Author: Richard Hundhausen

Apr 29, 2009 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

As I was explaining how the Build > Deploy process is radically different this week, a question came up about licensing restrictions around the vsdbcmd.exe command-line utility that ships with the …

Visual Studio ALM SQL Server

What’s your favorite (Microsoft) product’s end-of-life?

Apr 26, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I happened upon this interesting Microsoft site the other day. You can lookup the end-date for mainstream as well as extended support for your favorite (Microsoft) software product, such as Team …

Microsoft

Oracle buys Sun

Apr 20, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

According to Bloomberg, the deal was for $7.4 Billon in cash. This should prove interesting, especially since Oracle now owns two major database platforms (Oracle and MySQL). On one hand this means …

Community SQL Server

Two Accentient Consultants Named Team System MVPs

Apr 2, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I’m pleased to announce that fellow Accentient Consultants David Starr and Michael Vincent have been named Team System MVPs! David Starr is the founder of the Elegant Code community blog and podcast …

Misc Community

The economic downturn has hit our local Chinese restaurant

Mar 25, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

… but not in the way you might think. Our geek lunches and impromptu geek meetings usually end up happening at the Oriental Express (a.k.a Jimmy’s) here in Boise. Check out the fortunes that 3 (out of …

Life

Congratulations, you've installed dasBlog with Web Deploy!

Mar 11, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

After logging in, be sure to visit all the options under Configuration in the Admin Menu Bar above. There are 26 themes to choose from, and you can also create your own.

Misc Community

General Access Denied error when using Hyper-V with existing VHD images

Feb 21, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I’ve really been enjoying my Samsung 128GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Flash-based Solid State Drive (NSSD). Per Doug Seven’s advice, I’ve been copying over my existing Virtual PC 2007 hard drive images to the SSDD, …

Windows

2009 Boise Code Camp

Feb 1, 2009 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

In this economic climate of cut training, cut travel, and general layoffs, it is more important than ever that we keep our technical chops and strong relationships in the development community. That’s …

Conferences Community

Quote of the day

Jan 14, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

"Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning" -Anonymous

Development