Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Windows Home Server now available; Win one of 15 copies of SQL Server 2005 Maintenance Practices

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Microsoft News Alert




Network World's Microsoft News Alert, 11/06/07

This is Network World's Microsoft Subnet news alert in which we focus on the top items from Microsoft Subnet, your source for Microsoft news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more.

* TOP PICK OF THE WEEK:

Windows Home Server now available
Microsoft hopes you will add Windows Home Server to your holiday shopping list (perhaps for yourself). The software lets home Windows PC users share and store multimedia and other files. Because Windows Home Server is just software, it is also offered bundled on hardware with lots of storage. Several third-party bundles were announced including the ultra-cool HP MediaSmart Server.

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Walmart begins selling $198 Linux computer

IBM and Alcatel-Lucent battle Microsoft over unified communications

Comparing Leopard to Vista

Win one of 15 copies of

* FROM OUR BLOGGERS:

Kerrie Meyler: Managing Microsoft
Why is it important to say you don't know something?
Deatrice, one of the winners for the October 2007 drawing for the MOM 2005 Unleashed book asks: "How important is it for IT Professionals to stay true to themselves about the skills, training, and etc. that they don't have? I notice a lot of 'IT Professionals' boost in what they don't understand, why?" IT is a huge field, and the technology is constantly changing. It's more than the version of a product you are working with, it's all the products that apply to that particular skill set, and all the ways that that skill set can grow.

Tyson Kopczynski: Hidden Microsoft gems
Using PowerShell to take Virtual Server snapshots (Part Three)
This is my third posting in this series. In the first posting, I described the different components that would be needed for this script. Then, I started explaining how the first part of the script worked. Now we will dive into a meatier portion of the script and figure out the code for taking the VM snap shots. Let's get started!

Chris Dalby: The Essential Microsoft Toolkit
Make life easier and download Launchy
Windows users, make your life easier by downloading and installing Launchy - The Open Source Keystroke Launcher for Windows. Launchy is a free Windows utility designed to help you forget about your Start Menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your File Manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your Start Menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes! 

Michael Dortch: Musings on Microsoft
Microsoft and RFID: an unlikely marriage that works well
Just how many "faces" can one company have? With Microsoft, at least three. Face the First: Microsoft, unified communications, and VoIP, continued. Face the Second: Microsoft, Facebook, and online advertising. Face the Third: Microsoft, RFID, and IT-enabled business infrastructures. Say what?

Ron Colonna: Microsoft Certification/Training Corner
How to study for an exam
My preparation for taking an exam uses three things. The first is I read through all the course material at least twice paying special attention to anything that Microsoft marks as important or that is listed as an exception. The second thing I do is try to do all the practices and labs again. I try to do things a bit differently. I try to push the directions so I can maybe break something and try to fix it. This helps me become more familiar with the tools and OS itself. The third thing I do is try to take practice exams so I can get a feel for how the questions might be asked.

Microsoft Subnet welcomes November guest bloggers, author experts Chris Amaris and Ross Mistry.

From Author Expert Ross Mistry's blog
Selecting the appropriate recovery model for a database in SQL Server 2005
I frequently receive the same question from my clients and from the audience at my seminars - "Which recovery model should I use on my SQL Server databases?"  Basically, there isn't a right or wrong answer as each recovery model offers benefits and consequences.

* HOT DISCUSSIONS AMONG MICROSOFT SUBNET READERS:

Secure your wireless networks people!

The problem with Microsoft Office Communications Server

Downtime - one reason why we want to "manage" IT Operations

* FREEBIES, GIVEAWAYS AND OTHER NOTABLES:

Enter today to win your free training course worth up to $2,500 from New Horizons Computer Learning Centers. The next New Horizon's Microsoft training giveaway ends November 30. Win any kind of training you want: classroom, online, mentoring and more.
Win one of 15 copies of SQL Server 2005 Management and Administration. Giveaway ends November 30.
Check out Microsoft Subnet’s library for more free chapters and special discounts on best-selling books. 
Visit the Microsoft Subnet page for daily news, opinions, hot topics.

MOST-READ STORIES:
1. Cell jamming a simple call for justice
2. Networking's 50 greatest arguments
3. Dell acquires EqualLogic for $1.4B
4. What does it take to manage virtual servers?
5. Open source gains traction in U.S. govt.
6. Deconstructing the PC revolution
7. One picture is worth 335,000 charred acres
8. DARPA looks to adaptive wireless nets
9. Humans will love, marry robots by 2050
10. Cisco Certs are dead

MOST-READ TEST:
HP's 'shorty' blade server takes fresh approach


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Senior Editor John Fontana covers Microsoft for Network World.

Julie Bort edits Microsoft Subnet

Microsoft Subnet: The independent voice of Microsoft customers



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