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How to find your Analysis Services server

If you're developing custom reports, you need to know the name of the Analysis Services server for Team System so that you can connect to the Team System cube. Typically, AS is deployed on the data tier server. However, it can be moved to another server to get the load off the data-tier server. In fact, that's a really good practice. If you ...

Missing Proxy installation steps in the current installation guide

 Hi all, The current version of the Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide is missing a section from the topic on installing the proxy.  Specifically, the steps for actually installing the proxy are missing from the topic!  These steps should appear between the steps for installing the prerequisites and ...

Diagram-based articles on CRM

In a continued bit of discovery, other teams are using a similar approach to the scenario topics we proposed on this site. The CRM team at Microsoft has posted this on their team blog.http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2007/05/29/worth-a-thousand-words-let-us-know.aspxThey got some praise in the comments from the CRM audience. I think it's fair...

Do pictures help

We rolled out scenario cards as a way to give some navigation and advance organization to our content. Check out an idea they are testing in Windows Mobile.John Kennedy has some kind of image map as an advance organizer. He'd love any comments you might have as a device to give readers a better way to look for content.John Kennedy's Blog...