Just getting up to date and I notice Microsoft has posted a page for the Media Center problems with the latest Windows 7 release. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961367 is the page where you can find the information and the hotfix. It explains the problem and has the official Microsoft links to the download. Fixes play back and record issues along with the MP3 problem I spoke about before in my post Windows 7 Beta is Available Now.
OttawaSQL.net User Group Meeting January 15th, 2009
Note, this meeting is scheduled for tomorrow night.
Free Evening Event @ Microsoft Ottawa
Thursday, January 15th 6:00 – 8:00 PM
SQL Server 2008 Developer Enhancements Part 2 –
Management Studio Enhancements & PowerShell Integration, Michelle Gutzait
At our December meeting Klaus showed us a number of fantastic enhancements to T-SQL and the relational engine. For the January session we turn our attention to the enhancements made to the Management Studio, Query Editor & Debugger, and look at some of the new capabilities provided through Performance Studio integration. Please note that we are now starting the presentation at 6:00 PM and that pizza is not provided. No one will be admitted after 6:00 PM.
Session: SQL Server 2008 Developer Enhancements Part 2 –
Management Studio Enhancements & PowerShell Integration, Michelle Gutzait
SQL Server 2008 provides a lot of new features for .NET and T-SQL developers. In this Session Michelle will show you how to improve your efficiency working in the management studio by leveraging its new features. Not using SQL Server 2008 yet? Using the new management studio for your 2005 instances is a great way to start taking advantage of some of these productivity improvements for SQL developers and DBAs. Following the tour of the management studio enhancements Michelle will highlight some of the new capabilities provided through the integration of Performance Studio.
Speaker: Michelle Gutzait, The Pythian Group
Michelle
Michelle has been involved in IT for almost 20 years as a developer, business analyst and database consultant. She has worked exclusively with Microsoft SQL Server for the past 10 years, consulting for many and diverse clients. Her skills include infrastructure and database design, performance tuning, security, high availability and clustering, consolidation analysis, disaster recovery, very large databases, Replication, T-SQL coding and optimization, DTS/SSIS packages, administrative and infrastructure tools development, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, MIIS, training developers and DBAs and more.
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Arrival: 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Presentation: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Refreshments: Pop only
Microsoft Ottawa, World Exchange Plaza
100 Queen Street, Suite 500, Ottawa
SQLTeach Special Event: BI Boot Camp, March 9th to 10th in Ottawa!!!
Use our group’s rebate code OT00SQLNET to register and save $100 off the $999 registration!
Business Intelligence is one of the topmost IT priorities and is increasingly pervasive within organizations large and small. Business Intelligence touches many aspects of our daily lives, from enhancing our online and retail shopping experience to the healthcare we receive. BI also impacts the quality of decisions that business leaders make.
This 2 days (March 9-10,2009) boot camp has been designed to give you a head start in Business Intelligence practice. You will acquire fundamental knowledge of Business Intelligence and dimensional modeling along with understanding on how to use the various Microsoft technologies to implement a BI solution.
Instructor: Rushabh Mehta, SeQueL BI Solutions
Rushabh
Mehta
Rushabh is an Independent Consultant and a Business Intelligence Mentor for Solid Quality Mentors. He has been the lead architect for many large scale and complex Business Intelligence solutions for large enterprise clients such as Publix, Raymond James Financials, Jackson Hewitt, Checkers and most recently on a multi-terabyte Health Services solution for the US Department of Defense. Additionally, he has been a mentor for a large number of client such as Veterans Health Administration, Intuit, Zillow.com, Cymer, Navy Medical Center, Talbots, FM Global and Sunoco. Rushabh is also a BI trainer and has taught BI courses in countries around the world. Through his work experience, Rushabh has been instrumental in creating multiple best-practices in the implementation of the BI technologies.
Rushabh also serves on the Board of The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) as the Director of Technology. In his current position, Rushabh is responsible for the overhaul of their technology infrastructure in order to better serve the SQL Server user community. Rushabh is also a SQL Server MVP and a frequent speaker at large conferences as well as PASS Chapters around the world.
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Windows 7 – Jump Lists
I installed Windows 7 Beta on Saturday to my laptop. It had just finished installing and was I just starting to check it out when Tracey noticed I was done. She then asked to borrow the laptop and she logged on to the machine so she could surf the web. I had wanted to try out some of the new features in Windows 7 Beta but I guess that would have to wait. Tracey had important business, (FaceBook or something like that), so I would have to watch Saturday Night Live while Tracey played on the laptop.
I should point out, Tracey was pretty much a novice on the computer when we first started dating. She just started using a computer on a regular basis back in September. She was using a desktop I had but then she discovered my laptop over the Christmas holidays and now I have had to give up my laptop pretty much whenever she wants. Which I don’t mind actually, eventually I’ll get her a laptop that she can call her own.
So Tracey got to play with the new Windows 7 build before me and one of the new features I helped her discover were the jump lists.
Jump lists are a menu option available by right clicking a program in the taskbar. In the picture, you’ll notice how by right clicking on Media Player icon, you can get a quick list of things to do with Media Player. For example, you can then listen to music you just recently listened to, resume the last playlist played or play all the music. Microsoft Excel will show a list of recently opened files.
Tracey really liked Internet Explorer’s jump list which shows the pages you recently visited. For her, it allows her to open and launch Internet Explorer on a page she was recently at. Tracey, being a creature of habit, only has a small list of pages she checks out daily so she can do that to open up where she needs to be. For me, it means less time having to help her find the page she wants to look for.
While there are other changes between the PDC build and the Beta build, this is probably one of the best UI changes.
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