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Windows PowerShell: Automating User Provisioning, Part 2
Don Jones continues his four-part series with a look at how you can use Windows PowerShell to create a real-world user provisioning script. Watch Don demonstrate these techniques in his video screencast.

Windows PowerShell: Automating User Provisioning, Part 1
Don Jones kicks off a four part series looking at how you can use Windows PowerShell to create a real-world user provisioning script. Watch Don demonstrate these techniques in a video screencast.

SQL Server 2008: Understanding Logging and Recovery in SQL Server
Paul Randal demonstrates the importance of managing your transaction log properly in the full recovery model, and he shows you techniques for doing so in SQL Server.

Windows PowerShell: The Best Inventory Tool Ever!
In an on-going series, Don Jones has been demonstrating how to create an advanced inventory tool in Windows PowerShell. In this final part, Don brings all the pieces together and adds the final touches to create a very powerful, full-featured inventory tool.

SQL Server 2008: Advanced Troubleshooting with Extended Events
SQL Server 2008 includes a new “eventing” mechanism called SQL Server Extended Events that enables some sophisticated troubleshooting. Paul Randal demonstrates how you can use the new Extended Events functionality for monitoring and troubleshooting.

Windows PowerShell: Trapping Errors
In an on-going series of the Windows PowerShell column, Don Jones has been demonstrating how to create an advanced inventory tool. In the latest installment, Don demonstrates techniques for perform error-handling in Windows PowerShell.

Windows Administration: Deploying Applications with Terminal Services
Without too much effort, you can deploy a terminal server to host the applications you need in your environment. Greg Shields demonstrates how you can deploy applications with Terminal Services.

Windows PowerShell: Building a Better Inventory Tool
Following up on the previous installment of his Windows PowerShell column, Don Jones shows you how to make an even better inventorying tool. And, in doing so, he demonstrates a sound process for building your own custom Windows PowerShell functions.

SQL Server 2008: Tracking Changes in Your Enterprise Database
Watch Paul Randal demonstrate how you can track changes in your database using the new Change Data Capture feature in SQL Server 2008.

Windows PowerShell: Building Your Own Software Inventory Tool
Watch Don Jones build a Windows PowerShell-based inventory tool and demonstrate the process that goes into building such a solution.

Windows PowerShell: The Power of Profiles
Watch Don Jones demonstrate how you can create profiles to customize the Windows PowerShell shell.

Windows PowerShell: String Theory
Watch Don Jones demonstrate how you can use Windows PowerShell to parse complex strings.

Top Tips For Effective Database Maintenance
Watch Paul Randal demonstrate how shrink and auto-shrink can cause serious fragmentation problems for your databases.

Windows PowerShell: A Sneak Peek at Remote Management in Version 2.0
Watch Don Jones demonstrate the new remote management capabilities in Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP2.

Windows PowerShell: The Drop Box
Watch Don Jones demonstrate the examples in this column and explain how filtering functions, the pipeline, and custom objects work.

Utility Spotlight: Microsoft SharedView
Watch Greg Steen demonstrate how you can quickly share a desktop and collaborate with remote users using Microsoft SharedView.

Windows PowerShell: Looking Good
Watch Don Jones demonstrate how you can easily add formatting to your Windows PowerShell output..

New Videos for IT Pros

Reducing Desktop Costs Part 3 – Application Virtualization This final post looks at application virtualization and how this technology will change your view on how to install software onto your clients.

Microsoft VDI Part II: Virtual Desktop Configuration 12 minutes, 42 seconds In part 2 in a 3-part series focused on the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) capabilities in Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services, Partner Technology Specialist Matt McSpirit from Microsoft U.K. walks through the virtual desktop configuration.

Microsoft “How Do I?” Videos – Virtualization

Learn more about Microsoft products such as SQL Server, Security, Windows Server, Exchange and SharePoint with these “How Do I?” videos. TechNet has assembled these short videos for customers to learn how to accomplish specific tasks with Microsoft products: step-by-step. Subscribe to the TechNet videos RSS feed to learn about new videos.

