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Will not cause any problems at all. In fact that is how I have sql server setup.

Microsoft released to the Web on December 9 Silverlight 5, which could be the last major release of Microsoft’s Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft is providing a loophole in its Windows 8 Store developer agreement that allows for inclusion of OSI-licensed open source apps. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft looks to be ready to roll out its Lync unified communications client for Windows Phone, iPhone, Android, Symbian and the iPad on December 12. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft news of the week roundup: Microsoft is beta testing an offline version of its Defender security product, offering users a new tech support service and rumored to be backing away from using CES as a major launch pad. Source: All About Microsoft

BizTalk Server 2010 R2, the next (and maybe final) version of the on-premises version of Microsoft’s enterprise integration server, is coming six months after Windows Server 8. Source: All About Microsoft

Could and should Bill Gates return to day-to-day responsibilities at Microsoft? Fortune is reporting there’s a rumor to that effect. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft and HP have teamed on a four-year plan to sell private and public cloud solutions based on Office 365 and the on-premises versions of its component products. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft is moving a number of its healthcare products and people to a new health-focused joint venture it is forming with GE. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft may charge business users for Skype video archiving and authentication, but keep the base consumer video service free, according to one high-ranking company executive. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft has delivered an Xbox live app for iPhones and iPads on the same day it rolled out its Xbox Companion app for Windows Phones. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft is going to allow business users to distribute their internal Windows 8 Metro-style apps using the Windows Store (or circumventing it, if they prefer). Source: All About Microsoft

How difficult or easy will it be to move legacy Windows apps to Windows 8 on ARM? Developers don’t yet know for sure, but theories abound. Source: All About Microsoft

Today at a Windows Store preview event in San Francisco, we announced the policies and business terms for the Windows Store. These details for the Windows Store are very important as it outlines the incredible economic opportunity for developers that Windows 8 represents as the Windows Store will be an integrated feature in Windows 8. For more details on what were announcing today, I suggest First Apps contest[/b]. For more details on the contest, and a complete list of details including the official rules and submission of apps, head on over to [url=http://buildwindowscontest.com">http://buildwindowscontest.com. As a developer, everything you need to get started developing for Windows 8 is available at the [url=http://dev.windows.com">Windows Dev Center including Visual Studio and the Windows 8 Developer Preview. And of course there is a plethora of sessions available online from BUILD at [url=http://www.buildwindows.com/">http://www.buildwindows.com/ to help you get started too. Remember, for a behind-the-scenes look at the engineering of Windows 8, check out the [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/">Building Windows 8 blog. I am extremely excited to see what kinds of apps developers come up with using the Metro style principles for Windows 8. I am also thinking about developing an app of my own! Source: Windows Team Blog

The beta of Windows 8 will launch in late February 2012, as will its app store, which initially will include only free apps from developers Microsoft invites. Source: All About Microsoft

IDC’s top 10 system software predictions for 2012 are out. One of them casts doubt on Microsoft’s potential market for Windows 8 among traditional PC users. Source: All About Microsoft

Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 is out. It’s just one of a growing number of Microsoft products and technologies aimed at helping users bridge the cloud-on-premises gap. Source: All About Microsoft

As long as you have a second network card installed and have use an IP in the router subnet it will work.

Microsoft may have done an about-face and decided against offering the Desktop App and thus non-Metro-style apps, on Windows 8 ARM tablets. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft is set to share more details about the Windows Store in Windows 8 on December 6. Will there be synergies with the new Xbox dashboard update, also arriving December 6? Source: All About Microsoft

Windows Phone news of the week includes a possible Lenovo WP next year a new WP emulator for the iPhone/Android set and a Dell Venue Pro Mango update. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft nemesis David Boies is back, this time representing Barnes & Noble in its fight against Microsoft over Android patents. Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft sold close to 1 million Xbox 360s and 750,000 Kinect sensors during Black Friday week. Who is buying up all these consoles? Source: All About Microsoft

Microsoft didn’t make its own deadline of releasing to the Web version 5 of Silverlight. And there’s still no word as to when and if the Softies will talk about the platform’s future. Source: All About Microsoft

1 - Yes MP4 can work on either if configured correctly. 2 - Use IIS manager to set the mime type or edit web.config in the webroot adding this. 3- See above. 4 - Yes 5 - Better to ask that at a site that deals with mobile programming. 6 - See number 5.