Aptana is a robust, JavaScript-focused IDE for building dynamic web applications. Highlights include the following features:
Get it at www.aptana.com
Last week, I listed the Top five things Linux can learn from Microsoft. Well, it's a two-way street: Microsoft could really stand to learn a few things from Linux, too.
Source : Linux-Watch.com
Linux does a lot of things right -- open-source, security, reliability -- but it's far from perfect. In fact, Linux and its vendors could stand to learn a few things from Microsoft. Yes, Microsoft. Like what? Here's my list of the top five things that Linux could learn from Microsoft
Source : Linux-Watch.com
OpenSTA is an open source Web performance tester that runs on Windows.
Here's what Jim Rapoza said about it in an eWeek article :
This product isn't among the best we've seen in any area—it doesn't have the best interface for configuring tests, and its built-in reports options are fairly weak, for example.
But OpenSTA has one clear advantage over its expensive commercial competitors: It's a free, open-source product that, despite its limitations, lets businesses carry out high-level tests of enterprise Web applications.
You can download it at portal.opensta.org
How does Windows Server (Windows+IIS+SQL server+ASP) compare to a LAMP (Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP) installation ? Well not so bad, in fact pretty good.
That is the conlusion of an eWeek Labs article by Jim Rapoza.
It is also intersting to see how well an open source combo can perform on a Windows Server.
Microsoft has brought is Windows Live Tool bar addition for Internet Explorer (6 & 7) out of beta.
Great stuff ! You will gain tabbed browsing, phishing Filter, Search bar, RSS reader and more.
Get it at toolbar.live.com
Tip : To change your web search service from Windows Live to Google enter http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=$w
This is the ultimate guide to Live Communications Server (LCS). You'll begin with an introduction to this technology and the suite of Unified Communications products offered by Microsoft, such as Live Meeting 2005, Communicator 2005, and LCS 2005 SP1. The book continues to cover details of the technical configuration of LCS 2005 SP1 and Communicator 2005.
Download it at www.microsoft.com
Yay! - We have new Virtual Machine Additions up for the Windows Vista CTP releases. These new Additions (13.709) have performance optimizations for Windows Vista Beta 2 (Build 5384), Windows Vista Beta 2 June Refresh (Build 5465) and Windows Vista Beta 2 July Refresh (Build 5472).
You can download the Additions from the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta program at http://connect.microsoft.com. And for Virtual PC users - do not worry - the Additions are available as a separate download on the beta program, so once you have signed up you can download just the Additions and use them with Virtual PC.
Microsoft just publish a page that explain how to upgrade your existing OS to Windows Vista. You'll notice that you have to do a clean new install (no upgrade) is you have Windows XP 64bit ou Windows 2000.
Source : Microsoft.com
It's a Microsoft Excel Add-In with a collection of functions which can be useful in an Enterprise environment based on Microsoft Windows operating systems. The main functions are based on retrieving information from Active Directory, modifying Active Directory and getting information from computers through WMI. Although there are more free tools available nowadays (like ADModify), it can be quite convenient to perform certain tasks directly in Excel.
Source : Bink.nu
ADModify.NET is a tool primarily utilized by Exchange and Active Directory administrators to facilitate bulk user attribute modifications.
Source : workspaces.gotdotnet.com/ADModify
Yes, that's right free !
source : www.microsoft.com/virtualpc
This article discusses how to switch between the 32-bit version of Microsoft ASP.NET 1.1 and both the 32-bit version and the 64-bit version of ASP.NET 2.0 on a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows.
Source : Microsoft.comEffective October 10, 2006, assisted support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) will end. After this date, Microsoft will no longer provide any incident support or security updates.
Source : Microsoft.comFyodor, the author of Nmap, has released the results of his 2006 network security tool survey.
Source : SecTools.org
Bobbie Harder (MSFT) has posted a list of Top known issues whilst upgrading WSUS to WSUS SP1 on microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services. These issues will be updated in a KB and in the online WSUS SP1 readme.
Source : PatchAholic...The WSUS Blog
This step-by-step article describes how to determine whether a security update supports HotPatching, how to set up an environment to test HotPatching, and how to install security updates that use HotPatching.
If you use HotPatching, you can install General Distribution Release (GDR) security updates on servers that run 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1), without restarting the servers.
Source : Microsoft Technet KB
Check out the amazing PowerShellIDE at http://PowerShell.com. PowerShellIDE is the World's first PowerShell Editor and IDE.
Currently, PowerShellIDE is absolutely free.
This 350-page document contains guidance for SQL Server administrators, developers, and IT decision makers who would like to move their SQL Server 2000 or 7.0 databases to SQL Server 2005.
Source : Microsoft.com
This Microsoft KB helps avoiding common mistakes while upgrading their system.
Source : Microsoft.com
