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Well I'm not promoting any product here, but amused to see the email I have got from Microsoft on using Windows Live services. I can say this is true offerring and easy to access your files wherever you are, your data - any time any place! .   Forget the Memory stick - Windows Live™ SkyDrive is ...

I was happy to see that February CTP for SQL Server 2008 was ready to download for use, in coinciding with my presentation in SQLBits I wanted to work my demos on this CTP release, nothing worked out successfully!! It is fair that new release will help developers and DBAs to test their solutions and get familiar with the next CTP of SQL ...

Imagine a simple installation of SQL Server Express 2005 edition fails with an error ''SQL Server service failed to start?'' Whether it may be on a X64 based operating system or on a simple desktop with XP PRO, as usual you would go with default install options. When the installation fais always best to check the error log for the reason ...

Microsoft Product/Customer Support Services has introduced new phase of provision to address the user issues. This program has been divided into various phases such as assessment, configuration and management with a flavour of Performance & Tuning.   SQL: Risk Assessment Program (SQLRAP) Datasheet Used to evaluate customers’ ...

Microsoft introduced an Incremental Servicing Model (ISM) is available from the SQL Server team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems. The SQL Server team is moving away from the current priority-driven hotfix release model to a scheduled delivery model. In the scheduled delivery model, a customer can receive a hotfix to address their most ...

I believe since Windows 2000 server days you can take advantage of Indexing Service that creates indexes of the contents and properties of all files on local and network drives in order to increase file searching speed. It's quite similar to ''Find Fast'' that ships with Microsoft Office. There is a downside in using this option ...

Microsoft is investing a lot to help the Business Intelligence (BI) platform users with the content and get acquaintance to the platform. You are aware BI includes SQL Server Analysis Services, Integration Services and Reporting Services, you can get to know by referring to the media presentation and learn about the enhanced features since the ...