How to Install SQL Server 2008

"A Step by Step guide to installing SQL Server 2008 simply and successfully
with no prior knowledge

Developers and system administrators will find this installation guide useful, as will
seasoned DBAs. It will teach you the basics required for a typical, problem-free
installation of SQL Server 2008, allowing you to add other components later if you wish."

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Step-by-step Microsoft Lync 2010 Consolidated Standard Server Install Guide

"As many of you may well know the long awaited public release candidate RTM of Microsoft Lync 2010 (previously Communications Server ‘14’) is now available for download. This major new release offers a radical difference to the previous architecture and unlike its predecessors (Communications Server 2007 R1/2 and to a certain degree Live Communications Server 2005) offers a streamlined and consolidated deployment, great for smaller scale implementations which are not overly abundant to date.
This guide (update: video version now available here) will run through a consolidated standard edition install (without voice gateway integration, I’ll try and come back to this later), whereby all roles will be deployed on a single virtual machine except monitoring, archiving and edge roles – yes this is a supported scenario!"

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OpManager - Monitoring Software

"OpManager is a complete, end-to-end network monitoring software
that offers advanced fault and performance management functionality across critical IT resources such as routers, WAN links, switches, firewalls, VoIP call paths, physical servers, virtual servers, domain controllers & other IT infrastructure devices.
Further the network monitoring software, combines an easy-to-use interface that lets you quickly deploy the product for production and also apply your organization's monitoring policies across multiple devices quickly."

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OCS Inventory NG

"Open Computers and Software Inventory Next Generation is a technical management solution of IT assets.

Since 2001, OCS Inventory NG tries to make the automated inventory of computer hardware more efficiently .
Today, our solution not only extends to the inventory. It includes a sophisticated deployment system, interfacing with third tier applications, a network devices scans, and more..."

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