Links You Should’ve Clicked Last Week: Monday, September 28, 2009
- by Scott Whigham on September 28, 2009 5:44 AMQuick dump and then it's back to recording my new 2008 Integration Services training videos!
Database Related
- Glossary of Data Quality terms - hint: if you are an SSIS junkie, you need to know many of these
- New Cumulative Updates (CUs) now available for SQL 2008
- Free SQL Server tools that might make your life a little easier - I have a reminder to check this list about 2x/yr
- The Phases of SQL Server Query Optimization
Programming Related
- MSFT's WebSpark Program - get licenses of Visual Studio, SQL Server, and more for free
- 101 Five-Minute Ways to Incrementally Improve Your Website - Not your usual collection
- One technique for speeding up AJAX-based ASP.NET sites
- Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library V3.1
Sysadmin Related
- Exchange 2007 SP2 due soon - strange: it won't support Windows 2008 R2
- Exchange admins allowed to backup Exchange on Windows 2008 finally
- SharePoint: Advantages of 64-Bit
- SharePoint 2010 System Requirements - still preliminary...
- Windows Sysinternals - just in case you don't have this already b'marked
Misc
- Apple up to its old tricks, pushing unwanted software onto PCs - While I do have an iPhone, I get more and more upset at Apple each year!
- Fences - a great desktop manager
- Reverse Image Search from tineye.com - What is "reverse image search"? You enter an image and it shows where it came from, how it is used, etc
- The Benefits of Attending User Group Meetings - My first IT job came from my first user group meeting
- Awesomely Bad Engagement Photos - A little humor
- Get on your try-cycle - Sent this to a colleague the other day




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