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	Windows AD groups may not be your answer Sean McCown: Managing SQL logins in AD groups is the answer MS has been pushing for a long time now but I'm really not a huge fan overall. Read More WEBCAST: Akamai Technologies Increase Download Completion Rates Join IDC for this live Webcast as new research on Electronic Software Delivery is revealed. Find out how to effectively monitor and deliver small and large downloads to ensure end user success and satisfaction. And because it's live, you can ask the experts questions specific to your environment. Register Today. In this Issue Pirated Microsoft Software, a Political Weapon in Russia? So, how does your dog food taste, Microsoft? Oops! Need an Undo in SQL Server? Try using a Snapshot… Preventing Bad Behavior with Policy Based Management Froyo drinks Eclair's Android milkshake Why is organizational change so hard? – Quotes to tee up the conversation Google Super Spy Eye-in-the-Sky: Total Information Awareness Cyber-Warfare: U.S. Military Hackers and Spies Prepare to Knock the World Offline Visit the Microsoft Subnet home page for more Microsoft news WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power 10 reasons for MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer Software. To operate at peak efficiency, the data center manager must have immediate access to the right information. With the Avocent infrastructure planning and management solution, you can quickly realize the benefits of predictive simulation and modeling for every device in your data center. Read now. Pirated Microsoft Software, a Political Weapon in Russia? Ms. Smith: Choosing to run pirated software is not wise and carries heavy risks as Microsoft is fully within its rights to protect its software. Yet there seems to be a new twist in the charge to stomp out piracy. Read More So, how does your dog food taste, Microsoft? Robert Mullins: I can't tell you how many times people at Silicon Valley companies have told me they eat their own dog food. (I trust that the only company where they don't eat their own dog food is Purina.) Microsoft recently posted about how its Azure dog food tastes. Read More Oops! Need an Undo in SQL Server? Try using a Snapshot… Brian Egler: A great feature in SQL Server 2005 and above is the Snapshot database. It appears to be a complete read-only copy of a database. All data tables, views, stored procedures, users, permissions etc. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Splunk and MapReduce Large-Scale, Unstructured Data Retrieval and Analysis Using Splunk. An Easier, More Productive Way to Leverage the Proven MapReduce Paradigm. Read now! Preventing Bad Behavior with Policy Based Management Brian Egler: SQL Server 2008 supports Policy Based Management. It's SQL Server's version of Group Policy but luckily Active Directory is not involved at all. Read More Froyo drinks Eclair's Android milkshake Jon Brodkin: Ah, how fast time flies in the brave new world of Google's Android. Only a few weeks ago, a lucky few of us rejoiced as we started playing with "Froyo," the much-hyped version 2.2 of the Android mobile phone operating system, which replaced 2.1, code-named "Éclair." Read More Why is organizational change so hard? – Quotes to tee up the conversation Susan Hanley: This week, the relationship between implementing SharePoint and organizational change came up once again at one of my clients. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Best Practices for producing smarter products Join industry experts as they share best practices for designing and building smarter products. Learn how leading companies are using IBM Rational software to accelerate innovation, improve quality, increase productivity, and streamline compliance and auditability - so we can all live on a smarter planet. Learn more. Google Super Spy Eye-in-the-Sky: Total Information Awareness Ms. Smith: In setting up an action/thriller movie, let's picture mass biometric and CCTV surveillance and tracking technology that is stored in a massive computer database, holding personal information of every person in the United States. Read More Cyber-Warfare: U.S. Military Hackers and Spies Prepare to Knock the World Offline Ms. Smith: Theoretically, the world is engaged in a hidden global war that is being fought on a dark virtual battlefield. On October 1st, in the cyber domain, 1,000 U.S. military hackers and Internet spies will get down to the business of cyberwar. Read More Visit the Microsoft Subnet home page for more Microsoft news This newsletter features content from Microsoft Subnet, a community that features industry-expert bloggers, giveaways and all the top news of interest to network professionals. Follow us on Twitter @microsoftsubnet Read More
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