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Tech Ed/BI Conf 2010: A Recovering Industry in a Recovering City

Andrew Brust — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:35:41 GMT

Andrew Brust writes, "...The collective optimism I have witnessed, and that I have felt, tells me good things about this industry and the economy...I am convinced that a strong foundation of hard work, innovative thinking and, if I may, true renaissance is underlying this industry’s success. That kind of strength will..." more

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:35:41 GMT

BI Conf. Spotlights the Intelligence Indexing Connector (MSBIIC)

Richard Riley — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:09:25 GMT

Richard Riley writes, "...new self-service user experiences that we’ve enabled in Office and SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2008R2...One of the items he demonstrated was the new Microsoft Business Intelligence Indexing Connector...extends the capabilities of FAST Search Server for SharePoint 2010...downloading the components here..." more

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:09:25 GMT

Business Intelligence (BI) Webcasts on Portfolio Reporting

Chris Boyd — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:40:52 GMT

Chris Boyd writes, "...Project 2010 BI & Portfolio Reporting...users will have the ability to understand how to utilize Excel Services, Reporting Services and Dashboard Designer to create organizational specific Dashboards..." more

Wed, 19 May 2010 19:40:52 GMT

Create Amazing Looking Dashboards with Business Intelligence in SharePoint 2010

Joris Poelmans — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:27:26 GMT

Joris Poelmans writes, "...here are a collection of links which came through in the RSS feeds I follow but I’m still surprised by how people still seem to ignore this great feature set." more

Wed, 19 May 2010 19:27:26 GMT

Big SSIS Sessions and BI Power Hour at TechEd 2010 in New Orleans

Matt Masson — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:09:08 GMT

Matt Masson writes, "...the Microsoft BI Conference is happening at the same time...From the session list it looks like there are a lot of different talks that will touch on..." more

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:09:08 GMT

Solutions to ESB Toolkit 2.0 Configuration Issues

Ben Cline — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:43:27 GMT

Ben Cline writes, "Here are a couple of my tips for common errors I have encountered while using the toolkit. All of these suggestions have been things I have done for a single BizTalk server installation..." more

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:43:27 GMT

Fix for BizTalk Server 2009 Failing to Start

Thiago Almeida — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:51:54 GMT

Thiago Almeida writes, "There is a known issue with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista where the Enterprise Single Sign-On service doesn’t start quickly enough and the BizTalk host services end up failing to start. The resolution is simple:.." more

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:51:54 GMT

Desktop OS Qualified Base License in Volume Licensing for Windows 7

Emma Healey — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:03:19 GMT

Emma Healey writes, "The desktop operating system licenses bought under any Volume Licensing Program are upgrade licenses only. Full desktop operating system licenses are not available under any of these programs. Therefore, each desktop for which you acquire and on which you will run the Windows 7 Professional Upgrade must be licensed to run one of the qualifying operating systems identified below..." more

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:03:19 GMT

BizSpark Program Helps Startups - Info on How to Apply

Catherine Eibner — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:17:28 GMT

Catherine Eibner writes, "...helps Startups by providing Microsoft software inexpensively, when they most need it and can least afford it, and by supporting a global network of support organizations...So the thing that’s really exciting about this program is that there’s no upfront cost to enroll and lasts up to 3 years...All you need is..." more

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:17:28 GMT

ISV Royalty Program Rules Around How to Distribute

Emma Healey — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:24:26 GMT

Emma Healey writes, "...As an ISV, you can integrate Microsoft licensed products into your business solution by including one or more Microsoft licensed products along with the software for your unified solution and distributing the solution by either...offers perpetual licenses, which are everlasting and valid if the licensed product is being used in accordance with the license-agreement requirements. Microsoft licenses the products to the ISV, not the..." more

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:24:26 GMT

Data Quality is a People Not Systems Problem

Mauro Cardarelli — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:23:02 GMT

Mauro Cardarelli writes, "...a very compelling case for talking about data quality BEFORE you begin a business intelligence initiative...data quality is a people (not systems) problem..." more

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:23:02 GMT

Read the Fine Print in New Application Platform License

Mary Jo Foley — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:50:02 GMT

Mary Jo Foley writes, "...The APA license is a pure rental deal as it stands now. It gets a little more flexible in October with the new option to buy licensed software. But I’m still wondering whether the gotchas of the license will outweigh any kind of..." more

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:50:02 GMT

Adding a User Private View to the Panorama General Book

Ella Maschiach — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:52:44 GMT

Ella Maschiach writes, "A user of one of my projects had developed a very nice view in Panorama Nova View 5.5 and we decided to integrate it into the views for all the users. So how do we take a view that was saved in a personal book of a user and add it to the general book..." more

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:52:44 GMT

Licensing Transition Details SMSE Moving to SMSD

Emma Healey — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:19:25 GMT

Emma Healey writes, "Full details on the transition and migration path for existing customers on SMSE and new customers moving to SMSD..." more

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:19:25 GMT

Fix for Project 2007 Delivering Mixed Up Views

Brian Smith — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:03:01 GMT

Brian Smith writes, "...we have a fix in the pipeline which should see the light of day in the August CU, but to help just in case others come across this we thought it worth getting this information out there (Thanks Rob). First some details, and then the suggested workaround. The problem and fix is for Project Professional 2007, but only in an Enterprise environment..." more

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:03:01 GMT

Solution for Exchange Running on a Domain Controller in EBS

Essential Bus Server Team — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:25:56 GMT

Essential Bus Server Team writes, "...it is important to make the local domain controller a GC if you plan on installing Exchange on it." more

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:25:56 GMT

EBS 2008 Has Complete Email Security Integration

Essential Bus Server Team — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:29:10 GMT

Essential Bus Server Team writes, "...FSE scans incoming emails and purges malware before the email is stored. FSE’s file filters will block attachments that might potentially be malware, such as .exe and .scr files...Powered by Exchange and FSE, Windows Essential Business Server 2008 gives the control in email security back to the IT administrators." more

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:29:10 GMT

State of IT - Join a Teleconference June 23

Essential Bus Server Team — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:56:33 GMT

Essential Bus Server Team writes, "...with Bob Kelly, corporate VP of Infrastructure Server Marketing. Bob will talk about the state of IT within the context of results from a new Harris Interactive study of 1,200 IT professionals from the U.S., United Kingdom, Japan and Germany. The study was commissioned by Microsoft's Server & Tools Business...time for your questions following...please REGISTER [here]" more

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:56:33 GMT

Q&A on Licensing Windows 7 Ultimate and Professional

Emma Healey — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:03:02 GMT

Emma Healey writes, "...lets look at the hot topic of downgrades and upgrades..." more

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:03:02 GMT

ESB Toolkit 2.0 Installation Issues Fixed

Brian Loesgen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:20:20 GMT

Brian Loesgen writes, "..I’m telling people that in my opinion the best part of BizTalk Server 2009 is the ESB Toolkit. If you’re a BizTalk dev, you really want it check it out. And, if you’re one of those unfortunates that had installation issues, it’s OK to come back now and...You can get the bits here" more

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:20:20 GMT