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James Senior at Microsoft: Like a kid in a candy store
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Training
Day 1: · Intro · System Center / Microsoft Management strategy System Center Configuration...
Author: james Date: 02/21/2008
System Center Operations Manager 2007 Training
At the completion of this 2 day training, you will leave with knowledge, tools, and hands on...
Author: james Date: 02/21/2008
Mix 08 Excel Timetable
Long's just posted about the Mix timetable on the site which he says is way too confusing. I...
Author: james Date: 02/20/2008
Windows Server 2008 Training
Take advantage of these limited time Launch offers from the Microsoft Readiness Team: Windows Server...
Author: james Date: 02/20/2008
DreamSpark - Free software for students
Bill Gates has just announced free developer, designer and server products for Students. ...
Author: james Date: 02/19/2008
Virtual Earth at Realcomm
Today I had the pleasure to talk at the Realcomm Europe conference in London. Realcomm...
Author: james Date: 02/18/2008
Loving Palm's smartphone adverts
Thanks to Jason for this. Not many people realise all the extra servers/services/costs of...
Author: james Date: 02/15/2008
Busting Vista Myths
I'm at a Microsoft Partner office today where the team are talking to customers about Windows...
Author: james Date: 02/14/2008
Upgrade your 2003 MCSE to 2008
Upgrade Your MCSA or MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 Certification (Worldwide) If...
Author: james Date: 02/14/2008
Office Live Small Business Launches
Microsoft Office Live Small Business is the award-winning, easy-to-use suite of Web-based software...
Author: james Date: 02/14/2008
The Diskless PC and Vista Enterprise Centralised Desktop
What's the beef here then? Well in a nutshell Diskless PCs and Vista Enterprise Centralised...
Author: james Date: 02/13/2008
Sequencing applications in Microsoft SoftGrid
The more partners I talk to the more they tell me that customers are showing hunger for information...
Author: james Date: 02/12/2008
Windows Live Platform Services Training
The Partner Readiness team is pleased to announce the release of the Windows Live Platform Services...
Author: james Date: 02/12/2008
Demos for Partner use
Chris has got info on new product demos featuring System Center and Business Intelligence: The...
Author: james Date: 02/08/2008
BlogTalk Radio covers Windows Essential Business Server 2008
Listen to a recording of the January 25, 2008 Small Business IT Radio show on BlogTalk Radio and...
Author: james Date: 02/08/2008
Vista Backup Errors and apologies
I've been waiting for a long time to write this. Last year I posted about the Vista Backup...
Author: james Date: 02/06/2008
Me and Surface - best buddies
Last week - what a week! I was up and down the country doing events and speaking to customers and...
Author: james Date: 02/05/2008
See you at Mix
I'm fortunate enough to be visiting our Mix conference this year in none other Las Vegas. Mix...
Author: james Date: 02/05/2008
Virtual Earth Partner Day!
I was honoured to be invited to come along to the Microsoft Virtual Earth Partner today in beautiful...
Author: james Date: 02/05/2008
Video from Bill Gates at IoD
Following on from my post about how to present like Bill Gates - I thought you might enjoy the...
Author: james Date: 02/04/2008
Present like Bill Gates
Today was probably my best day at Microsoft to date. I got up stupidly early (4.20) to get a cab...
Author: james Date: 01/30/2008
Win a free upgrade
From the team at the Microsoft Small Business Center: Win a free IT upgrade Tell us how Windows...
Author: james Date: 01/28/2008
Reach your destination with MCPs
When you have Microsoft Certified professionals in your organisation, you can achieve the benefits...
Author: james Date: 01/28/2008
Windows Compare Webcasts
Ever wondered how Microsoft Windows stacks up against Linux when it comes to reliability, high...
Author: james Date: 01/28/2008
Top Reasons to upgrade to Windows Server 2008
Reason Key Feature 1 Protecting your network from viruses and enforcing compliance Network...
Author: james Date: 01/25/2008
MCP Second Shot extended until June 30th 2008!