 

How Do I: Build and prepare a Windows XP virtual machine image for use with Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0? Is your Windows Vista deployment being blocked by a custom application that won’t run on a newer operating system? Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0 might be what you have been looking for. In this the third in a 5 part series, Gordon Ryan shows how to build and prepare a Windows XP virtual machine that will be deployed to MEDV clients. In this series he will show how to configure MEDV so that when users access an intranet web site it will load in IE6 within a Virtual XP image. Friday, Jul 31

How Do I: Deploy a Windows XP virtual machine with Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0? Is your Windows Vista deployment being blocked by a custom application that won’t run on a newer operating system? Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0 might be what you have been looking for. In this the fourth in a 5 part series, Gordon Ryan shows how to deploy a Windows XP virtual machine using MEDV. In this series he will show how to configure MEDV so that when users access an intranet web site it will load in IE6 within a Virtual XP image. Friday, Jul 17

How Do I: Create a policy with Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization to deploy IE6 for an intranet site? Is your Windows Vista deployment being blocked by a custom application that won’t run on a newer operating system? Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0 might be what you have been looking for. In this the last of a 5 part series, Gordon Ryan shows how to create a policy that will invoke a virtualized instance of Internet Explorer 6 when a user visits a specific URL. In this series he will show how to configure MEDV so that when users access an intranet web site it will load in IE6 within a Virtual XP image. Tuesday, Jul 7

 

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SQL Server 2008 Express How-to Video Series

SQL Server 2008 Express How-to Video Series

Available on demand starting September 21, this series of short how-to videos will touch on SQL Server Express 2008 features such as how to back up and restore a SQL Express database, how to back up a remote SQL Express database, how to update SQL Server Express 2005 to SQL Server Express 2008, and more.

Learn Microsoft Dynamics CRM

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Sharing and assigning records

Learn to share and assign records to other users. Length: 3:02 minutes View this video…
 

Converting records

Learn to convert records from one record type to another as part of the sales life cycle. Length: 2:56 minutes View this video…

Create a personal view

Learn to create a personal view using Advanced Find. Length: 2:58 minutes View this video…

Sales overview

Microsoft Dynamics CRM sales functionality can help you track sales. This overview demonstrates how to create a lead, convert the lead into an opportunity, and provide a quote. Length: 12:00 minutes View this video…

Customer service overview

Microsoft Dynamics CRM offers many customer service tools. This video demonstrates how your customer service staff can create and track customer service requests and tasks. Length: 14:54 minutes View this video…

Service scheduling overview

This overview video demonstrates the customer service scheduling capabilities, including types of scheduling and defining services, in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. You will also learn how to use the Help files to find the information you need. Length: 13:55 minutes View this video…

Working with accounts and contacts

This demonstration shows you how to work with Microsoft Dynamics CRM accounts and contacts in Microsoft Office Outlook. Length: 05:30 minutes View this video…

Get data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Importing customer data

In this video, you learn how to import your data, and avoid the pitfall of having to spend time on repetitive data entry: 3:09 minutes View this video…

Using duplicate detection

This video guides you through the steps of how to run duplicate detection, and then merge or delete duplicate records. 3 minutes View this video…

 
Data migration overview

You have multiple options for migrating data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The video shows you three of these options, including using wizards to import your information. Length: 10:00 minutes View this video…

Get data out of Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Using Advanced Find

In this video, learn the steps for running queries in Advanced Find, including entering the criteria, or fields, that will help you filter your search. Also, save your Advanced Find search results as a personal view that you can access any time you want. Length: 3:11 minutes View this video…

Create a personal view

This video walks you through the steps for creating a personal view and saving it using Advanced Find. Includes how to set the criteria and how to define which columns are displayed. Length: 3:08 minutes View this video…

