| Alan Brewer [MSFT] 2005-05-25, 8:23 pm |
| The SQL Server technet site has been republished as a TechCenter:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...l/default.mspx. Just as MSDN
DevCenters focus on information for developers, TechCenters focus on
information for IT professionals such as DBAs. The site layout of the SQL
Server TechCenter is similar to those already published for Exchange
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...ge/default.mspx) and
Windows Server 2003
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...03/default.mspx).
The TechCenters will evolve over time to incorporate customer feedback and
deliver new information as it is published.
One requirement for TechCenters is to organize their content into 8 content
areas, such as Getting Started and Operations. SQL Server customers often
work in one technology at a time (Database Engine, Analysis Services, DTS,
etc.) and want to focus on content for that technology. The SQL Server
TechCenter uses a technique from the Windows Server TechCenter to support
both navigation paths:
Browse by Task
Has one navigation page for each content area, with links to Web content
relevant to IT professionals performing those types of tasks. To support
technologies, the sets of links on each task navigation page are organized
by technology. There is also a Technical Library fly-out in the left-hand
column that provides links to the Browse by Task pages.
Browse by Technology
Has one navigation page for each technology, with links to Web content
relevant to that technology. To support the content areas, the sets of links
on each task navigation page are organized by task. There is also a
Technologies fly-out in the left-hand column that provides links to the
Browse by Technology pages.
The new TechCenter should improve your ability to find IT professional
information for SQL Server. The new navigation pages will, for the first
time, give IT professionals a set of links to all the major SQL Server
content on the Web, including links to the relevant major nodes in the copy
of the SQL Server Books Online in the MSDN Library.
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Alan Brewer [MSFT]
Content Architect
SQL Server Documentation Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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