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HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance
HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance The Microsoft and HP Business Data Warehouse appliance...
Date: 06/14/2011
SQL Server Denali – Launch Site…
www.sqlserverlaunch.com - Includes:
Date: 06/14/2011
SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 R2 Operations Guide
Released on MSDN - The Analysis Services 2008R2 Operations Guide
Date: 06/06/2011
New MS.COM SQL Azure website and free trial
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlazure/default.aspx
Date: 09/28/2010
SQL 2008 R2 and PowerPivot Training in Aus – May/June 2010
Peter Ward and Wardy IT have launched some upcoming training courses: This is from there newsletter:...
Date: 05/06/2010
Windows Azure Platform AppFabric now commercially available
ATTENTION: Windows Azure platform AppFabric has transitioned to commercial availability on April...
Date: 04/28/2010
SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM
It’s somewhat old new now but in case you were unaware SQL 2008 R2 has Released to Manufacturing...
Date: 04/28/2010
Maintaining High Availability for the Microsoft.com site
Wow, some interesting stats here. Check out the technet post at:...
Date: 03/16/2010
BizTalk 2006 R2 Service Pack 1
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/974563
Date: 02/15/2010
AMR Research Doc on PowerPivot
Microsoft SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel: Unleashing the Business User...
Date: 02/15/2010
Gartner positions MS in leader quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms
Further validation of the great BI platform we’re driving to market…...
Date: 02/15/2010
Free 1/2 Day SQL 2008 R2 Seminar in Mel, Bris, Syd (Jan 2010)
Peter Ward (Wardy IT) will be running some free SQL 2008 R2 seminars at the end of January. Email...
Date: 01/10/2010
Power Pivot site from Rob Collie
One of our program managers in Redmond has a great site showcasing Powerpivot....
Date: 12/15/2009
BizTalk 2004 Mainstream Support is retired in July 2009
Hi all, If you still have BizTalk 2004 in your environment, mainstream support ends in July 2009. In...
Date: 06/09/2009
BizTalk Adapter Pack Migration Tool…
Migration tool released – if you want to consider using the BizTalk WCF adapters....
Date: 06/08/2009
Using Bing… it’s already growing on me
Have you tried Bing yet? www.bing.com
Date: 06/03/2009
Watch this now – XBOX 360!
Date: 06/01/2009
SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP
Register by going to https://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/r2.aspx and we will let you know...
Date: 06/01/2009
Microsoft "Oslo" - May 2009 CTP Release
It’s a busy month ;-) Overview "Oslo" is the code name for Microsoft’s next generation...
Date: 06/01/2009
BizTalk 2009 Hyper V Guide
Just noticed that we had released to web the BizTalk 2009 guide for Hyper V. Get it here:...
Date: 06/01/2009
MS now officially supports SQL Server failover clustering in a VM
Our local SQL Tech Specialist Ron alerted me to a change in policy....
Date: 05/25/2009
Melbourne BizTalk 2009 Hands on Day – Sat 30th May
See the User Group site:...
Date: 05/24/2009
BizTalk 2009 Best Practices Analyser
The download package is available here. The BizTalk Server Best Practices Analyzer performs...
Date: 05/18/2009
Tech Ed Australia 2009
https://www.microsoft.com.au/teched It’s on again – 8-11th September on the Gold Coast. Nice!
Date: 05/15/2009
Microsoft Australia Solutions Development Centre (SDC) Open Day May 2009 - presentations online
If you were not able to get to the SDC Open day in Sydney earlier this month – you can watch the...
Date: 05/13/2009
Geo-Replication Performance Gains with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Running on Windows Server 2008
Thanks to my colleague Ron Dunn for bringing this MSDN article to my attention:...
Date: 05/11/2009
SQL Server 2008 for Oracle DBA’s – online training…
Given that a lot of our customers here in VIC have experience around Oracle, this might be some...
Date: 05/10/2009
REMIX 2009 – Star City Sydney (11 June 09) – Next Generation Web
Remix 09 is on in June in Sydney. The details and registration site can be found at:...
Date: 05/06/2009
Codeplex BizTalk SFTP adapter
Worth a look…. https://sftpadapter.codeplex.com/ CV
Date: 05/03/2009
Dimension Data’s SQL Consolidation Techspresso (Australia)
Dimension Data has been doing some great work for us around SQL Consolidation. They are holding an...
Date: 04/29/2009
BizTalk 2009 RTM – go get it!
Being an ex BizTalk Technical Specialist, this one is close to my heart :-) BTS 2009 RTM’d recently...
Date: 04/27/2009
Gov and Health – SQL 2008 SP1 is here…
Just in case you have not seen any of the blogs or announcements! Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008...
Date: 04/27/2009
SQL Server Kilimanjaro and Madison webcast
If you are up for an early morning start, check out the upcoming webcast: This session will provide...
Date: 04/26/2009
Replying to comments on my blog and where have I been update!
Sorry to all for having been out of blogging action for so long, and many of you have posted...
Date: 04/20/2009
Australian Technical Workshops
Microsoft Technical Workshops, across Australia, empowers businesses of any size, IT Professionals...
Date: 11/18/2008
Microsoft Health CUI (Common User Interface)
If youare building any applications in health, you should really be across the Microsoft CUI. "The...
Date: 01/23/2008
The 2007/2008 Imagine Cup - Techology Competition for Students.
I had heard of the Imagine Cup in the past, but did not realise it's reach. This from Nick Ellery...
Date: 12/26/2007
Australian 2008 Microsoft Application Platform Training
Get onto some of this training next year Performance Point Server - 2 Days...
Date: 12/14/2007
BizTalk RFID Training - Syd Australia: Feb 2008
https://www.local.microsoft.com.au/australia/events/register/home.aspx?levent=250304&linvitation...
Date: 12/06/2007
Are you a Victorian Government School Student? Buy Office 2007 cheap! - Don't miss out!
Our local Australian Microsoft Education account manager, Kevin, has been working hard on this...
Date: 12/06/2007
Sydney Dec 2007 BizTalk User Group - RFID Services
Just got this email from the user group.... get to it if you want to learn about MS RFID...
Date: 11/28/2007
Our Australian Microsoft Business Intelligence Summit
Next week, we are holding a Business Intelligence Summit in Melbourne and Sydney. Check out the...
Date: 11/21/2007
Windows Live Community Builder - a no brainer...
We have laucnhed the Windows Live Community Builder service. It allows businesses, non-profit...
Date: 11/21/2007
Hosted and Managed Services for BizTalk in Australia!
Now here's an idea!!! Hosted and Managed Services for BizTalk! Why hasn't someone thought of this...
Date: 11/19/2007
BizTalk R2 Training Australia - October 2007
Email from our internal readiness team... Hi, Aligned to the BizTalk Release 2, global launch in...
Date: 09/16/2007
BizTalk 2006 R2 Global Launch - Sept 14, 2007 Sydney!
You have got to get to this! Register now. It's the one day launch....
Date: 08/27/2007
Rahul - our National BizTalk Specialist - starts a blog!
Yeah!! You're the man! Welcome to the blogsphere Rahul! This is awesome. Look forward to your...
Date: 08/27/2007