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James Senior at Microsoft: Like a kid in a candy store
Softgrid Licensing Implications
Another one of the questions I was probed with at a Windows Server 2008 event the other was about...
Author: james Date: 12/05/2007
Windows Server 2008 Presentation Slides
Off the back of the Bytes Windows Server 2008 tour I've been doing in November and December up and...
Author: james Date: 12/05/2007
Hyper-V feature comparison with other Virtualisation offerings
I had a question today at a Virtualisation event about a feature by feature comparison of Hyper-V...
Author: james Date: 12/04/2007
NBA.com gets the Silverlight treatment
Now those who know me well will be familiar with my love for three sports; Golf, Basketball and...
Author: james Date: 12/01/2007
Software + Services: edging toward reality
I was speaking at the 2007 West Midlands ICT Conference a couple of weeks back about Microsoft's...
Author: james Date: 12/01/2007
Mix UK Videos Up
Woah been a busy past couple of weeks. Been doing Windows Server 2008 events up and down the...
Author: james Date: 11/30/2007
Forefront Edge and System Center VPC for download
Matt passed this link on to me today and thought it might be useful to help understand and...
Author: james Date: 11/21/2007
Media Center Ultimate Install - winner announced
I mentioned on the blog recently that we were running a competition to find the best installation of...
Author: james Date: 11/21/2007
IT Management from the Desktop to the Datacenter
One of things we are currently talking to our customers and partners about is the concept of having...
Author: james Date: 11/20/2007
Stop hackers from getting on your Wireless network
In the UK we have this scheme called Get Safe Online that encourages people to take care of their...
Author: james Date: 11/14/2007
Windows Server 2008 lineup and introducing Hyper-V, it's "cheap as chips"
Level Set: What is Virtualization? I'm going to use a nice paragraph from a PC Advisor article I...
Author: james Date: 11/13/2007
Getting started with Live Services and Virtual Earth
I just finished putting together some info for a partner who was interested in learning how and why...
Author: james Date: 11/12/2007
Leaving Microsoft...
when this happens.... :-)
Author: james Date: 11/08/2007
Windows Essential Business Server - why didn't they just call it Centro?
This was an opportunity for a business product to join the ranks of Silverlight, Zune, Mediaroom and...
Author: james Date: 11/07/2007
Windows Live Messenger Control and Presence API
Angus has just announced information on his blog about how to incorporate an IM chat window in a...
Author: james Date: 11/07/2007
Do you know how to deploy?
Who actually uses a DVD to deploy? Do you build PC's and sell them? Are you frustrated? Frustrated...
Author: james Date: 11/06/2007
Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.X Training for Partners
The Partner Readiness Team are pleased to announce the release of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET...
Author: james Date: 11/06/2007
Partner Licensing FAQ
Here's some more FAQ's that you might find interesting on the back of my post last week about...
Author: james Date: 11/06/2007
Resources for Consumer Electronic Installers
At the Vista After Hours events we had lots of questions from companies looking to incorporate Media...
Author: james Date: 11/05/2007
Windows Partner Solutions - grow your margins by 20%
Infrastructure complexity and fierce competition from value-added resellers (VARs), original...
Author: james Date: 11/05/2007
Apple Leopard insecure?
A firewall that is off by default? No granularity to the user settings? Sounds like Leopard might...
Author: james Date: 10/31/2007
Improve customer satisfaction
One of the common causes for customer dissatisfaction is lack of understanding about Microsoft's...
Author: james Date: 10/31/2007
Windows Live ramping up
Times certainly are exciting for Scott and the boys over at the community site for all things Live -...
Author: james Date: 10/29/2007
Configuring Firewalls for Windows Meeting Space
Windows Meeting Space is an application that comes with Windows Vista that allows you to facilitate...
Author: james Date: 10/24/2007
Competition: Win a RF Remote for Windows Vista Media Center
Off the back of the ever successful Vista: After Hours tour last month, I've been supplied with a...
Author: james Date: 10/23/2007
Changes to the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription
What is the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription? The Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS) is a...
