More top picks from the week Brace yourself for 10 updates on Patch Tuesday Where Will Office, Groove and SharePoint Finally Converge? Microsoft to give away $15K in prizes for Azure developer contest Bing Favors Microsoft, Time For A Search Engine Users Bill Of Rights Previews of upcoming Xbox 360 games and Project Natal From our bloggers: Microsoft stuns partners with strict financing terms Mitchell Ashley, Converging on Microsoft: Last week Microsoft stunned its partner channel by significantly changing the terms of Microsoft financing for customer deals. Previously Microsoft offered partners very favorable terms, by only requiring one Microsoft license in any deal financed. That's no longer the case as Microsoft now requires a minimum of 35% Microsoft product and services to receive financing. No Clone 2007: Safely remove duplicate files (or e-mails) Ron Barrett, A Better Windows World: I've unearthed another freebie tool to make your e-mail admin's life a little easier, a product called No Clone 2007. No Clone searches for file and e-mail duplicates (by attaching to Outlook) and then provides a report grid for you to compare the files and decide which one should be removed. Windows 7 vs. Linux: Thunderdome for desktops Tyson Kopczynski, Hidden Microsoft: It seems like the chatter around some impending Windows 7 vs. Linux faceoff has been exponentially increasing these past couple of weeks. I find it funny. Sounds like this is some kind of no holds bar, dirt encrusted, choose your own weapon, cage match of death. Plantronics Savi Go Wireless Headset for OCS Alex Lewis, Windows into Silicon Valley: For the last two weeks or so I've been testing a preproduction unit of the Plantronics Savi Go wireless headset for OCS. I have a "tanjay" and a wired USB headset but I can't believe how much happier I am with the wireless "Go". Microsoft and the EU: Round X Kerrie Meyler, Managing Microsoft: Microsoft's seemingly never ending trials and tribulations with the European Union's antitrust case may have a new twist. As of April 2009, IE share in Europe is about 48%, with Firefox having 39% of the market. Sometimes you should really keep it private Susan Hanley, Essential SharePoint: This week, I had a conversation with a client about creating an "Ask Management" question and answer forum and we debated the appropriateness of using a SharePoint discussion board "out of the box." Any user could post a response -- was that a good idea? Self-Documenting Systems, part 1 Glenn Weadock, Windows Server 2008: While changing a tire recently, I ran across something I hadn't seen before: plastic caps over the lug nuts. There was no obvious way to remove them, so I checked the yellow sticker next to the jack in the trunk no clues there. The owner's manual was more informative, instructing me to use a tool that was, unfortunately, missing
but a McGyver'd clothes hanger did the trick. Inherit Permissions in SQL Server Brian Egler, SQL Server Strategies: Many of our customers are still working with SQL Server 2000 and are in the process of upgrading to either SQL Server 2005 or 2008. One area that has improved vastly is security. SQL Server 2005 introduced inheritance of permissions. Hot discussions among Microsoft Subnet readers Microsoft Removes Windows 7's "Crippleware" 3 App Limit MDOP Is The Hidden Gem of Microsoft's WS 2008 R2 and W7 Releases Microsoft and the EU: Round X Is Free SharePoint In Your Future? Surprise! It's Already Here Wipe out those old hard drives with confidence Bing Favors Microsoft, Time For A Search Engine Users Bill Of Rights June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. |
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