / restore and database snapshots are not supported as of now?
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Microsoft has released its latest round-up of security patches, and with ten bulletins covering a wide range of products and operating systems, system administrators hoping for an easy week may want to start revising their expectations.
Learn how to use the SQL Server 2008 catalog view and dynamic management view to access the audit details of existing server and database level audits.
Microsoft unveils "release candidate" version of Windows Server AppFabric tools for building and maintaining composite applications. First beta of the new BizTalk Server also released.
<b>eWeek:</b> "Microsoft has released enhancements to the Hyper-V Linux Integration Services that the company contributed to the Linux community in 2009."
Understanding why Apple succeeded where Microsoft has so far failed reveals some interesting truths about consumers’ and businesses’ willingness to change.
Microsoft updates its Web and application design suite with streamlined features and support for Visual Studio 2010 projects....Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
The company is trying to attract Web developers to Sharepoint 2010, while at the same time keeping the product integrated with a long list of other Microsoft products.
As part of its push to get more companies to try its Google Apps suite, the company now offers Microsoft shops a tool to simplify the migration process.
One year in, Microsoft's Bing search engine appears to be making headway and garnering a fair amount of attention from users and marketers. Whether it can displace Google, even with its technology agreement with Yahoo, remains unsettled.
One year in, Microsoft's Bing search engine appears to be making headway and garnering a fair amount of attention from users and marketers. Whether it can displace Google, even with its technology agreement with Yahoo, remains unsettled.
Although Windows PowerShell has been available to IT professionals going on seven years, there are still many IT pros who are just now deciding to see what the fuss is all about. Depending on your job, you might find PowerShell an invaluable tool. Microsoft's plan is that PowerShell will be the management tool for all of its servers and platforms. For most IT pros, it's not a matter of if you'll be using PowerShell, only a matter of when.
<b>Datamation:</b> "Microsoft is taking more steps to make it easier for enterprise and independent developers to create software that runs on top of its Outlook e-mail file format, releasing a pair of associated tools as open source."
<b>eWeek:</b> "Exclusive: A legal dispute between Microsoft and an open source company in Argentina raises questions about the availability of desktop Linux in other countries, experts claim."
In a bid to make its Bing search engine more social networking-oriented, Microsoft adds Facebook feeds and also shows off updated tools for Webmasters.
In a bid to make its Bing search engine more social networking-oriented, Microsoft adds Facebook feeds and also shows off updated tools for Webmasters.
As winter blows itself out and spring blossoms, Microsoft's troops are digging in to provide compelling new features and updates for its Bing search engine.
As winter blows itself out and spring blossoms, Microsoft's troops are digging in to provide compelling new features and updates for its Bing search engine.
Following revelations about a zero-day vulnerability in older versions of its Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft has broken with its custom and announced plans to ship an "out-of-band" patch.
Microsoft issued a security advisory on Thursday for a vulnerability in two SharePoint products....Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Saying it has discovered a new type of "click fraud" scam, Microsoft warns users and puts pay-per-click thieves on notice that it's got their number, filing a pair of lawsuits to head off the new scheme.