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How to Upgrade From SBS 2003 Standard to SBS 2008 Premium

Eric Ligman — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:41:02 GMT

Eric Ligman writes, "First, if your clients have Software Assurance on the SBS 2003 CALs, remember that they can already get SBS 2008 Standard or Premium CALs through their upgrade protection benefit of Software Assurance. Whether they have SBS Standard or Premium Server determines whether they will receive SBS 2008 Standard or Premium CALs through this benefit. I have more on this..." more

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:41:02 GMT

Will Windows Azure Succeed?

Stephen Forte — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:04:35 GMT

Stephen Forte writes, "...It may take years for the shift to be complete, but it will happen. It just makes sense to have your applications hosted in the cloud...NET Services (formerly BizTalk Services) in the cloud will get adopted by developers as it matures and as apps get moved to the cloud. SQL Services will get adopted in version 2 when you can do more relational features...Bottom line is that Azure will succeed, but it will take time..." more

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:04:35 GMT

5 Top IT Pro Licensing FAQs

Georgina Mitcham — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:20:37 GMT

Georgina Mitcham writes, "How do I downgrade?...Can I reimage a PC using Volume Licensing media instead of the pre-installed Microsoft Windows desktop operating system media?..." more

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:20:37 GMT

Cloudbursting With BizTalk Workflows

Lori MacVittie — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:47:28 GMT

Lori MacVittie writes, "In a nutshell, Microsoft allows hosting of BizTalk activities in the cloud at BizTalk labs. Developers then integrate those cloud hosted activities into a BizTalk workflow (orchestration) by calling them as they would any other web-based service or hosted activity...While the first definitions of cloudbursting are focused on reactive capacity management, Microsoft appears to be taking a proactive approach to cloudbursting..." more

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:47:28 GMT

Project Server 2007 Code for AJAX Geo Data Web Part From TechEd 2008

Brian Smith — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:14:39 GMT

Brian Smith writes, "...showing an AJAX web part feeding from a PSI Extension and showing the location of each project on your server – where the city of execution is held in a custom field...Hovering over the pushpins shows details for the specific project – also returned by the PSI Extension. The code is on...The document there covers the creation of the web part..." more

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:14:39 GMT

Error on BizTalk Installation with Visual Studio 2008 Installed

Ben Cline — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:18:03 GMT

Ben Cline writes, "...all of a sudden I started receiving errors about the WCF adapters that are included with BizTalk Server 2006 R2. Here is an example error: Failed to add adapter: WCF-NetNamedPipe, Error C0C025CA A similar error occurred for nearly every one of the R2 WCF adapters..." more

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:18:03 GMT

Top 5 IT Pro Licensing FAQs

Georgina Mitcham — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:12:10 GMT

Georgina Mitcham writes, "What are my licences converted to when I buy the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Transition Pack?..." more

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:12:10 GMT

Spot Listing Key Software Trends

JD Meier — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:25:50 GMT

JD Meier writes, "As part of our Patterns & Practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0 Project, I’ve been hunting and gathering trends that influence software development...Rather than distinguish between trends and fads, I decided to focus on “hot spots” and simply identify the topics..." more

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:25:50 GMT

Licensing Down the Transition Path SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 and EBS 2008

Emma Healey — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:08:07 GMT

Emma Healey writes, "With the launch of the 2008 offerings, we have introduced the "solution Pathway", basically it will offer a tiered discount that will be applicable to all mobility scenarios, i.e., into, within, and out of WESS family of products, and will replace previously offered SKUs...Check out the solution pathway on the links..." more

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:08:07 GMT

Log & Backup Log of Differing Sizes

Paul Randal — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:21:20 GMT

Paul Randal writes, "If I have a transaction that inserts a huge amount of data, the transaction log grows to 50-GB. I then rollback the transaction. When I take the next log backup, it's way smaller than 50-GB." more

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:21:20 GMT

SSAS: Scripting out a Process command

Darren Gosbell — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:18:16 GMT

Darren Gosbell writes, "processing a cube with XMLA....how I scripted out the process command from SQL Server Management Studio." more

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:18:16 GMT

RosettaNet is Like Swatting a Fly With an Atom Bomb

Jeff Lynch — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:05:50 GMT

Jeff Lynch writes, "There are a lot of parameters to set when creating a new Process Configuration in the BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet. Almost all of these are used by the Initiator Private Process and Initiator Public Process to create the outbound RNIF headers and message so it’s vital that you and your trading partner agree..." more

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:05:50 GMT

Workaround to Get BizTalk 2006 R2 on Visual Studio 2008

Ben Cline — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:02:54 GMT

Ben Cline writes, "If you try to install BizTalk 2006 R2 onto a system with only VS 2008 you get an error message because the extensions cannot be installed...So it is a little inconvenient to run both VS 2005 and 2008 on the same box and not be able to deploy directly from VS 2008 to BizTalk...ordered list of software I installed to get it to work:" more

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:02:54 GMT

Specific Steps Required When Installing PerformancePoint Server 2007 SP1

Radoslaw Lebkowski — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:33:04 GMT

Radoslaw Lebkowski writes, "Installing SP1, specially for Planning Server, it is not only running SP1 installation files, but many other important steps. So, if you omit some of them, you can receive different errors like this above. If you are going to upgrade your PerformancePoint Server, I strongly recommend to review the following articles, before you start this procedure:" more

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:33:04 GMT

Troubleshooting Error When Sending an AS2/EDI Message Through BizTalk

Ben Cline — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:13:25 GMT

Ben Cline writes, "...Another very important tip to know about is that you need to avoid enabling private key protection in the certificate with the private key or you will get additional error messages. Here are the messages I received when I did not disable private key protection..." more

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:13:25 GMT

Issues When Installing BizTalk onto Windows Server 2008

Ben Cline — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:48:07 GMT

Ben Cline writes, "I actually used BizTalk Server 2006 R2 on Windows Server 2008 on a recent project. The install...was the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise edition. I did not work with an install of Server Core or of Hypervisor, so a system that includes these features may or may not function properly for BizTalk. I installed BizTalk..." more

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:48:07 GMT

How to Create Home Organizations & Partners in BTARN 3.5

Jeff Lynch — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:40:04 GMT

Jeff Lynch writes, "...it’s the first thing you’ll need to configure in the BizTalk Accelerator for RosettaNet 3.5 (BTARN 3.5)...If you take a look at the BizTalk Server 2006 Administration Console under the Parties node, you’ll see your new Home Organization and Partner in the list just as you would expect...Don’t let this fool you..." more

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:40:04 GMT

Free Vista Small Business Support

Eric Ligman — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:10:15 GMT

Eric Ligman writes, "...Small Businesses purchasing new PCs with Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate between July 1, 2008 and September 30, 2008 can now receive free support, compatibility assistance, and one-on-one coaching from Microsoft to help them get the most out of their PCs...more information on this offer..." more

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:10:15 GMT

Claim your free SBS 2008 Exam Voucher

Eric Ligman — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:17:56 GMT

Eric Ligman writes, "To request your free SBS 2008 exam voucher, send an email to...and request your voucher. there is a limited quantity available..." more

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:17:56 GMT

Great User Experience Example in a Business Application

Brad Abrams — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:51:41 GMT

Brad Abrams writes, "...talk\demo with Billy Hollis on a next generation business applications in WPF and Silverlight. Billy is working with a customer to provide a temp worker to job matching services." more

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:51:41 GMT