Category Archives: SQL Server

Microsoft Forefront security products – At a glance

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The Microsoft Forefront comprehensive line of business security products provides greater protection and control through integration with your existing IT infrastructure and through simplified deployment, management, and analysis. Microsoft Forefront helps you confidently meet ever-changing threats and increased business demands with highly responsive information protection and access control solutions supported by Microsoft technical guidance…last year was a greater start for microsoft with the new line of Longhorn products..like Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, R2, Office 2010, Sharepoint 2010, GP10, CRM4, now Forefront…the security product…which seems to be very well working with client side and server side…cool one…To download the forefront products, click here

Also The Forefront products include:

Forefront Client Security – anti-virus for file-level protection

Forefront Security for Office Communications Server – Antivirus for Corporate Instant Messaging

Forefront Security for Exchange – Antivirus for Exchange databases and email traffic

Forefront Security for SharePoint – Antivirus that integrates into SharePoint sites

Forefront Product Pricing and Licensing

Microsoft Announces the Availability of Management Reporter for Microsoft Dynamics ERP

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Management Reporter extends the proven functionality of Microsoft FRx and enables people to quickly and easily create, generate, help secure and publish professional-looking financial statements, such as profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports…to know more click here

Management Reporter is available for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 customers at no additional cost and will be available with future releases of other Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions. To assist customers currently using Microsoft FRx make the transition to Management Reporter, a migration tool, detailed guidance and information is available at http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/en/us/products/management-reporter.aspx.

Management Reporter is the replacement product for Microsoft FRx.

SharePoint 2010 – SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Database upgraded from 4GB to 10GB…coollll

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SQL Server 2008 R2 Express

Begining of this month, for SQL Server Express users, Microsoft SQL express team has increased the maximum database size in SQL Server 2008 R2 Express from 4GB to 10GB….hurrayyyyyyy. SQL Server 2008 R2 Express with Tools and SQL Server 2008 R2 Express with Advanced Services will allow 10GB databases as well….the database size limit is the only limit they updated in SQL Server 2008 R2 Express.  SQL Server 2008 R2 Express is still limited to 1 CPU and 1 GB or RAM. the database size limit in previous versions of SQL Server Express (including SQL Server 2005 Express and SQL Server 2008 Express) stays unchanged at 4GB.. To download the latest SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Click here and select the SQL Server 2008 R2 Express from the Left pannel.

Thanks to Todd Klindt’s SharePoint Admin Blog for demonstrating the upgrade procedure to SQL Server 2008 R2 Express.