Blogs

Here’s your opportunity to be technical evangelist at Microsoft. A peer of mine, Drew, has an open position in his team. In his post he outlines the details of the role. Don’t be scared by the first few paragraphs of his post :). It is a cool job. Drew...

CIO.com lists 5 of what they consider “Indispensable IT Skills of the Future”. Analyzing Data Understanding Risk Mastering Robotics Securing Information Running the Network The article lists those five skills. Looking at it, they look pretty obvious to...

Folks have been asking for a location to download the 64-bit Insider Newsletter I once put together. Well, it had been in several locations over the years. While still considering to review the existing documents, here’s a link to the current documents...

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010...9-released.aspx QUOTE(Microsoft Security Response Center) We’re currently developing a security update for Windows that will address the vulnerability. In the meantime, customers may choose to disable Windows...

Thecus, makers of fine storage products for all kinds of users and platforms, recently sent us the Pro version of their N7700 class NAS device. With a little help from our friends at Seagate, who graciously donated 8 TB of hard drives for us to test with...

Watch this 2 part video series from the recent MIX10 event. It provides you with an overview of the unique functionality for Silverlight applications on the Windows Phone application platform . Learn about new input paradigms, APIs for phone applications...

I was recently asked about whether SQL Server data can move between architectures, say from x64 to x86. Yes, you can move SQL Server data back and forth between x64, x86, and IA64 architectures. The data and log files themselves do not store anything...