Reporting overview

Take a complete tour of using Advanced Find to find information, exporting data to Microsoft Office Excel to analyze it, using default reports, and creating your own reports by using the Report Wizard. Length: 15:39 minutes View this video…

Set up Microsoft Dynamics CRM for your business

Customization overview

Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a customizable solution for your business. This demonstration walks you through how to customize existing entities to fit your operations, and how to create your own entities. Length: 13:00 minutes View this video…

Configuring data duplication settings

Microsoft Dynamics CRM has data duplication functionality to keep unnecessary and redundant information out of the system. This demonstration covers how to configure the data duplication settings for your business as well as how to run duplicate detection jobs. Length: 08:27 minutes View this video…

Set up your staff in Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Working with security roles

This demonstration steps your through maintaining security roles in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Learn how to create and modify security roles and privileges for your organization. Length: 09:58 minutes View this video…

How to implement territory management

This video walks you through the steps of creating and managing sales territories for your sales team. Length: 10 minutes View this video…

 

Explore the possibilities

Workflow overview: Implementing a sales process

Using the sales process as an example, this video demonstrates how you can use Microsoft Dynamics CRM workflow tools to generate the activities necessary to complete a process. Length: 25:00 minutes View this video…

Workflow example: Simple trade show lead process

This video demonstrating how to create a simple follow up process that fires when you import trade show leads. Length: 10:30 minutes View this video…

How-to articles, and tips

Discover the power of the Office 2007 ribbon and toolbar
Whether you are new to Office or an Office expert, check out this overview of the ribbon and toolbar with learning options designed to meet your needs.

Speak visually in Microsoft PowerPoint
Learn how including pictures in presentations is a simple and powerful way of expanding your expressive potential as a speaker.

Manage e-mail while out of the office
Even when you’re away from the office, your e-mail doesn’t take a break and people may be expecting you to respond. Fortunately, several easy strategies can help you handle e-mail when you’re unavailable.

Get quick tips from the Microsoft Word Answer Box
Need help printing labels? Or using mail merge? Check out the Answer Box for responses to frequent questions using Microsoft Word.

ASP .NET “How-Do-I” Series

This video series consists of over two hours of content focused on solving the common questions developers are facing every day with ASP.NET 2.0. For this and more ASP .NET resources, visit ASP .NET

	How Do I: Create Data-Driven Web Sites? See how simple it is to create data-driven web sites using ASP.NET 2.0, Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition, and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. Learn how to create a database, add its data, and display that data on a web page. Duration: 13 minutes, 41 seconds
	How Do I: Customize my Site with Profiles and Themes? Learn how to use Profiles to collect per-user configuration information and apply Themes to extend a consistent look-and-feel throughout the Web site. Duration: 12 minutes, 21 seconds
	How Do I: Use Master Pages and Site Navigation? Create a web site with a consistent layout and design across all its pages using ASP.NET 2.0 MasterPages. See how easy it is to add navigation to a web site using the new TreeView and SiteMapPath controls. Duration: 13 minutes, 14 seconds
	How Do I: Secure my Site using Membership and Roles? Learn how to secure a web site using the new Membership and Roles features of ASP.NET 2.0. Topics include user registration, password recovery, and restricting access to content with roles. Duration: 17 minutes, 43 seconds
	How Do I: Create a “Contact Us” Page? Build a web page to collect information from the user with the Wizard control, validate that information, and use the System.Net.Mail classes to send a confirmation email message. Duration: 13 minutes, 59 seconds
	How Do I: Create a Full-Featured Customer Login Portal? Follow along through the creation of a fictitious customer portal to learn about master pages, themes, membership, roles, site navigation, user profiles, and the Web Site Administration Tool. Duration: 27 minutes, 55 seconds
	How Do I: Utilize Web Parts and Personalization? Learn how to use the new Web Parts and Personalization features to build customizable web pages whose content and layout can be modified by the user. Duration: 13 minutes, 39 seconds
	How Do I: Learn the Tips and Tricks of Experts? View tips and tricks including encrypting sensitive information stored in the web.config file, posting content to a different page, simplifying complex URLs using URL remapping, and much, much more. Duration: 18 minutes, 46 seconds
	How Do I: Create a Multi-Lingual Site with Localization? Learn how to create culture-aware and locale-specific web content with no additional code. Use the Resource Editor to create page-level and application-level resources. Duration: 13 minutes, 37 seconds
	How Do I: Make use of Caching? Watch a demonstration of Page Output Caching followed by an overview of the new Database Caching support for SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005. Duration: 11 minutes, 34 seconds
	How Do I: Make Greater use of Caching? Watch a demonstration of Partial-Page Output Caching, followed by an overview of the Cache API that demonstrates how to efficiently bind a data presentation control to an XML file. Duration: 15 minutes, 36 seconds

