Neil Hutson - Focused on Emerging Technologies for Microsoft
I am responsible for the adoption of emerging technology platforms by developers and it professionals at Microsoft
New Software + Services Architecture Center
Building the right architecture for the next generation of applications which need to take advantage...
Author: neilhut Date: 02/15/2008
WATTS UP : Reducing Power Consumption - GOING GREEN
So how much power does your PCs draw? How much more efficient are the new machines vs. the old...
Author: neilhut Date: 02/13/2008
Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Supported on Windows Server 2008
I want to keep you continually informed as more Microsoft Server products are supported on Windows...
Author: neilhut Date: 02/13/2008
Making Vista SP1 Available for Technical folks sooner
Last week we RTM'd the SP1 release of Vista. I installed it, and have to say that this is a major...
Author: neilhut Date: 02/12/2008
Microsoft Joins OpenID Foundation Board of Directors
One of the great stories coming out at the end of last week was the inclusion of Microsoft onto the...
Author: neilhut Date: 02/11/2008
Windows Server 2008 Clustering Services Screencast
This week on EDGE I had a chat with Adam about the new failover clustering capabilities within...
Author: neilhut Date: 02/08/2008
Microsoft Server and Tools support for Windows Server 2008
I have had a number of customers and partners asking what "Microsoft" products will be supported at...
Author: neilhut Date: 02/07/2008
A discussion with Alex Hinrichs about Shipping Windows Server 2008
Ever wanted to know how we shipped Windows Server 2008? Here is a discussion Dan had with Alex about...
Author: neilhut Date: 02/04/2008
Forget the Super bowl, Windows Server 2008 has RTM'd
For me it has been a long road. It all started 2 years ago with the "Longhorn Server Software...
Author: neilhut Date: 02/04/2008
Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Presentations
We have just uploaded 7 presentations about compatibility issues between Windows Server 2003 and...
Author: neilhut Date: 02/01/2008
MySpace presenting at MIX on RESTful WCF
Most people consider Windows Communication Foundation ( WCF ) as a great framework for communicating...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/31/2008
iSCSI Setup in 5mins on Windows Server 2008 [SCREENCAST]
This is the latest screencast I did with Adam in the team. This time it was on iSCSC and he provided...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/31/2008
IIS7 Web Deployment / Migration tool
Happiness is a server running IIS7 and to that end, the IIS team released "Technical Preview...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/30/2008
Highway to PowersHELL
In the US, this year's Pop Idol is just starting, with those awful scenes of people singing who have...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/29/2008
Bob Muglia - Senior VP by Day, ITPRO by night
Before the holidays, Adam on team was in a technology review for one of the Windows Server...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/28/2008
TECHED REG OPENS - Lets hope it is better this year
Registration for this years TechED has opened. For this year it has now split into two parts with...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/25/2008
Understanding Windows CardSpace BOOK
Vittorio came by my office around a year ago and asked whether it was OK for him to write a book on...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/24/2008
What is the truth behind the "Lone Server"
MSCOM OPS with Microsoft.com, WS08, IIS7, and the Lone Server Last week I had a post about the...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/23/2008
Visual Studio 2008 “How Do I?” Video Series
There is a new “How Do I?” video series on Visual Studio 2008 which has been created for people who...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/22/2008
Windows HPC V2 Training in New York - Jan 29 - CHECK IT OUT
We are starting to run early training events on version 2 of out HPC server ( in Beta 1). This is a...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/22/2008
MSI Installer Issues - Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility
Jason has posted the next in a series of App Compat interviews with some of the key people from the...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/21/2008
HPC ( High Performance Computing ) DEEP DIVE
On the February 26 – 28 (2008) we are going to hold a HPC Deep Dive for a small number of customers...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/18/2008
6 min Screencast on Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
Last week I popped into Adam’s office to ask about Windows Deployment Services which is a feature...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/18/2008
Windows Server 2008 Security Guide – Test the BETA
The latest Windows Server 2008 Security Guide has just gone into beta. Please take a look and give...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/17/2008
Sun to Purchase MySQL!!
