Sorry, German only...

Wer Bernd Stromberg mag, der wird die typischen Sprüche in diesem Video lieben - Stromberg meets Hollywood!

You will find a complete overview for the System Views at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177862.aspx.

The most usefull ones of the Catalog Views probably will be

• Object Catalog Views
• Security Catalog Views

To query metadata you will have to use the Information Schema Views.

If you need some hints on how to use the SQL Server System Catalog have a look at Querying the SQL Server System Catalog and the Querying the SQL Server System Catalog FAQ for some examples.

Microsoft provides a whitepaper for Virtual PC 2004 called Virtual PC Development and Debugging, which is worth reading.

Charlie Maidland provides some infos about Virtual PC 2007 in his post Vista Backup PC to VPC.

If you are interested in betatesting Virtual PC 2007 you should apply for the Virtual PC 2007 Beta Program.

Chris Webb has posted an detailed article called Designing Effective Aggregations in AS2005 which - in my personal opninion - is a must-read because of the details mentioned and the further links Chris provides.

Number 9 of his listing also points out a pitfall if you use Usage based optimization via the wizard - also read this carefully.

As posted here from the technology team in Microsoft's Global Alliance for SAP IE7 will be supported by SAP, but you probably need to install a Support Package, which will be Support Package 19 for SAP NetWeaver 2004 and Support Package 10 for SAP NetWeaver 2004s and are not available yet.

Sorrowly it is not mentioned if older versions before Netweaver will also support IE7 or if there are some known issues.

Further reading is provided in SAP note 981710.

There is an interesting hint in the comments, that WebAS 6.20 could use the Kernel of WebAS 6.40 - which is described in SAP note 803429 - to force compatibility...

I just came across Ms. Dewey, which in my personal opinion is a very interesting effort to make a search engine more "personal" and could also help to tear down barriers for target groups with low affinity for the Internet...

The search engine technology used behind the scenes is Windows Live like mentioned here in the Windows Live Blog.
As a suggestion:
the result set could be arranged in a larger area to enhance the lucidity....

But this is a nice try I think...

Microsoft, listen! With Lena Gerke being the "german face" for Windows Live I would expect - and also highly recommend.. - a localized version...

Kay Giza points to the Soapbox beta and also gives a link to join the beta.

But not only that, Kay also gives an example how to view a soapbox video in your website or your weblog like this one...:

<p align="center">
<embed name="msn_soapbox" pluginspage="http://macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="center" src="http://images.soapbox.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf" width="412" height="362" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="c=v&amp;v=55feb6d9-1691-4643-845e-c41d0f995816" wmode="transparent" quality="high" border="0" hspace="10" vspace="10" /><br />
<font face="Verdana" size="2">
<a title="Brotherhood of DPE" href="http://soapbox.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=55feb6d9-1691-4643-845e-c41d0f995816" target="_blank">
Video: Brotherhood of DPE</a></font></p>

And I am not astonished that Kay once again used the fabulous Brotherhood Of DPE video to show the power of Soapbox... Lean back and enjoy [sorry, german only...]

Video: Brotherhood of DPE