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Why does Home and Student edition not include Outlook?
Good question in today from Andrew Balgarnie - if you have a question or something you'd like me to...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/23/2007
Windows Live Photo Gallery
Chris Adams, who sits next to me at work, got tickets to the rugby final on Saturday (lucky boy) -...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/22/2007
Training on SharePoint and InfoPath
I've decided to blog smaller items a bit more often as they occur to me so here's a question I...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/22/2007
Why do I blog?
I'm presenting at a blogging conference in a few weeks and as I thought about what I will say I...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/12/2007
Office Communications Server launches in the UK on 17th Oct
Mark has announced the launch for OCS on his blog. If you are interested in coming along to the...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/10/2007
In search of simplicity
Leonardo Da Vinci said "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication", a truth that has been a repeated...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/05/2007
Building 5 opens
Today we finally opened the new building on the Microsoft Campus. You probably don't care but here...
Author: dstrange Date: 09/25/2007
Clean up with MOPPS
This week we launch Microsoft Office Performance Point Server 2007. And what more fitting a way to...
Author: dstrange Date: 09/24/2007
I have love for you if you were born in the eighties
I find myself morbidly drawn to my own impending obsolescence. When I joined Microsoft at the age of...
Author: dstrange Date: 09/18/2007
and so the Millenials ruled the corporate world for the next 70 years...
80 million baby boomers will retire over the next 25 years and so the baton is handed to the next...
Author: dstrange Date: 09/07/2007
We're Microsoft, we know everything
No we don't. But that doesn't stop people thinking we are the guys who control the Internet and can...
Author: dstrange Date: 09/05/2007
Colin Speaks: Education and support (2 of 2)
Enabling continuous improvement in knowledge worker productivity We are in the middle of exploring...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/30/2007
Excel users can all pivot
So after the third person in a week stopped me in the corridor while I was walking from the coffee...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/29/2007
Office Business Applications - training course announced
If you are keen to skill up on developing line of business applications - and in particular if you...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/23/2007
Colin speaks: Education and support (1 of 2)
Enabling continuous improvement in knowledge worker productivity An informal survey… It certainly...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/23/2007
Pivot tables - they aren't that hard
Since I mentioned using calculated fields in Excel, I've had a few questions through about what I...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/23/2007
OCS and Communicator reviews
If you are a regular OfficeRocker reader you might think I've developed a bit of an obsession with...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/10/2007
Windows Live Agents
A while back I blogged about how impressive the Encarta Instant Answers messenger agent is and in...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/09/2007
Why is OCS and Communicator 2007 better than Windows Live Messenger?
Mark Deakin and I had a think about this question, posted on a comment by Michael (thanks for the...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/08/2007
Colin speaks: Senior Management Perspective
Establishing a climate for improving knowledge worker productivity So what do we do about improving...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/01/2007
Communicator 2007 slick
..and more on this as I learn more about it. Setting my ring to be simultaneous it will ring on the...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/24/2007
Random roundup July 19th 2007
things I read today.. New ways to sell Office Interesting article with some good quotes from Chris...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/19/2007
Jensen shows off his new fluent look
The UI god (and thoroughly nice bloke) that is Jensen Harris has put together a new demo video that...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/18/2007
Working Smarter part 2
It's my fault for not posting this sooner not Colin's and thanks to Mark who nagged me about it...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/12/2007
Cometiquette guide published
Are you a polite or a rude user of communication technology? We've teamed up with The Finishing...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/11/2007
Calculated fields and formulas in pivot tables
You've been meaning to get round to it for years haven't you? Did you realise that there are some...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/11/2007
The pen is mightier than the mouse
Interesting freebie got delivered to me today from Wacom. They've decided to send me one of their...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/04/2007
It's not what you know, it's who you know
It's the first week of the new financial year at Microsoft, typically the time when we all get our...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/03/2007
Man pines for abandoned electronic dog
The Arthur C Clarke/Stephen Baxter novel "Time's Eye" is a bit of a silly story which brings people...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/02/2007
Working smarter
Today I'm very pleased to introduce my first guest blogger, Colin Ashurst from the Durham Business...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/27/2007
Encarta instant answers
Really cool new Encarta bot for Windows Live messenger. Just add encarta@botmetro.net to your...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/26/2007
Ye Olde Office update
ok update on this - I think I've got offers of XP Pro, 2000 Pro, 97 dev ed and pro, Office 95 (no...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/25/2007
Prove it! The point of evidence
Have you ever read a case study from Microsoft? I bet you haven't. More likely, you've been sent one...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/25/2007
Ye Olde Office - new for old!
I'm trying to complete my set of old versions of Office and I'm prepared to blatantly bribe you if...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/21/2007
Accountants getting value from Office 2007
Its fair to say we've had rather a lot of cynicism from the readers of accounting web as to the...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/19/2007
BT Vision and Microsoft TV
I met up with my friend Julian Kirby-Johnson today for a catch up on what he's doing. Julian works...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/12/2007
Office Live - Live interview
As Office Live comes out of beta, I thought it would be good to catch up on the latest news. Today...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/07/2007
Random roundup.. June 5th 2007
"Open battle will boost compatibility" writes the Guardian computer editor, Jack Schofield in a...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/05/2007
Open XML SDK launches
As James Senior beat me to saying, Microsoft has created an SDK for .net programmers to manipulate...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/05/2007
Live Writer beta 2
As I said before, beta 2 of live writer is available. I really like it already. Cool new features...
Author: dstrange Date: 05/31/2007
beta by far: the role of trial software
Following on from some of your less than exuberant feedback about the new Mac converters, I looked...
Author: dstrange Date: 05/31/2007
The Enterprise Learning Framework
I was chatting with my friend Colin Ashurst from Durham Business School this morning about the world...
Author: dstrange Date: 05/30/2007