There must be something in the air? First it was Oracle and now Sun. They announced today that they...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/16/2008
Oracle to buy BEA Systems
Well I guess this took longer than anyone expected, but I guess BEA Systems have held off long...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/16/2008
Will Apple enter the enterprise?
The big news yesterday was all about the Ultra Thin Apple MacBook Air. Intel joined in the party by...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/16/2008
Every now and then we come out with funny videos [FOR LAUNCH]
What some people in the company find funny generally concerns me, especially when they create viral...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/15/2008
Meeting the Windows Server 2008 App Compatibility Team
Jason on the team had a conversation with the Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility team to...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/14/2008
PHP Application support on Windows Server
If you have not noticed recently, the level of support that we are building for PHP and the...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/11/2008
High Performance Computing ( HPC ) V2 - New Content
The team has started to share some of the early features of the HPC version of Windows Server 2008...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/10/2008
iSCSI Support in Windows Server 2008 to build check clusters
Dave Northey has created a really great screencast on EDGE which shows you how to configure a cheap...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/09/2008
Top Things to Break Applications on Windows Server 2008
We are getting pretty close to shipping Windows Server 2008. If you have not done already, please...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/09/2008
Getting PHP to Perform on IIS7 and Windows Server 2008
Dave Northey who is a ITPRO Evangelist from Ireland had posted a really interesting 6 minute screen...
Author: neilhut Date: 01/02/2008
Merry Christmas
So today is my last full day in the office this year. I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/21/2007
New Visual Studio 2008 CASE STUDIES IN ACTION
So what is there to shout about as far as adoption is concerned with VS2008? Quite a bit. We work...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/20/2007
GREAT CODING PRACTICE!!
The web has certainly stepped up security in the pass few years to keep pace with security attacks...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/19/2007
DAY 4 - Visual Studio 2008 Training Workshop Recordings
In September, we recorded the sessions from a full 5-day Visual Studio 2008 Training Workshop. These...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/19/2007
New Visual Studio 2008 Rhythm Training VPCs
Windows Server 2003 – Customer Ready VPC Last week I shared a VPC image that has been pre-configured...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/18/2007
Microsoft Volta - Splitting the ATOM ( Well CIL )
Microsoft Volta has been creating quite a stir on the community blogs over the last couple of weeks....
Author: neilhut Date: 12/17/2007
Experian Partner to support CardSpace and raise the Identity Bar
The Microsoft UK Identity team has been working with a number of companies to help support the...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/14/2007
SAVE THE DATE - PDC 2008 - October 27-30, 2008, LA
2008 will be a PDC ( Professional Developers Conference ) year. This means that it is going to be...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/11/2007
Ruby on Rails 2.0 - It happened
So in the middle of all the Visual Studio 2008 release messaging, another web application...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/10/2007
Who will be the first to go GREEN?
The industry and certainly Microsoft has started to focus on Green issues. In particular our focus...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/07/2007
2 More Visual Studio 2008 Virtual Labs
Two more of the hands-on labs from the Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit have been published as MSDN...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/06/2007
Windows Server 2008 RC1
The ship is nearing the dock!!! Today we shipped RC1 out to the community which is is a major...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/05/2007
DAY #3 : Visual Studio 2008 Training Workshop Recordings
In September, we recorded the sessions from a full 5-day Visual Studio 2008 Training Workshop. These...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/05/2007
Visual Studio 2008 Rhythm Training VPC
We have seen a lot of interest in the Visual Studio 2008 Rhythm Training Kit over the last couple of...
Author: neilhut Date: 12/04/2007
Silverlight : I guess it is all in the name, ( I mean in the version )
I guess it is all in the name, ( I mean in the version ), but today we announced a few changes...
Author: neilhut Date: 11/29/2007
DAY #2 : Visual Studio 2008 Training Workshop
In September, we recorded the sessions from a full 5-day Visual Studio 2008 Training Workshop. These...
Author: neilhut Date: 11/28/2007