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Network World's Microsoft News Alert, 10/09/07 * TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Will the SAP/Microsoft relationship be hurt by SAP's acquisition?
SAP's purchase of business intelligence vendor Business Objects could add more pressure to the increasingly strained relationship between SAP and Microsoft. Microsoft and SAP have been partnering to tune SAP solutions to work with Windows and SQL Server. Plus, at SAP's conference SAPHIRE '07, they announced that they were extending their relationship for their jointly developed Duet software which lets customers access SAP business intelligence data from Microsoft Office applications. However, as Microsoft pushes into business intelligence, with new products like PerformancePoint Server, Business Objects is clearly a competitor. Microsoft offers amnesty for users of pirated XP | Case Studies, Market Trends, Peer Discussions Network Worlds newly enhanced WAN Traffic Optimization Buyers Guide has everything you need to stay current, research new technology, compare products and implement solutions - all in one convenient location. Visit now for case studies, how-tos, best practices, buying tips, peer discussions and more. Click here to go to the Buyers Guide now. | | Microsoft announces VoIP phone pricing for SMBs Senator wants regulators to better examine Google/DoubleClick merger New Zunes, free tunes PLUS: ZunePhone parody video * FROM OUR BLOGGERS: Michael Dortch: Musings on Microsoft
Can Microsoft be trusted?
"Can Microsoft be trusted by business IT decision-makers or its business partners? ... The company has tarnished its own reputation more than once, most recently in its apparently aggressive efforts to get its Open Office XML (OOMXL) file format fast-tracked as an industry standard ... I've met Steve Ballmer a few times, and think he's driven, focused, and smart - and I don't think he or the rest of the Microsoft `brain trust' know for sure, yet." John Obeto – Notes from a Microsoft fan
Its time for Microsoft to simplify its End User License Agreement
"The kerfuffle over Windows Update updating itself is one of those issues that columnists and bloggers bereft of new ideas use as a crock to continue stoking the flames of customer discontent against Microsoft. Guess what? Microsoft deserves it! Have you read the End User License Agreement? Have I? Has any normal human?" Microsoft author expert Kerrie Meyler
The Operations Manager 2007 Authoring Console
"If you're familiar with MOM 2005, you know that management packs were distributed in a binary format with an extension of AKM, and could not be edited outside a Management Group (e.g., you could only change them within MOM). This changes with Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007, where management packs are written in XML." Tyson Kopczynski: Hidden Microsoft gems
Restoring Active Directory onto a virtual machine
"I don't normally promote things. But, after working with this tool called UMove, I thought it might be cool to share. ... If you happened to have built your DCs on a VM to start with, you could just copy the vhd over to the lab. However, be forewarned: DO NOT PLUG THESE MACHINES BACK ONTO YOUR PRODUCTION NETWORK. Bad things will ensue." Collaboration expert Sue Hanley's blog
Wiki while you work
"A question came up this week in a client meeting: why would we use the Wiki feature of SharePoint when we can just use a Document workspace to work together on a document?" Ron Colonna: Microsoft Certification/Training Corner
Should you get certified?
"So what if it isn't so important at your job? Should you still take the certification classes and tests? I think you should. Certification can be useful to end the spottiness of learning things on your own. I see it all the time. Students that have been working with things for years didn't know that a particular utility or feature existed."
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