Scott Dorman writes Absolutely not! While I understand the desire to monetize every "product" coming out of Microsoft, it sometimes ends up hurting the community as a whole...The other problem is that you then start sending mixed signals to the community. On one hand you say that running static code analysis is a best practice but you then restrict that capability to companies/developers willing to spend $10K+ on a Team System SKU. This makes it hard for the community to recognize the real value since it becomes seen as a restricted/ elite/ enterprise-only feature. It also makes it harder for us to talk about things...

Deepak Kapoor writes "...how to find Data Providers installed on a machine. Data providers in .NET Framework provide the plumbing necessary to connect to databases. There are different data providers available which can connect to SQL Server, Oracle or other databases through OleDb. You can find the data providers installed..."

Philip Colmer writes "...I’ve installed it on my PC and some quick testing of recorded TV programmes, a DVD, music, photos and videos all show that the problem does indeed seem to have been fixed. You can read more about the problem and the resolution for Windows 7 and Vista at KB 974324. The hotfix can be requested electronically and you’ll receive..."

Scott Hanselman writes "...Here's some things I was impressed with:...Some things I had trouble with:...It'll take a while to get used to "it just works" from Microsoft. All in all, I'm pleasantly surprised as everything has just worked...I took a few moments and filmed some guerilla video of me exploring the phone..."

Mary Jo Foley writes "...Microsoft execs attempted to clarify where the company is focusing its efforts currently and in the coming year. Officials also emphasized repeatedly that in spite of all its talk and high-profile marketing push on the consumer front, Microsoft’s enterprise products constitute a huge part of the company’s revenue base. Actually, Microsoft has eight core focus areas..."

Public Sector DPE Team writes "...very cool...131 Visual Studio 2010 Code Snippets for use with jQuery”..."

Robert MacLean writes "Visual Studio 2010 has the ability to undock code windows by clicking and dragging on the code window tabs...I like the ability to undock the windows because it lets me view two different parts of the same file at the same time...get a full screen side by side view which is GREAT for comparing code..."

Aaron Tiensivu writes "To begin, follow the instructions here for the usual Server 2008 R2 workaround/fixes for Server 2008 R2 and OCS 2007 R2. 1. From an elevated PowerShell prompt...[8 steps]...Celebrate, at this point you'll have a working Group Chat install on Server 2008 R2..."

Joris Poelmans writes "On a SharePoint 2010 development machine you typically want to see the full stack trace when an error occurs. In SharePoint 2010 you will need to modify 2 web.configs:..."

Helmers Blog writes "...in a corporate environment it’s really easy to setup Windows Remote Assistance without additional costs and installation! The only thing you have to configure are a few Group Policies, which can be done in a few minutes. With Remote Assistance it’s even possible to chat with the person who..."

Jeff Guillet writes "...article covers lost appointments, duplicate appointments, odd delegate issues, etc. This article is based on the real-world experience we as a company have gained working with many organizations of all sizes...my recommendation is to adjust the Cached Mode latencies to 1 second using Group Policy. There is virtually no network performance impact and it..."

Marnix Wolf writes "...Bumped into this issue at a customer. SCOM R2 is deployed, many MPs in place, among them the Server OS MP (of course). Also the Reporting component is installed...some Server reports did not show any data related to the NICs:...The server experiencing this issue is a HP server...Even with the HP Proliant MP loaded in SCOM R2 it does not collect any performance data at all.."

Sean Earp writes "...I have spent a month troubleshooting a crazy problem with SharePoint 2010, stumping everyone that worked on it. The problem was just resolved, and it involves something I’ve never seen before, so I thought I would share...It turns out that SharePoint 2010 has a hidden list at the site collection level called… appropriately enough, “TaxonomyHiddenList”. You can access this by going to..."

Joris Poelmans writes "...If you try to enable alternate languages for a SharePoint 2010 meeting workspace you will get an error stating “this site is based on a template that does not not support alternate languages”...if you want to find out which webtemplates support MUI you can run the following Powershell script:..."

Jim Wooley writes "When I started looking at the Reactive Framework, one of the first things I did was to try creating some of the same standard LINQ queries that I’ve used against LINQ to Objects...If you try this where Sensor is an IObservable rather than IEnumerable, you will find that the Order By clause generates the following compiler error in VB..."

Angus Logan writes "...This is super cool because it brings social to the browser. If your friends share something in Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn or Messenger, and you browse to that site, it will blip, letting you join the conversation..."