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"In today's post I'm going to be discussing Microsoft Web Deploy - which is a free server technology that enables a comprehensive publishing and deployment mechanism. Web Deploy enables you to not only publish files - but also provision database schema/data, run database change scripts, set security ACLs, and more. All of these deployment steps can be automated using Visual Studio."

Deployment packaging the VS2010 way. Overkill for right now, but worth considering for a big-time migration.

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"I contacted Microsoft support to obtain an executable (not publically available) that would fix the existing sites"

"Environments that don't have or don't want SA will be required to purchase a separate Windows VDA license for every VDI-hosted desktop." But it's even worse than that, because the number of devices from which each VDI desktop is accessed, and the ownership of those devices, may confuse the licensing issue.

Some ideas to consider for the RAM project, whether or not we use the tools (SQL Server, SS Integration Services, SS Reporting Services). The book mentioned in the article is available to WSU online via SkilSoft.

LightSwitch sounds like an interesting development tool, but since the apps are "manifested" as Silverlight applications, they may run into a barrier if users are leery to download the runtime.

"ULSViewer allows users to open a ULS log file and display its contents in a user friendly format. Users can then perform advanced functions such as filtering, sorting, highlighting, loading logs, appending logs, etc in order to single out the data that is important to the user. This information can be used to diagnose problems with machines running ULS services, or to monitor machines and the events they create in realtime. "

Mircosoft SQL Server online docs home page, for current version (2008 R2) as well as our 2005 version. Links to "Books Online", "Compact Edition", and White Papers in three editions.

"When released, Office Web Apps will be free to consumers, but organizations wanting to use them may need to consider beefing up their infrastructure to support SharePoint 2010." Apparently, Microsoft's answer to Google Apps will be front-ended by SharePoint 2010 for "Active Directory integration, auditing, compliance, etc." [Consumer-level access will be via Windows Live on the Web.]

code examples

"Pivot makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun. We tried to step back and design an interaction model that accommodates the complexity and scale of information rather than the traditional structure of the Web."

"For this ASP.NET tutorial we will dive into the AJAX capabilities of the Chart control including real-time data and interactivity. "