First of all, I need to apologize to everyone that sent me any e-mail in the last three weeks or will send me e-mail this next week. You see, I just came back from 15 days of vacation in Brazil to find hundreds of e-mails in my mailbox. This was already a short week (with … Continue reading Blogging in the sky / Blogging nas alturas →

One more important piece of info coming from TechEd 2005: the release date of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 is the week of November 7, 2005.  The annoucement also says that we're releasing BizTalk Server 2006 on that same week, but I also heard that this one will ship in early 2006. I'll try to confirm … Continue reading VS, SQL and BizTalk dates / Datas para VS, SQL e BizTalk →

There's a new MSN Toolbar out there (still in beta). In addition to the already great local and web search capabilities in the current MSN Toolbar, the new one adds tabbed browsing and a few new tricks. I updated my toolbar in just a few second and so far it's working great... Get it here: … Continue reading New MSN Toolbar / Nova barra MSN →

Microsoft has been working hard to unify all software updates to simplify the process for users, as as posted previously on this blog. Now, the final releases are here: Microsoft Update - for consumers and small businesses Windows Server Update Services - for small and medium businesses For medium businesses and larger enterprises, SMS is the … Continue reading Microsoft Update – Updated →

I've been hearing all kinds of surprising and strange news recently. I checked the calendar to see if it's April 1st or something, but no... Just check these headlines: Microsoft's XBOX 360 will ship early, with an IBM PowerPC chip Sun Microsystems to acquire StorageTek for over US$4 billion Windows outsells UNIX on the server market No more … Continue reading Lady, what’s wrong with you? / Minha Senhora, Quidiabeisso? →

It's not every day that you get a new member of the Office family. Even more intriguing when it is not aligned with the release of a new version of Office. But that's just what happened. Read the news at:   Não é todo dia que você tem um novo membro da família Office. Isto … Continue reading Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 →

I'm not sure people are paying attention, but Microsoft just announced new file formats for the upcoming Office 12 release. The new formats (which are different from the current XML used in Word and Excel) will probably make it easier to share Office files (even without having Office). Get the details by checking this link:   Não … Continue reading Office 12 XML File Formats / Formatos de arquivo XML do Office 12 →

If you're trying to have your UNIX and/or Linux clients authenticate against Active Directory or in any way integrate with your Windows Server infrastructure, I have good news for you. One of the major players in this space has just been acquired. Before I go any further, I should say that if you you're trying … Continue reading Quest to buy Vintela / Quest vai comprar Vintela →