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Microsoft developers looked ahead to Yukon, Whidbey, and Longhorn at a packed Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2003 in Los Angeles this week that featured the release of early code bits and standing-room-only sessions. California...
As you've read in this column before, I have two major complaints about Microsoft's certification programs. First, the certification process doesn't guarantee high-level expertise. Second, Microsoft certifications are too generalized. Having one...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently discussed his company's ever-evolving plans to secure its users' systems at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2003 in New Orleans. Going forward, Ballmer pledged that Microsoft would reduce the size of...
Most SQL Server customers use tempdb a lot. But you might not realize that heavy use of tempdb can cause resource-allocation contention and result in potentially serious performance problems. I recently ran across a Microsoft Knowledge Base...
Three weeks ago, I mentioned in a news story (see the URL below) that Microsoft had released a copy of its Security Rollup Package 1 (SRP1) for Windows XP to beta testers. Late last week, the company released the package to the public, but under a...