Tuesday, December 6, 2011

SQL Server Inventory, Configuration Monitoring, and Logging Infrastructure

SQL Server Inventory, Configuration Monitoring, and Logging Infrastructure


SQL Server Inventory, Configuration Monitoring, and Logging Infrastructure

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST

This project is designed to allow inventorying and configuration management of SQL Servers in your environment. Including SQL Server configurations, databases, database configurations, database file configurations. And more.

10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 9 of 10)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:27 AM PST

This article is sponsored by Telerik RadControls for Silverlight . Related content from the sponsor: Check out what's new! The latest Q3 2011 release is out! Introducing ChartView & next-generation CRM demo with full source code. Introducing Telerik...( read more )...(read more)

New NuGet.org Deployed!

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 11:22 PM PST

So my last day at Microsoft ended up being a very long one as the NuGet team worked late into the evening to deployan updated version of NuGet.org. I'm very happy to be a part of this as my last act as a Microsoft employee. This is complete re-write of the gallery. Why a rewrite? We've learned a lot since we first launched, and our needs have evolved to the point where a rewrite made sense. The new implementation is a vanilla ASP.NET MVC 3 application and highly optimized to be a gallery with just the features we need. For example, we made extensive use of Mvc Mini Profiler to ensure pages made the least number of database queries as necessary. Also, the site is now hosted in Azure! What's in this new implementation? There's a lot of great improvements...(read more)

Last Day at Microsoft

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 05:06 PM PST

Well, as I wrote before , today is my last day at Microsoft. Last night we had our office Holiday party in the observation deck and lounge of the Space Needle. The party was just fantastic and we were lucky to have a nice clear evening with spectacular views. What a great way to go! I had a brief exit interview where I handed over my badge with an air of finality. However, I am still an employee until midnight tonight. So it's not so final just yet. Which is a good thing as the NuGet team is working to deploy the new NuGet.org gallery tonight if all goes well. Once that's been up for a few days and we're comfortable with it being stable, we'll release NuGet 1.6. In the meanwhile, my office has been razed of all the good equipment including my...(read more)

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