Windows 2003 R2

Memnoch — Fri, 06 May 2005 23:47:00 GMT

Microsoft vient de mettre en ligne une preview publique de Microsoft Windows 2003 R2.

Cette version est téléchargeable à l'adresse suivante : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/R2/trial/default.mspx

SP4 de SQL Server

Memnoch — Fri, 06 May 2005 18:18:00 GMT

Ca faisait quelques temps que le SP4 de SQL Server 2000 était en beta, maintenant il est disponible en téléchargement :

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/2000/sp4.asp

2eme numéro Technet Magazine

Memnoch — Wed, 04 May 2005 17:23:00 GMT

Après les MSDN Magazine http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/, les IT ont aussi leur magazine. Microsoft Technet vient de sortir le deuxième numéro de Technet Magazine :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2005/05/default.aspx

La fréquence de parution est beaucoup moins importante par rapport à celle de MSDN Magazine, mais bon ce n'est que le début...

En plus, on retrouve quelques sujets intéréssant dont voici le sommaire (repris en partie) :

SQL Server Reduce Downtime: Implement SQL Server 2000 On A Cluster Stephen Strong

Running SQL Server 2000 on a Windows Server 2003 Server failover cluster will get you more uptime by alleviating your reliance on a single server.

XML To The Max: Get More Power Out Of Your SQL Server Ward Pond

Using the SQL Server 2000 T-SQL syntax, you can manipulate XML in a variety of ways. For example, you can access data contained in an XML string passed into a stored procedure and produce XML output. Find out what these flexible, powerful XML features can do for you.

Get A Traffic Report: Analyze Your Database Usage With System Tables Matt Evans and Josh Moody

By querying data from the master.sysprocesses table you can get almost any information you need about connections to your SQL database, what each process is doing, which processes are blocking, and lots more. Then you can use this data to create some truly enlightening reports.

Async Lifestyle: Manage Your Tasks With Service Broker Roger Wolter

SQL Server 2005 Service Broker is more than just a developer tool. DBAs can use it to schedule tasks, run batch processing, and perform routine database maintenance.

On The Horizon: Improved Data Security In SQL Server 2005 Don Kiely

Microsoft has performed extensive threat modeling and security analysis to identify the threats facing database servers. This work has resulted in an upcoming version of SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, that is secure by design. This article enumerates the various security

Rights Management Services avec SP1

Memnoch — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:52:00 GMT

Les produits Microsoft non supportés par Microsoft Virtual Server

Memnoch — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:40:00 GMT