Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Apr 27 12:24:30 CDT 2009
Thanks for the info Gustav. Found out about the IE (problem/design feature) right off. There are a lot of sites now that are expecting IE only. There must be a host of features only available through IE now... but have not done any research in that area other than some JavaScript anomalies but most are easy to resolve. That link is a little dated so it might not be accurate... but I will check it out. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:38 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Technet / MSDN / Power Pack Hi Jim and Steve No, it not so. The Action Pack, MSAP, is available for professionals somehow dealing with MS software for a living. This, however, doesn't provide developer tools - which in MS jargon is Visual Studio and Expression Suite. These are offered as part of the Special Edition Web Solutions Toolkit for which you have to pass an "exam" to gain access. Read the old thread about this (some links only operational in IE): http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd/2007-October/055800.html To obtain VS 2008 Standard this way will take some time but you can get started right away with the free Express edition. /gustav >>> accessd at shaw.ca 27-04-2009 02:05 >>> My understanding was that this subscription was only available to individuals who had successfully completed a series/single exam(s). This limitation was added as some people were taking the subscriptions and reselling the products... not particularly smart as it was so easy to validate through MS updates. I spent a couple of hours, one evening, trying to find the testing section of the MS site after logging in. I do not think I am particularly slow but I could not work my way through the various web site settings and timing-out pages so I gave up that idea. I guess that was the labyrinth part of the test. Maybe things have changed and if they have I would not mind continuing with the subscription. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 9:25 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Technet / MSDN / Power Pack Dear Group, Just last night I discovered that Microsoft has a service on its Technet site that gives you a year's subscription to all Microsoft software for "evaluation" purposes. $349 a year allows you to download everything, including the Windows 7 Release Candidate, Windows Server 2008, etc. I wondered if any of you lot had a Technet subscription. I believe that Rocky has a Power Pack (?) subscription which is different. Some of you have MSDN subscriptions, too. What do you think of them? Have they been worth it? In '04 I found out from Hindman, I think, about the Microsoft ISV program. I was able to get a full Universal MSDN subscription with 5 licenses for Office, Windows, etc., for $295 a year for two years. THAT was very, very handy. I was considering setting up a Windows SBS 2008 or Windows Server 2008 as a Virtual PC on my system since it's got some fairly good oomph (8 GB RAM, dual core 3 GHz Intel processor, Raid 1 500 GB array). Any thoughts about Technet? Regards, Steve Erbach Neenah, WI http://www.NeenahPolitics.com http://www.TheTownCrank.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com