How to install the Windows Phone Developer Tools on Windows Server 2008

	The Windows Phone Developer Tools are not officially supported on operating systems other than Windows Vista or Windows 7.  There is a way you can work around the Windows Server 2008 setup block if needed.  Please note that this is not officially supported, so if you try these steps, you are doing so at your own risk. Download the Windows Phone Developer Tools web installer and save it to your hard drive Extract the contents of the setup package by running vm_web.exe /x and choosing a path to extract to Go to the folder you extracted to in step 2 and open the file baseline.dat in notepad Look for the section named [gencomp7788] Note - you have to change this exact section - this is the one that controls the OS version blocking behavior in Windows Phone Developer Tools setup. Change the value InstallOnLHS from 1 to 0 Change the value InstallOnWin7Server from 1 to 0 Save and close baseline.dat Run setup.exe /web from the folder you extracted to in step 2 Note - please make sure that you include the /web command line parameter in step 8.  If you don't, setup will not attempt to download the packages it needs to install, and it will fail to install correctly as a result.
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Introduction to SQL Server 2008

	Hi again, I’m Mohamed Adel Microsoft Middle East and Africa Data Platform Developer and I'll write a series of blog posts about SQL Server 2008 R2, hope you enjoy this series. Introduction to SQL Server 2008 R2   SQL Server Storage: -524272 TB per DB -32767 concurrent user connections -32757 Databases on a server -up to 2147483647 tables per database -1024 columns per table   SQL Server Versions and history: -Microsoft and IBM are the first to start The data base development concept @1989 -1998 MS OLAP TOOLS -2000 SQL Server 2000 (8.0) -9.0 SQL Server 2005 -10.0 SQL Server 2008 -Virtual Box (SUN Virtual Machine)   SQL Server Editions:   1-Core Editions (Standard & Enterprise)   a- Standard -Small to large business -Up to 4 CPU -Max OS Ram b-Enterprise -Enterprise Workloads and BI -CPU and raM limited by OS   2-Specialized Editions   a-Workgroup: -Remote offices -2 CPU Max -4 GB Ram MAX b-Web -Web application hosting -4 CPU's MAX -OS MAX RAM c-Developer -licensed for development and testing only -OS MAX CPUs -OS MAX RAMs   3-Free Editions   a-Express Edition: -Entry level for learning -1 CPU MAX -1 GB MAX RAM -4 GB MAX Database SIZE b-Compact 3.5 -embedded database for developing desktop and mobile apps -OS MAX CPUs -OS Max RAMs
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