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Featured Article(s) What do you execute once you have connected to your server with DAC? If your server is having problems and you can’t even connect to it what do you do? The DAC – Dedicated Administrators Connection tool is what you need. It comes with SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 and allow you to connect (with limited abilities) to […]

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Featured Article(s) How to Use the SharePoint PeopleEditor Control: Saving Data The PeopleEditor control is a common control that you’ll find implemented throughout SharePoint. If you’re building any custom web parts or application pages, you may want users to enter people specific information. The PeopleEditor is a good choice, however, there isn’t much out there in terms of documenting its […]

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