Microsoft IT’s Top 10 SQL Server 2008 Features

Today, more than 4,700 Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 instances with about 100,000 databases on dedicated hosts support 1,300 applications across several teams in Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT). Because it has deployed SQL Server 2008 since early beta, Microsoft IT has had time to assess and report the top 10 features of the product in its environment.

Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac, Web Services Edition

To take advantage of the latest innovations that Exchange 2007 has to offer, Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition uses Exchange Web Services to communicate with Exchange Server. In this update, Entourage uses Exchange Web Services to provide several calendaring improvements. The update includes support for notes, tasks, and category synchronization with the Exchange Server.

Enterprise Data Warehouse: A Patterns Approach to Data Integration

Microsoft Information Technology (MSIT) uses a set of solution patterns which provide a balance between the need to collect and integrate data for its Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and the need to have immediate, tactical solutions. This approach creates a powerful framework for a single commonly supported infrastructure with high data quality and flexibility.

Migrating User Files from Windows 2000 to Windows 7 Using the W2KMigUser Script

The Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) version 4.0 does not support migrating user state from Windows 2000 to Windows 7—a challenge for organizations wanting to refresh many computers running Windows 2000 while moving users’ files. This white paper and its companion scripts help overcome this challenge by providing a solution that preserves users’ files during deployment.

Unity 2.0

Unity is a lightweight, extensible dependency injection container with support for instance and type interception.

MPSReports Viewer 2.0

Download the viewer companion for the Microsoft Product Support Reports system configuration gathering tools. The Microsoft Product Support Reports utility facilitates the gathering of critical system and logging information used in troubleshooting support issues and this tool allows for the collected results to be reviewed by the support professional.

Bing API, Version 2

Documentation and additional resources that support use of the Bing Application Programming Interface (API), Version 2, which enables developers to programmatically submit queries to and retrieve results from the Bing Engine.