Innovative Singapore

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My first brush with SQL was in 1996, with SQL 6.5. It was known as the “mickey mouse” database for some reasons i couldn’t understand then (well, i was still a student u know). I had huge respects for DBA (Database Administrators) and earned my first DBA Certification (MCDBA) from Microsoft in 2002. And subsequently upgraded my certifications several rounds.

Yes, i’m on my next round of certification updates. This time i’m eyeing on SQL Server 2008 R2. From a simple database server to now, it has grown so much (Felt like my brains are swelling from picking it up).

I just wanted to share a very cool set of resources that i picked up on Channel 9. It is a Developers Training Course for SQL Server 2008 R2. Supposedly to be meant for developers, but i felt IT Pros benefits from understanding the information too. (Warning to IT Pros: Might be a bit too developer focused. Good for DBAs to know the capabilities).

To make it easy, i’m listing the topics here. But do visit the main page for a collection;

• Getting Started with SQL Server 2008
• SQL Server 2008 – Overview
• SQL Server 2008 R2 – Overview
• SQL Server 2008 – Date and Time Data Types
• SQL Server 2008 – Location Awareness via Spatial Technologies
• SQL Server 2008 – Improved BLOB Support via FILESTREAM
• SQL Server 2008 – Transact-SQL Improvements
• SQL Server 2008 – CLR Integration
• SQL Server 2008 – Reporting Services
• SQL Server 2008 – Adventure Works Racing Community
• SQL Server 2008 R2 – Application and Multi-Server Management
• SQL Server 2008 R2 - StreamInsight
• SQL Server 2008 R2 – Reporting Services

/Dennis

Session 1: 7.15pm to 8.30pm
Abstract for Exchange 2010 High Availablity for CAS and Hub Transport Server by:
Speaker: Shaji Firoz

This month we are going to touch on recommended way to deploy CAS / HUB servers with HA in mind to provide various Exchange services like OWA, Outlook Anywhere, Autodiscover, Free Busy, etc.  Also Shaji will discuss on the importance of implementing Reverse Proxy technology and the need to place  hardware Load balancer in the architect design and certificate requirements for various Exchange services. This will offer load balancing across CAS/Hub Servers to overcome the native Windows Network Load Balance shortfall.  He will share with us on how users get to use 2 factor authentication when they access company mail using OWA from Public places.

About Shaji Firoz:

Shaji Firoz is a Senior Consultant working for IT Outsourcing company in Singapore. Shaji works mostly on Microsoft Technologies – with keen on messaging environment. He leads the development & implementation efforts in Exchange & Active Directory environments. He authors MS Exchange based technical articles in this site and spends time on blogging about Hosted Exchange in msexchange.org blog section. In recognition of his knowledge of Windows & Exchange Servers and his willingness to share the information and help to community, Microsoft recognized him with MVP in Exchange Server.

Session 2: 8.45pm to 10pm
Abstract for Exchange 2010 High Availability for Mailbox Server (DAG):
Speaker: Triston Wan

This topic will share with you on how Exchange 2010 High Availability for Mailbox role (DAG) was architected. How this new HA solution will help companies achieve its highest availability with the lower cost. The speaker will discuss how simple it is to implement DR solution as compared to the early versions of Exchange server. You will also learn  DAG designs based on different scenarios that Enterprises could consider and why backup is not required with Exchange 2010. We will also deep-dive into DAG solution with more details.

About Triston Wan:

Wan Ziyang (Triston) is Sr.Consultant with a System Integrator based in Singapore. He is MCSE since year 2005 and MVP in Exchange Server. Triston leads Singapore MessagingTalk User Group activities where folks interested in Microsoft Messaging Technologies gather for learning and networking. He has done several implementation on various versions of Exchange Servers. He is also Redhat Certified Engineer on EL4.

 Registration

For registration, please email to tristonwan@gmail.com.com with the following:

• MessagingTalk ID (Create an account, if you do not have one – visit: http://www.messagingtalk.org/user/register)
• Name
• Email Address

  Note: There won’t be an event confirmation. Just turn up, we don’t turn people away. However, please register if you’re coming.

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MTUG Team

*IMPORTANT UPDATE* 

For those who have received confirmation for Day 2 training, we are moving to Avantus Training.  Address below:

Avantus Training

79 Robinson Road CPF Building

068897

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Developers!  Want to learn how you can create games for Windows Phone 7 using XNA? We have just the session for you.  We have limited seats so start registering here!

Creating Games for Windows Phone 7: Jump Start

Day 1 (Maximum 60 seats)

July 29, 2010

Day 2:  Dev Day (Maximum 16 seats, attendance to Day 1 is a pre-requisite)

July 30, 2010

About the Presenter/Trainer:

Uditha Bandara is currently working at the Academy of Multimedia Design and Technology (AMDT) in Sri Lanka.  He specializes in Microsoft XNA Game development for Windows Phone, Xbox 360, PC, and Zune.  He is a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) in XNA/Direct X.  He has published several articles, tutorials, and game demos on his XNA Game Development Blog – http://uditha.wordpress.com

You can register for the sessions here.

Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. Given a set of overlapping photographs of a scene shot from a single camera location, the application creates a high-resolution panorama that seamlessly combines the original images. The stitched panorama can be shared with friends and viewed in 3D by uploading it to the Photosynth web site. Or the panorama can be saved in a wide variety of image formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to the multiresolution tiled format used by Silverlight’s Deep Zoom and by the HD View and HD View SL panorama viewers.

You will be able to use ICE:

• Stitch up to a few hundres photo. Of course it gets slow when you try to put in more photos. I tried over 100 photos and it has no problem of figuring out the panoramic image
• Crop your image after the stitching is done
• Choose different Camera Motion and Projections
• Save image in different format and upload to PhotoSynth by one-click

This photo above is the finished Panorama photo with 10 photos stitch together. And the venue is Singapore Microsoft Innovation Center. Meanwhile, you could also upload your Panorama Image to Photosynth to create a 360 views of your venue.

You could further choose the highlight point from the PhotoSynth Edit console. It utilized Microsoft Deep Zoom technology to provide fine details of the picture. You could check out the finished photoSynth of MIC here.

There are panorama photosynth which are amazingly done. Please check them out.

• Bryce Canyon 360 Panorama
• Dunbar Creek Below Limestone Run Panorama
• Panoramic view of the Monte Carlo Harbor
• Corvin Hotel

Especially the last one, I think utilizing photosynth to featuring place like restaurant or hotel is a very good idea. People could view the venue clearly before they go to that place. Try it out with the venue you want to feature with Microsoft ICE panorama and PhotoSynth!