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James Senior at Microsoft: Like a kid in a candy store
Windows Server Compute Cluster used by Callaway
I'm a keen golfer and have been following The Masters the last few days with a keen eye. ...
Author: james Date: 04/13/2008
Live Maps switches to Multimap
I spoke the the Live Product Manager the other day and he said this was coming, but I didn't realise...
Author: james Date: 04/11/2008
MDOP Training - Configuring and Supporting MDOP for Medium Sized Companies
Summary This Microsoft® Desktop Optimization Pack training is a two-day course to provide an...
Author: james Date: 04/10/2008
Vista bonuses for Partners
The sales opportunity – Customers who purchased OEM XP and Vista in 2007 Where you have...
Author: james Date: 04/10/2008
EasyBCD 1.7.2 Released
I noticed via the Neosmart blog that a new version of EasyBCD is available. EasyBCD allows you...
Author: james Date: 04/10/2008
Vista and Office 2007 Technet Deployment - Why and How
If you have a Microsoft licensing agreement * there are resources you already have to help explain...
Author: james Date: 04/09/2008
Get Office Communicator in Outlook
Julian (the UC and Exchange guru in my team) send around a link to an add-in for Outlook that allows...
Author: james Date: 04/04/2008
Puzzled by Microsoft Licensing? Get the essential knowledge you need!
TechNet Event: An Introduction and Overview of Microsoft Licensing This session is aimed at...
Author: james Date: 04/02/2008
Customer Satisfaction with Vista
Every year we do customer satisfaction studies to see how the market feels about Microsoft and its...
Author: james Date: 04/02/2008
System Center Data Protection Manager - product of the year
Well almost :) System Center Data Protection Manager is up for the eWeek product of the year...
Author: james Date: 04/01/2008
Windows Server 2008 - Eight month free trial
Just wanted to say hi to the partners I visited up in Scotland over the last few days. Great...
Author: james Date: 04/01/2008
Infrastructure Planning and Design
Are you evaluating server technologies in your quest toward a dynamic IT infrastructure? Use the...
Author: james Date: 04/01/2008
Office Live Workspace
Earlier this month we announced the release of Office Live Workspace, here are the important...
Author: james Date: 04/01/2008
Windows Vista - still undecided?
Springboard Series- Still Undecided About Windows Vista? Microsoft Technical Fellow and IT guru Mark...
Author: james Date: 03/31/2008
News from the MCSE team
Please let your customers and partners about these two upcoming Live Meetings on certification,...
Author: james Date: 03/31/2008
Some Softgrid Gems
I thought I would share a couple of gems from the superb Virtual World blog: MDOP ROI Calculator -...
Author: james Date: 03/28/2008
Answering questions about Windows Server 2008
Last week I presented at an event on Windows Server 2008 down in Exeter. Despite my jetlag the...
Author: james Date: 03/28/2008
Comparing Windows to Linux
I came across these new comparison webcasts and podcasts that take a look at the same roles on...
Author: james Date: 03/28/2008
Office Live Small Business Technical Training
Registration has just opened for a 2-day Office Live Small Business technical training course on the...
Author: james Date: 03/27/2008
Windows Server 2008 Videos
The Technet team have recently released these great videos on all aspects of Windows Server 2008 -...
Author: james Date: 03/27/2008
Software + Services announcements
Over the past month we've been making some announcements about Microsoft Online Services which is...
Author: james Date: 03/27/2008
Get Ready for Small Business Server 2008
Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 (formerly Windows Server Code Name "Cougar"), the...
Author: james Date: 03/27/2008
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008
Microsoft last week made available its set of IT deployment tools and practices called Microsoft...
Author: james Date: 03/27/2008
Selling Virtualisation to the Technical Decision Maker
This is one for Microsoft Partners: Learn how to present a compelling virtualization story to...
Author: james Date: 03/25/2008
Microsoft adCenter Community
Mel just emailed to tell me about the new Microsoft adCenter Community they have launched here:...
