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TechEd 2007 Bag Goodies

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This is the inside of the bag. The hat was for being an alumni, 9 years I believe.

TechEd 2007 Bag

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Can't Find Report Builder in RS?

Yep, neither could I. Bizarre, or so I thought. I had upgraded to SQL 2005 RS from RS 2000 and never thought about the fact that I couldn't see Report Builder until someone asked for it. I searched and searched but couldn't find ANY info. Finally BoL to the rescue! It's always the last place I look, geez. It's gotten so much better it should be the first, but I'm just set in my ways I suppose.

You simply follow the simple steps after the jump to fix the problem. Add a group and edit a few roles and you're good to go.

How to install and configure a Virtual Private Network server in Windows Server 2003

Need to install a VPN server on your Serve 2003 box? I had to help someone today and wanted to give them the step-by-step setup so I dug it up. Here is the information on How to install and configure a Virtual Private Network server in Windows Server 2003.

Terminal Server Security

Want to make sure that you have your Terminal Server Security configured properly, then check out this great article.

Feature Pack for SQL Server 2005

Tired of always having to hunt down the link to the Feature Packs for SQL2005? so am I. Look no further...

Feature Pack for SQL Server 2005

How to identify your SQL Server version and edition

Did SP2 screw you over and now you have to recover? Oh, that's just me. Well, if you need to figure out what version .exe you have just check here...
How to identify your SQL Server version and edition.

Terminal Services Tips & Tricks

A great list of Frequently Asked Questions for Windows Terminal Server. A lot of gotcha I forgot type items. If you're running a TS it's worth a read.

Terminal Services - Frequently Asked Questions.

Deploying Reporting Services and Windows SharePoint Services Side-by-Side

Want to run RS and SP on the same box? Check this out...
Deploying Reporting Services and Windows SharePoint Services Side-by-Side.

You can run a report server and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services together on a single Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 server as long as each service runs in a different application pool and the Reporting Services virtual directories are added to the Windows SharePoint Services list of exclusions.

Why does my shared clipboard not work?

The Terminal Services Team Blog has a great article on why application based clipboard activity can give you headaches in terminal server. Check out their article, Why does my shared clipboard not work? (Part 1).

Why does my shared clipboard not work? (Part 1)

The TS shared clipboard allows you to copy and paste data between local and remote sessions. When it works its really simple and seamless, but what about when it doesn’t? Diagnosing clipboard problems can be hard and frustrating!

It has certainly been causing us major problems lately. We smacked RDPCLIP.exe around and were able to get it behaving again. Once again, a MS Team blog to my rescue. If it weren't for those blogs I would be a very unhappy MS customer. Thanks to MS for letting them pass along their knowledge and thanks to the teams for sharing it as well.