SharePoint Server How-to Videos

How Do I: Use the SPDiag Tool to Analyze my SharePoint Farm? Part of the latest SharePoint Administration Toolkit from Microsoft, the SharePoint Diagnostic (SPDiag) tool provides a wealth of information of all kinds across the entire server farm, offering both static and trend analysis and reporting as well as real-time details to assist in analysis, planning and problem avoidance and resolution. In this video Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes us through downloading, installing and setting configuring the tool, and looks at how to use some of its features. Tuesday, Jul 7

How Do I: Create a KPI List and KPI Dashboard? Join, Hilton Giesenow, host of The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) as he explores how to create a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) list in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. In the video, we explore how to create various types of KPIs (manual, based on SharePoint lists, and based on an Excel workbook in an Excel Services Trusted Location) and how to create a KPI dashboard based on the list of KPIs. Wednesday, Jun 24

How Do I: Create and Configure a Business Data Catalog? This video shows how to integrate data external to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 by building a Business Data Catalog. Wednesday, Jun 24

Using Search Scopes Enterprise Search – the ability to search content from several sources across your enterprise- is one of the most valuable tools included in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. However, as you increase the amount of information indexed by the search engine, you increase the number of potential results from a search query. When search starts to return hundreds or thousands of results, the ability to find information quickly and easily is diminished. To address this issue, SharePoint Server allows you to narrow the search results returned to users executing a search via Search Scopes. In this video, Rob Windsor will demonstrate how to use the built-in search scopes and how to create and configure custom search scopes at the Web Application or Site Collection level. Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Configure the Active Directory Profile Import Service? Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 allows you, through the Shared Services Provider, to configure the importing of Active Directory user profiles into SharePoint Server. This allows for a far richer experience of displaying and updating user profiles including features like the ability to track colleagues and display the user’s relative position in the organisational hierarchy. Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes us through how to set up and configure this AD profile import service to bring this data in from Active Directory. Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Install and Configure the Faceted Search Add-in? Faceted Search is a freely-available community add-in for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, developed in conjunction with Microsoft employees and members of the community. Available at http://facetedsearch.codeplex.com/, Faceted Search is a freely-available community add-in for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 search user experience with richer abilities to refine search results. Join Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) as he looks into installing and setting up this set of tools. Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Configure Single Sign On (SSO)? In this video, Hilton Giesenow, host of The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) demonstrates how to configure Microsoft Single Sign On for use within Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in order to connect to a SQL Server database over a BDC connection using SQL Server credentials. Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Use the Business Data Catalog? The Business Data Catalog (BDC) functionality in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 enables you to present line-of-business data within MOSS. In this video, Rob Windsor will demonstrate how to configure a BDC Application and how to use external data with Web Parts, Lists and Enterprise Search. Monday, May 18

How Do I: How Do I: Configure Keywords and Best Bets? In this video, Hilton Giesenow from The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) examines how to enhance the standard Microsoft Office SharePoint Server search results to include additional rich contextual information related to the search. The video covers both the Keywords functionality, which includes descriptions and additional information related to the search term, as well as “Best Bets” – a suggested list of relevant links. Thursday, May 14