Author: james Date: 03/25/2008
MDOP to get bigger; more value included
The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) continues to expand with the news about the intended...
Author: james Date: 03/25/2008
Virtual Earth Technical Webcast
My colleague Johannes Kebeck who is the EMEA Virtual Earth technical supremo is presenting a...
Author: james Date: 03/20/2008
System Center Mobile Device Manager
Today I talked to customers about System Center and using it to reach an state of IT nirvana using...
Author: james Date: 03/18/2008
Windows Vista SP1 Available
Windows Vista SP1 is now downloadable via Windows Update. Get the full story from Nick on the...
Author: james Date: 03/18/2008
Making IT Work for you
I maintain that small businesses have the biggest opportunity in the shortest amount of time to...
Author: james Date: 03/18/2008
Partner Training on Implementing and Migrating to Hyper-V
Currently there are three dates available for your Partners to sign up to – 10th/11th April...
Author: james Date: 03/18/2008
I'm Back
I'm back! Well, nearly. I couldn't resist a pre flight blog post (that's my plane above) to...
Author: james Date: 03/16/2008
More details on Mesh are emerging
Hat's off to the detective work the Live Side guys are doing to get to the bottom of Ray Ozzie's...
Author: james Date: 03/16/2008
Vista After Hours video released
Looks like the video that we showed at last year's Vista After Hours events got released. ...
Author: james Date: 03/13/2008
Grand Canyon and Deep Zoom
One of the technologies announced at Mix 08 this year was Deep Zoom as part of Silverlight 2. ...
Author: james Date: 03/10/2008
Web Harmony - where designers and developers kiss and make up
I had the pleasure to visit the set of a filming session for a Microsoft advert last month - even...
Author: james Date: 03/05/2008
In Vegas for Mix
It's quite a place Vegas. I'm here for the next few days for our Mix 08 conference. ...
Author: james Date: 03/04/2008
Virtual Earth
Loving this video. It captures the essence of Virtual Earth and all you can do on this world...
Author: james Date: 02/28/2008
Windows Server 2008 Security Guide
The Windows Server 2008 Security Guide is now out - essential reading this. Go download....
Author: james Date: 02/28/2008
BigSnapSearch.com
The Live Search team in the UK have come up with a cool promotion where you can win stuff by...
Author: james Date: 02/28/2008
WorldWide Telescope Video
I'm off tomorrow to California for a few weeks of holiday and also off to Mix 08 in Vegas next...
Author: james Date: 02/28/2008
Video demo of NAP + Forefront
Spotted this little gem on the Enterprise Networking Group at Microsoft which shows off the combined...
Author: james Date: 02/28/2008
Get to a Windows Server 2008 Launch Event
Yesterday we launched Windows Server 2008 - congrats to the whole team! Now you have the...
Author: james Date: 02/28/2008
Vista: less support required than XP
Found an interesting quote from IT Pro today: For customers who do switch to Vista, there are fewer...
Author: james Date: 02/27/2008
Vista makes deployment and management easier
Today sees the launch of Windows Server 2008 and the campaign we're pushing out into market is one...
Author: james Date: 02/27/2008
Free Live Meeting Licenses for Partners
What is Live Meeting? Microsoft Office Live Meeting is a hosted Web conferencing service that...
Author: james Date: 02/27/2008
Forefront for Exchange on SBS 2003
I received a question today on whether you can run Forefront for Exhchange on SBS 2003. Turns...
Author: james Date: 02/26/2008
How to tell when a computing paradigm is on the mind of a lot of people
When Dilbert covers it of course... https://www.microsoft.com/virtualization...
Author: james Date: 02/22/2008
Will I get down to 0?
Today was admin day. This morning I started with around 200 emails that needed actioning....
Author: james Date: 02/22/2008
Still undecided about Vista?
Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will be hosting an interactive virtual...
Author: james Date: 02/22/2008