Get your Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista skills up to scratch! You can still get a free second...
Author: james Date: 01/25/2008
HTC Touch - 2 million sold
The HTC Touch which I had the pleasure to use/touch when it was launched a month or so before the...
Author: james Date: 01/24/2008
Find it hard to navigate the Partner Portal?
One of the things I hear regularly from partners is the difficulty with which they find information...
Author: james Date: 01/24/2008
Why Management and Security is important for partners and why Microsoft is about to change the game
I've been doing a little light reading on my flight to Edinburgh this afternoon. I'm in...
Author: james Date: 01/23/2008
New Solution Accelerators
Check these out for tools and guidance on rolling out Microsoft technology in the most efficient and...
Author: james Date: 01/22/2008
Windows Vista + Windows Server 2008 = Great IT
I was perusing the Windows Server 2008 Launch site and came across this list of things that make...
Author: james Date: 01/22/2008
Windows Server 2008 Certifications
Here are some useful links on Windows Server 2008 Certifications! Introducing WS2008 certifications...
Author: james Date: 01/21/2008
Partner Training for System Center Mobile Device Manager
As one might expect, Mr Mobile - aka Jason Langridge has details on upcoming training for System...
Author: james Date: 01/18/2008
Windows Vista Facts
It's always nice to have a few throwaway stats about Windows Vista that you can give to someone when...
Author: james Date: 01/17/2008
Small Businesses are the fastest to adopt Vista
A new article published by InfoWorld reports that half of businesses are in some phase of upgrading...
Author: james Date: 01/16/2008
USMT gets a GUI wrapper
The User State Migration Tool (USMT) is what you use to move lots of users from one operating system...
Author: james Date: 01/15/2008
IMM Core Ontology 1.0
I've talked about IMM (Interactive Media Manager) before - it's software based on SharePoint that...
Author: james Date: 01/14/2008
Tough times ahead for Windows Server 2003
When a new operating system like Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 is launched to much fanfare...
Author: james Date: 01/11/2008
Problems renewing on the Partner Membership Centre?
The Partner team are having some performance issues with the Partner Membership Center, particularly...
Author: james Date: 01/11/2008
More information on NUMA
I first heard about NUMA (nonuniform memory access) when watching the Mark Russinovich video I...
Author: james Date: 01/10/2008
Mark Russinovich talks Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V and Windows Vista
Mark Russinovich is the founder of SysInternals the software company that was acquired by Microsoft...
Author: james Date: 01/09/2008
To Vista or not to Vista? What is your answer?
Susanne has gone and written a blog post asking what customers are doing regarding their Vista...
Author: james Date: 01/08/2008
Microsoft Forefront Partner Technical Airlift
Does your organization design, deploy, customize, or support security solutions for business...
Author: james Date: 01/08/2008
Reading gets Birds Eye View on Virtual Earth and use your Wii remote to control Virtual Earth!
An historic moment happened over Christmas - Reading got Birds Eye View imagery on Virtual...
Author: james Date: 01/08/2008
Virtual Earth UK Partner Day
The Microsoft Virtual Earth EMEA team are holding an event on 6th February 2008 at the Great House...
Author: james Date: 01/08/2008
Happy New Year - and a late Christmas Present for you - Windows Vista Ultimate
Welcome back to the blog - I hope you had a great festive season with well earned time spent with...
Author: james Date: 01/02/2008
Building an app that uses Office documents? Win an Xbox!
If you're a partner or company developing an application that does stuff with Office documents -...
Author: james Date: 12/14/2007
T5M - possibly the coolest Silverlight app to date
T5M (The 5th Medium) is an online magazine that merges the worlds of print and video in a very rich...
Author: james Date: 12/07/2007
Geek Dinner with Scoble and Dave Winer
Tonight I'll be at the Coach and Horses in Soho knocking back a few glasses of Blue Monster wine...
Author: james Date: 12/07/2007
Windows Live PhotoZoom
Via the LiveSide guys, I came across this neat video of software that allows users to zoom smoothly...
Author: james Date: 12/05/2007