How Do I: Configure Records Center? Join Hilton Giesenow as he explores how to create a Records Center site within your site collection and how to configure the records management types and record routing for your SharePoint farm. Tuesday, Mar 10

Windows SharePoint Services How-to Videos

How Do I: Use the SPDiag Tool to Analyze my SharePoint Farm? Part of the latest SharePoint Administration Toolkit from Microsoft, the SharePoint Diagnostic (SPDiag) tool provides a wealth of information of all kinds across the entire server farm, offering both static and trend analysis and reporting as well as real-time details to assist in analysis, planning and problem avoidance and resolution. In this video Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes us through downloading, installing and setting configuring the tool, and looks at how to use some of its features. Tuesday, Jul 7

How Do I: Work with Document Templates? Rather than work with a standard, blank Word, Excel or PowerPoint template off the “New” button in a document library in Windows SharePoint Services,wouldn’t you rather offer your users the ability to create new documents using a more customized company template? Better yet, why not offer multiple predefined templates in the same library, perhaps with a specific set of metadata fields? Join Hilton Giesenow, host of The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) as he explores various ways to customize the templates used in a document library, within a site, or across an entire site collection. Wednesday, Jun 24

How Do I: Integrate My SharePoint Lists with the Microsoft Office Outlook Client? Windows SharePoint Services provides for very powerful integration between the Microsoft Office Outlook client and Windows SharePoint Services, enabling users to reuse their existing skills within Outlook, providing offline storage and synchronisation, and adding additional business value. In this video, Hilton Giesenow from The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) explores how to configure this integration, use the additional features, and resolve synchronisation conflicts. Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Migrate the Configuration Database ? In this video Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes us step by step through the process of migrating a configuration database from one SQL Server (or SQL instance) to another. Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Install Windows SharePoint Services on Windows Vista? In this video Mark Wilson shows you how to install Windows SharePoint Services on Windows Vista. Whilst this is not a supported configuration, it is something that can be very useful to SharePoint developers, perhaps working offline, and can be a useful trick to have up your sleeve. Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Migrate a Content Database? In this video Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes us step by step through the process of migrating a content database from one SQL Server (or instance) to another. Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Use Master Pages to Customize the Look and Feel of my Site? Master Page files allow you to customize the look and feel of a Windows SharePoint Services site in a standardized, centralized way. In this video, Hilton Giesenow from The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) has a look at how to customize the existing Master Pages in a site, use both Default and Custom master page options, and import an external Master Page and related graphics and style for use in your site. Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Work With Solutions Packages? Solution Packages are SharePoint preferred mode of deploying functionality and components, including, for instance, Web Parts, Features, and Web Services. There are a few steps required to install and deploy these packages though, and that’s just part of the story. In this video, Hilton Giesenow from The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes a look at how to deploy, amend and upgrade solution packages, including upgrading functionality and adding language packs. Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Administer My SharePoint Farm Using Windows PowerShell? PowerShell is Microsoft’s next generation, administrator-focused command-line scripting environment. Providing for full access to the SharePoint API, PowerShell unlocks the potential to interact directly with SharePoint to manipulate web applications, site collections, sites, lists and more. In addition, the ability to script these commands and compile a toolbox of these scripts makes for an improved experience in administering Windows SharePoint Server. In this video, Hilton Giesenow (http://hilton.giesenow.com/) looks at how to get started with PowerShell and SharePoint, and takes us through a few sample site collection, list and web application commands. My site: http://www.TheMossShow.com/ Wednesday, May 20

How Do I: Add Forms-Based to an existing Windows Authentication Site? Windows SharePoint Services allows you to combine multiple authentication and user management systems in the same web application, each with their own unique URL. This allows you, for instance, to have an internal- and external-facing Intranet , or even an Extranet running within the same site collection. In this video, Hilton Giesenow (http://hilton.giesenow.com) takes you through adding Forms-Based Authentication (FBA) to an existing Windows-based authentication WSS site. My site: http://www.TheMossShow.com/ Wednesday, May 20