Microlau's Blog

Upgrading Community Server 2.0 to 2008

2008-07-20T17:28:00Z

Thanks to Telligent, I was able to get a license of Community Server 2008 for our user group. Over the weekend, I tried to upgrade our installation and here's a detailed walkthrough of the migration process, as it's not apparent (by googling), the exact steps to bring an installation from 2.X up to 2008. To prepare for the upgrade, make sure that you have downloaded Community Server 2007.1 Upgrade Community Server 2008 Upgrade Here's the breakdown of the steps taken for migration: Backup...(read more)

Downloads for SGDN June 2008 Event

2008-06-13T16:51:00Z

Items for Jun 2008 Event on OCS by Source Code is available for download ....(read more)

Source Code Webcasts on Blackpoint

2008-06-11T12:02:00Z

For those who've attended SGDOTNET's June UG Meeting, you'll probably recall that the speaker, Goh Chyan Yee, talked about the new product offering from Source Code - K2 Blackpoint. SourceCode is holding webcasts to share about their new product offering. For more information on the offering, check it out at http://blackpoint.k2.com/en/index.aspx . June K2 blackpoint Community Webcasts K2 is providing some community web casts on K2 blackpoint. It is open to anyone. If you want to see...(read more)

Sql Server 2008 RC0 is available

2008-06-11T10:27:00Z

Sql Server 2008 RC0 is available for download . Here's a few links to help you get started: Overview of Sql Server 2008 - http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/overview.aspx White Papers - http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/white-papers.aspx Download Feature Pack - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=089A9DAD-E2DF-43E9-9CD8-C06320520B40&displaylang=en#filelist Feature pack are a bunch of stand-alone installers which provides additional functionalities...(read more)

June 2008 UG Meeting

2008-05-31T03:42:00Z

Our next UG Meeting is held on 5th June 2008, Level 21 Auditorium, NTUC Building from 1845 hrs – 2030 hrs . Food will be served before the session. Office Communications Server 2007 Applications for the Enterprise Goh Chyan Yee, Source Code Asia Pacific 1915 – 2015 hrs With the pervasive use of instant applications in our our daily routines, companies are now are starting to explore the possibilities of leveraging Instant Messaging applications in the enterprise to boost productivity...(read more)

Community {Heroes} Launch - Aftermath

2008-05-20T08:15:00Z

A huge thanks to all of you who've attended the Community {Heroes} Launch last Saturday held at Microsoft Singapore. It was a successful event whereby close to 200 participants spent the day with the local MVPs and experts to learn about exciting new technologies from Singapore. On behalf of the organising team, we thank you for spending time off a precious Saturday, and for your feedback and inputs given either in person, by face or in feedback forms. We're working to get all the slides...(read more)

Upgrading HyperV from Beta to RC0 on HP Proliant servers

2008-05-19T04:30:00Z

While upgrading my Hyper V from Beta to RC0 on my HP Proliant M115 server, it cronked out at 54% (somewhat) and refused to proceed any further. One bad mistake I made was not to properly shut down my VMs before patching the server (serves me right for not reading the instructions before applying the patch). So, Rule number 1 -> Read this article . If you have a HP server, there's a reported bug with the HP network utility that interferes with the patch from Microsoft. Follow this article if...(read more)

Community Heroes Launch - Updates

2008-05-13T16:19:00Z

Due to overwhelming response, we are no longer accepting anymore registration. We received 200% more than our initial estimated number of attendees. So we really need to sort out some logistics now. If you have registered, I look forward to seeing you. We are now working with the building’s security clearance. Please expect a confirmation email to be sent to you either this Thursday or Friday. This email is important and will be sent out via Dennis@mvps.org . Please be sure to watch out for...(read more)

My business trip to Australia and then MVP Summit

2008-05-02T11:36:00Z

I was recently on a business trip to Melbourne and then flew to US to attend the Microsoft MVP summit. I've managed to upload all the photos during Labour Day holiday and here are all the links. Hope you'll enjoy. Shots taken at Melbourne: Labour Day Parade ( http://picasaweb.google.com/microlau/LaborDayParadeMelbourne ) Melbourne South Bank ( http://picasaweb.google.com/microlau/SouthBankMelbourne ) Random shots of Melbourne City ( http://picasaweb.google.com/microlau/RandomShotsOfMelbourneCity...(read more)

Interoperability Seminar - Different perspectives. One vision.

2008-04-27T17:03:00Z

Microsoft has jointly organised an event with SiTF, bringing to you, some sessions about interoperability in the world of open-source solutions. Find out more about the event at http://mssg.earth9.com/singapore/edm/2008/04/17/interoparability.html OR register for this half day event (May 17, 2008) at http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032376033&Culture=en-SG If you're interested about Virtualisation, running PHP on Win servers, and learning about OpenXML, you shouldn't...(read more)

.NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit

2008-04-24T10:58:00Z

If you're a web developer and have been following the out of band releases from ASP.NET, this is a good chance to have a consolidaed 'training materials', aka hands on lab, presentations, and demoes, which comprises of the following technologies: 1) ADO.NET Data Services 2) ADO.NET Entity Framework 3) ASP.NET AJAX History 4) ASP.NET Dynamic Data 5) ASP.NET MVC 6) ASP.NET Silverlight controls Find out more at http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8719735 I know that's lot of evolution around...(read more)

MSA - Vulnerability in Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

2008-04-24T06:15:00Z

Quoted from the security advisory - "Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability which could allow elevation of privilege from authenticated user to LocalSystem, affecting Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 and all supported versions and editions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. Customers who allow user-provided code to run in an authenticated context, such as within Internet Information Services (IIS) and SQL Server, should review this...(read more)

Heroes Community Launch 2008 - from the community

2008-04-23T01:20:00Z

SGDN , SWUG and SGSQLUG is joining forces again, following the sucess of our last 2 events, LOVE 2007 and CTU 2007. We'll be having deep dive sessions on Visual Studio 2008, Sql Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008, brought to you by local experts and MVPs. The event is held on 17th May 2008, Saturday, and it will be a whole day event. Here's the details of the event: Date: 17th May 2008 TIme: 0830 hrs - 1600 hrs Venue: Microsoft Singapore, One Marina Boulevard To find out more about the event...(read more)

April 2008 UG Meeting

2008-03-27T14:27:00Z

Our next UG Meeting is held on 3rd April 2008, Level 22CF-15, NTUC Building from 1845 hrs – 2030 hrs Introduction to the Microsoft Sync Framework Wee Hyong (SQL Server MVP) 1900 hrs – 2015 hrs This session will introduce the Microsoft Sync Framework - a comprehensive synchronization platform enabling collaboration and offline access for applications, services and devices with support for any data type, any data store, any transfer protocol, and network topology. About the speaker Wee...(read more)

VPN story

2008-03-19T11:22:00Z

As you've probably heard from my previous rantings, I'm currrently using W2K8 Enterprise on my laptop. Well, it's feature-rich and pretty stable (comparing to Vista) but of course there are plenty of hiccups. Running on a brand new 64bit OS means that plenty of drivers and software simply doesn't work well, and here's my VPN story. Recently sent to Australia, Melbourne, to assist in a project. Boy, internet bandwidth here is limited, precious and expensive. I was trying to establish...(read more)