Swiss IT Professional and TechNet Blog
Support of Outlook 2003 on BPOS
We have been getting a few questions from Customers and Partners about BPOS. One of the questions is...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/22/2009
TechNet Event: Security under Windows with Forefront, Internet Explorer 8 and Windows 7
Windows and Security are definitively not unknown word-pairs With the Forefront Product family and...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/17/2009
SQL Server 2008 SP1 – Which CUs are included?
SQL Server 2008 SP1 states that Cumulative Updates 1 to 3 are included in it. For those customers...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/16/2009
Exchange Server 2010 Beta Available Now
Exchange Server 2010 Beta is now available for download on TechNet Subscriber Downloads and as a...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/15/2009
Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5
The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) version 5.5 contains the necessary tools and...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/15/2009
Windows XP and Office 2003 Enters Extended Support Today
Today was D-Day for Windows XP and Office 2003. Both products moved from Mainstream Support phase to...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/14/2009
Windows and 16 bit applications
There are still some older applications, and some application installers that are 16 bit. Some...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/14/2009
Virtualizing SharePoint – Real World Experiences
If you are thinking about (or have already) Virtualized Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, have a...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/13/2009
Oldest Production Active Directory Domain is 10 years old
Just saw this over on the AD blog. 10 years ago, Microsoft’s largest internal domain was upgraded to...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/10/2009
Internet Explorer 8 – When will it be on Windows Update?
If you are wondering what the timelines are for Internet Explorer 8 release via Windows Update are,...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/10/2009
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 Released
Today Microsoft Released Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008 Some of the changes include: SQL Server...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/08/2009
Windows 7 – Upgrade from Beta to Release Candidate
The Windows Product Team have published a blog entry on what their expectations are of the Beta...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/07/2009
Microsoft Surface – 20min Online has a look at it
The Swiss daily newspaper 20minuten Online had a closer look at the Microsoft Surface. See the...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/07/2009
XING Vista Gadget
XING, the social network platform focusing on Professional-Professional contact has made a Vista...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/06/2009
Secure your Virtualized Server Environment with the Hyper-V Security Guide
A new Solution Accelerator just released by Microsoft - Hyper-V Security Guide. The guide provides...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/05/2009
Microsoft Mythbusters: Top 10 VMware Myths
Have a look at this 11 minute Video on Busting the top ten myths about VMware virtualization from...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/03/2009
iFilters for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows Desktop Search
Quite often, customers and partners ask about iFilters. For those who don’t know what an iFilter is,...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/02/2009
SharePoint Designer 2007 – Now Free!
The SharePoint 2007 Designer is now available as a free download. For those who don’t know what...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 04/02/2009
Special Swiss Internet Explorer 8 Add-Ons
Special Swiss Add-Ons for Internet Explorer 8 are now available. Accelerators, Web Slices and Search...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/31/2009
Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer – Beta is out
The Installation and Administration of Microsoft Exchange solutions, due to their ever growing...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/31/2009
Microsoft Online Services – Read the current Release Notes
The most current release notes on Microsoft's website for Online Services has been published. You...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/30/2009
Multilingual User Interface Package for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2
The MUI package for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 is available as a free download and...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/30/2009
Conficker – Are you patched?
In October 2008, Microsoft issued a Security Bulletin and a Patch for Windows as MS08-067 describes....
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/30/2009
Exchange 2007 Architecture – The Poster
If you are based in Switzerland, you can order the Exchange 2007 Architecture Poster. Like they...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/27/2009
Unified Communications – Useful Information for Customers and Partners
On this web site is some really useful information covering Unified Communications. You can get...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/27/2009
Windows 7 – Changes between Beta and Release Candidate
On the Windows Team Blog, there is a detailed listing of what has changed between Windows 7 Beta...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/27/2009
Test Microsoft Online Services for Free for 30 days
On the 19th March, at x.Days, Microsoft Online was officially launched in Switzerland. Microsoft...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/23/2009
Internet Explorer 8 is Released
Today at Microsoft’s MIX conference, during the keynote address, Dean Hachamovitch announced that...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/19/2009
Server Virtualization – Platform Performance
Virtualization Review published a comparative performance test of three hypervisors: VMware ESX 3.5,...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/13/2009
Blogs by Microsoft Switzerland
Sometimes you get so busy at work and at home, that you don’t have time to find the optimal...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/12/2009
White Paper – SQL Server Consolidation at Microsoft
A new white paper has been published on how Microsoft IT has used Virtualization (naturally Hyper-V)...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/11/2009
SwissSecurityDay 2009
Today is SwissSecurityDay. The information campaign educates the Swiss population on how to work...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/10/2009
SQL Data Services – The New Features
It was announced today which features will be in version 1 of SQL Data Services, the data platform...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/10/2009
TechDays 2009 – Have You Registered Yet?
Have you registered yet for the Swiss TechDays 2009? If not, you do not have much time left and...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/10/2009
Optimized Devices for Microsoft Office Communicator
Through the regular use of Mobile and Fixed-line telephones, we have become accustomed to a very...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/09/2009
When is a meeting not a meeting, or a meeting is a waste of time?
Do you ever sit in a meeting, and you ponder, “Am I sitting in the wrong movie?” Seth Godin...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/06/2009
Windows 7 IT Pro Guides: What’s new and Manageability Overview Published
A couple of documents have been published recently concerning Windows 7 that are interesting for IT...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/06/2009
Installing SQL Server on a Read Only Domain Controller (RODC)
Installing SQL Server on a Domain Controller is not recommended, but can be done. But, Installing...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/05/2009
User Group Support Services – Find or Publicize an Event
Microsoft, in partnership with community organizations Culminis, INETA and PASS offer user groups a...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/03/2009
Unified Communications Ignite Trainings in Switzerland again
For Microsoft Partners, our CPLS Partner AddOn, is offering between March and June 2009 diverse...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/03/2009
BizTalk and SharePoint Server: Business Process Management and Optimization with the Microsoft Plattform
Based on many requests, a Microsoft Partner training event will be presented by the Microsoft CPLS...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 03/03/2009
SQL Server 2008 Infrastructure and Planning Design Guide
The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guide for SQL Server 2008 has been released here. This...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 02/26/2009
Visual Basic 6 Runtime - Support on Windows 7/2008 R2
The existing Support Statement on the Visual Basic version 6 runtime for Windows Vista and Windows...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 02/26/2009
Windows 7 Beta Updates
Overnight, a few updates for Windows 7 Beta build 7000 have been released on Microsoft Update and...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 02/25/2009
Stop Living in the Past
An interesting community movement has started to take root: Stop Living in the Past. The movement...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 02/24/2009
Make Web Not War – Web Platform and Application Installers
The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform,...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 02/24/2009
Denial of Service Attacks - New tool for blocking DOS
The Microsoft Internet Information Services Team has released the beta for the Dynamic IP...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 02/23/2009
BPOS – The Partner Website is online
BPOS is the abbreviation for Business Productivity Online Suite. From March/April 2009, Microsoft...
Author: Michael Epprecht [MSFT] Date: 02/23/2009