Call me a skeptic, but I just don’t think MBS (Microsoft Business Solutions) are headed the right way with their new roles based model for Microsoft Dynamics. In a number of the recent announcements made at the Business Summit and PDC, they have talked extensively about the 50 roles that they have defined to try […]

I have to share this gem. This is from the first page of the Biztalk server documentation. “Imagine being the parts manager for an automobile manufacturing company. Your database system informs you that you are low on door handles, so you need to act quickly. You fax a purchase order (PO) to a supplier, who […]

After reading this item on IBM’s new record setting hardware I took a quick gander at the TPC-C results. It has been probably 12-18 months since I last looked at these. What a different landscape! In the past Microsoft used to dominate the Price/Performance results. Not anymore. Looking at both the peformance results and the […]

I installed Small Business Server 2003 for a customer last week. SBS is really starting to mature into a nice product and you can’t beat the price especially if you get it bundled with a Dell server.

As I understand it, to add to the Active Directory Schema you need an OID assigned. For fellow Canadians thinking of doing this you can go here and register. It took about a week to get an OID assigned and it didn’t cost a penny!