Author: james Date: 10/23/2007
Silverlight Streaming SDK has new home
Just wanted to let you know that the Silverlight Streaming SDK has up-sticks and wandered on over to...
Author: james Date: 10/22/2007
Windows Vista Backup - questions answered
There were a lot of comments in my post about Windows Vista backup I made in the summer and I wanted...
Author: james Date: 10/22/2007
InkSeine: Find Your Stuff With Ink
I got an internal email come through at the back end of last week which talked about a technology...
Author: james Date: 10/09/2007
Forefront Security 3 day Technical Bootcamp
Can you tell I'm going through my training emails at the moment? :-) Next up is the 3 day technical...
Author: james Date: 10/09/2007
Microsoft Security Product Training for Partners
We've got some plans afoot for LAR and Disti Partners regarding Security training and getting your...
Author: james Date: 10/09/2007
Source Code for the .NET Framework - wow
I did a double take when I read this on Mike Harsh's blog today. We're releasing the source code to...
Author: james Date: 10/04/2007
Dell does Vista SideShow
SideShowdevices.com gets all the scoops on SideShow - well I guess they would with a name like that...
Author: james Date: 10/04/2007
Here at the Future of Web Apps
I'm hear today and tomorrow at the Future of Web Apps in London. If you fancy meeting up give me a...
Author: james Date: 10/03/2007
Editing the host file in Vista
Nothing like a good bit of Host file editing to while away the Tuesday afternoon, except I couldn't...
Author: james Date: 10/02/2007
Expression Around the Clock
Auckland – Seoul – Bangalore – Moscow – Cairo – Milan – Zürich - Sao Paulo – Toronto - Mexico City...
Author: james Date: 10/01/2007
Windows Vista special deals
Roll up roll up, there are special deals afoot when you buy Windows Vista at some of these fabulous...
Author: james Date: 09/27/2007
Core Infrastructure Optimisation Training
My Core IO partner in crime - Matt McPhirt - has been beavering away preparing these hot potatoes of...
Author: james Date: 09/27/2007
Windows Server 2008 MCPs : Get your transition on!
Windows Server 2008 is now scheduled for release to manufacturing in the first quarter of 2008...
Author: james Date: 09/27/2007
Vista After Hours in Newcastle
Matt and I have just finished the event in Newcastle we had a great time doing the event and there...
Author: james Date: 09/26/2007
DNA Art, Pharming, Emails and Voicemails
I'm writing this as I travel up to Newcastle for the second of our "Vista After Hours" events which...
Author: james Date: 09/25/2007
IO? BPIO? APO? WTF?
Welcome to the wonderful world of Infrastructure Optimisation. Optimisation, or Optimization as the...
Author: james Date: 09/21/2007
Vista After Hours in Manchester
I'm just about to catch my train back down south to Reading and I wanted to say how pleased Matt and...
Author: james Date: 09/21/2007
Office Live Store Manager Private Beta
Office Live Store Manager is currently in private beta with a few of our select small business...
Author: james Date: 09/17/2007
Win: Copy of Using Vista Media Center book
In celebration of the upcoming Vista After Hours events we are running across the country over the...
Author: james Date: 09/17/2007
Photo stitching at Mix UK 07
I'm just prepping a demo for tomorrow and am going to include the new panoramic photo feature in...
Author: james Date: 09/12/2007
Interactive Media Manager Demo - very cool
I blogged about the IBC 2007 conference the other day and James Clarke just posted a very nice demo...
Author: james Date: 09/10/2007
Silverlight, Mediaroom partnerships, Interactive Media Manager at IBC 2007
Jon Harris (Expression demigod), following the announcement about Silverlight 1.0 Release is demoing...
Author: james Date: 09/07/2007
Change the Windows Vista Logon screen
I've just stumbled upon this nice utility from Object Desktop that changes the image displayed at...
Author: james Date: 09/05/2007
Silverlight 1.0 Released - and Linux support coming
Scott Guthrie just announced the release of Silverlight 1.0! He's written an excellent post on his...
Author: james Date: 09/05/2007