| More top picks from the week: Chinese pirates of Microsoft software get prison time Microsoft layoff speculation: 9K to 15K employees? Xbox vs. Pampered Chef: 1,000 women get free games to throw Xbox house parties Funny and frustrating: Twitter hacked, phished The Best of A Better Windows World for 2008 From our bloggers: Ron Barrett: A Better Windows World
The best tool for a Better Windows World
I blog about all the tools we can use to make A Better Windows World. Many of these help us to manage, secure and just in general make life in a Microsoft-based environment better. Today I wanted to talk about the one thing that we often overlook -- the human element. Tyson Kopczynski: Hidden Microsoft
Fun with PowerShell 2.0 Eventing
This is the first post about PSH 2.0 features (in fact, maybe I will turn this into an ongoing series named "Stupid PowerShell Tricks"). Eventing had previously thwarted me, but here's a trick I used to overcome that. Brian Egler: SQL Server Strategies
Clustering in SQL Server 2008
SQL Server Failover Clustering is built on the Microsoft Server Clustering Services (MSCS) on Windows. Since WS2008 supports 16 node clustering, so does SQL Server 2008. Randy Muller: All about Microsoft Certifications
Are you validated by a certification?
Many professions require you to pass some sort of a qualification or certification test to enter your chosen field – whether it be the bar exam or exams to earn your Masters or PhD. So why is there such contention in the IT community concerning certifications? Glenn Weadock: Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008: finally friendly for drivers
Both Vista and Server 2008 have earned a reputation for high uptime if the device drivers work well. Outside of the virtual PC/virtual server environment (which seems to suffer many BSODs) crashing only seems to occur when drivers are buggy or not updated for the operating system.
Alex Lewis: Windows into Silicon Valley
How to appear offline in Office Communications Server 2007
Here's a tip regarding Microsoft Office Communicator (MOC), the OCS client. One of the things I thought was missing from MOC was the ability to appear offline. It's a little different than DND (do not disturb). Sometimes you just don't want anyone to know you're there. Ross Mistry: Microsoft BackOffice
Happy New Year! Books for you
We're giving away copies of my latest book, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration Book. Check out a chapter excerpt and enter the giveaway. Hot discussions among Microsoft Subnet readers Xbox vs. Pampered Chef: 1,000 women get free games to throw Xbox house parties Microsoft layoff speculation: 9K to 15K employees? The case of the lecture-only instructor Giveaways and goodies Deadline is January 31 for these goodies up for grabs:
1) One Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500.
2) Fifteen copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration Book by Ross Mistry and Hilary Cotter, published Dec. 23, 2008, by Sams.
See the Microsoft Subnet home page for details on all giveaways. Check out Microsoft Subnet’s library for more free chapters and special discounts on best-selling books. Check out the giveaways for books and free Cisco training from our sister site, Cisco Subnet. Visit the Microsoft Subnet page for daily news, bloggers, opinions, hot topics. | 
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