Anith Gopal

The cost based query optimizer of SQL Server relies on actual index and column statistics. SAP strongly recommends setting the database options AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS and AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS.

Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) has test runner using which one can do manual testing.

I noticed that some of the Windows Azure end users were looking for the information about versions of Operating System with Internet Information Services [IIS] running under Windows Azure Datacenter.

  The Dynamics CRM product team at Microsoft have an Industry Vertical template program. It was created as a vehicle for identifying, validating and distributing vertical specific IP as templates to be used to assist partners and Microsoft deliver easy to use vertical specific demonstrations.

The announcement that Spotify is transforming itself (at least in part) to an application platform has been grabbing some serious attention in recent days. For those who missed it, the basic idea is that developers will now be able to create HTML5 apps that integrate into the Spotify platform

You can get our developer tools free from DreamSpark and then for students you can register free on App Hub to start publishing your applications. We’re waiving the $99 registration fee and giving you the first 100 application submissions for free!! Remember to get your DreamSpark verification first though! Problem or issues registering

「 Developing Microsoft Media Foundation Application 」という書籍が出版されました（英語 $29.45、Kindle版 $17.39）。日本のアマゾンからも注文できます（2011年11月11日現在 2,877円）。

  Develop your very own original application for the Windows Phone, upload it to Marketplace and you could win R50,000 in cash card vouchers.

  Microsoft Visual Studio® LightSwitch™ 2011 is the newest edition of the Visual Studio Family. It’s a simplified, self-service development tool that enables you to build business applications quickly and easily for the desktop and cloud, regardless of your development skills. It also has Starter Kits (downloadable project templates you can customize to suit your needs) to enable the quick creation of common business apps for tasks like time tracking, customer service, and performance reviews.

“LURED by the potential to rapidly scale IT systems during times of peak customer demand, one South Australian company is taking its first steps into the world of public cloud computing”. This is a quote from the article titled Public system helps light up ETSA Utilities’ electricity network map from Dana Rankine, Acting IT Manager, ETSA Utilities (Australia) in an  interview with Ian Grayson from The Australian. We often talk about the cloud in this blog and for good reason as we have bet the future of the company around the cloud which includes the public, hybrid and private cloud environments

Another great feature for Windows Phone Mango is the ability to set up reminders and alerts in your application (While it is not running).  You would be surprised how many applications want/need this.

The issue came to me when I was setting up a fresh multi-server farm for a client. To keep things simple, let’s just use small farm scenario as below: Environment ========== 1 x WFE Server: SP2010WB01 ——————————- Hosts 1 web application, content DB name [SP2010_Content_80] 1 x AP Server: SP2010AP01 —————————- Hosts Central Administration Site  [SP2010_AdminContentDB] and all service applications 1 x DB Server: SP2010DB01 SharePoint Patch: SP1 + 2011 August CU (14.0.6109.5000)   Problem Description =============== “Missing Server Side Dependencies” shows up in SharePoint Central Administration site’s Heath Analyzer shown here [ MissingServerSideDependencies_AP.pdf ]