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Adding custom context menu items to custom SharePoint lists and libraries
In my previous article we looked at how you can attach your own document library or list custom context menu item to any existing document library or list type. This means that any library of that type will have your custom action displayed, which may not necessarily meet your needs in case you want to target libraries of the specific type. In this article we’ll cover how to narrow down the scope of your custom item context menu option.
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Tools for SQL Server Backup Heroes
Recent trends in the database industry have lead to a number of challenges for managing SQL Server. Most databases grow in size over time. Regulatory requirements mandate maintaining certain amounts of data online. Users also want to see more of their data. And the number of users for database applications grows over time as users discover where relevant data is located. To address these challenges, DBAs and other IT professionals must look to new technology to continue to perform their jobs effectively and in the same amount of time. In this session, we’ll explore the challenges of increased storage and consolidation, log shipping, clustering and other solutions to help the true heroes of SQL Server meet the test.
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> Date: 6/10/2009
TechEd Week – Los Angeles
This week is TechEd – we’ll do our best to keep up with things that impact us all in new announcements, ideas and so-on. Often you get a great feel for the direction of the overall show at the keynote – I’ll try to get an idea of what’s up there. I do know that a lot of what will be talked about is going to start moving toward cloud-based work, and the integration of tools and this (cloud) environment will be a huge piece of what we’ll see. Already you can see evidence of this in the layers of technology between the application (client, web or otherwise) and the storage/retrieval layers. With fully-integrated tools for both the development of apps and the administration of the systems, security and storage, things could get really interesting.
I’ve also read a bit more about the Microsoft issues with the downloads last week and an update from Microsoft. It seems that the download system crash was actually not a SQL Server thing. It was a hardware capacity thing. The initial reports that I read everywhere were to do with fragmentation (specifically index fragmentation) on the databases running behinds the scenes for the download management (a simplification).
Now, also from Microsoft, the reports indicate that the hardware got to the point where it was maxed out and was the root cause. I’ll keep an eye out for more information and will keep you posted.
New SQL Server Show Posted
Interview show – Christopher Regan, Donald Belcham, John Welch on the show today. Tips, best practices, pet peeves, things encountered in the field and a lot more.
[Watch the Show]
Previously:
[Watch] Herve Roggero, Jason Strate, and TJ Belt
[Watch] Tim Heuer, Lynn Langit and Thomas LaRock.
[Watch] Brian Knight, Matt Masson and Shannon Bray.
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