NZ Education Blog
Updates from Microsoft Education NZ about events, advice and information for educators.
MultiPoint Server 2011 Released
Windows® MultiPoint Server™ 2011 is a Windows®-based solution that is designed...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 02/20/2011
Remote Desktop Services vs VDI
Desktop Virtualization doesn't just mean using your existing server virtualization platform to...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 02/17/2011
Australia NSW Department of Education uses Azure to deliver online science assessment
The Essential Secondary Science Assessment (ESSA) test was delivered simultaneously to all secondary...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 02/14/2011
Better budgeting for students
Watch this video to see how your budget can come to life Here is a copy of the Excel spreadsheet...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 02/02/2011
Microsoft Office Word Open Source Add-in For MediaWiki
Microsft has funded an open source filter allowing users to "Save-as" from word in MediaWiki format...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 01/12/2011
Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 released for free download
Microsoft Mathematics provides a set of mathematical tools that help students get school work done...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 01/11/2011
Top 20 finalists announced for the 2011 Microsoft New Zealand Imagine Cup
Microsoft New Zealand has today announced the top 20 teams set to battle it out at the Imagine Cup...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 12/07/2010
Innovative Teacher using Zune as programming platform
Pat Yongpradit's winning Innovative Teacher Award project, which encourages female students to...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 11/04/2010
NEW Video! Local Language Program supports Maori language in New Zealand school
Te Taka Keegan, Senior Lecturer, University of Waikato, talks about the benefit of the Maori LIP in...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 10/26/2010
AD FS 2.0 Federation with Shibboleth 2 and the InCommon Federation
We have just published a guide to AD FS 2.0 interoperability with Shibboleth2 and the InCommon...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 10/18/2010
Windows Media® Components for QuickTime
For all my Mac loving friends out there (who don’t run windows 7 on their Mac). With Windows Media®...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 10/02/2010
Bing Maps Photosynth screencast
This is the demo I usualy do to show the rich mapping and photosynth integration in Bing maps....
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 10/01/2010
Podcasting online course to encourage school girls in technology
Microsoft has a big focus on employment diversity, including women in IT. To achieve this, we need...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 09/27/2010
Microsoft Education Related Software Presentation
This is one of the presentations I'm giving at the North Otago Principals' Association Teaching and...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 09/24/2010
Windows Steady State like functionality for Windows 7
Windows Steady State was a solution for Windows XP that made it easy for an IT Pro to manage a kiosk...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 09/10/2010
Medical Article Authoring Add-in for Word Beta
A free Microsoft Research developed Word 2007/2010 add-in....
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 09/02/2010
Microsoft Interactive Classroom Video
A real world example using PowerPoint and Tablet computer in the classroom (click image to play).
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 08/20/2010
Windows Live Sync Beta for Mac
Windows Live Sync beta for Mac brings Live Mesh and the previous version of Windows Live Sync...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 08/17/2010
Free: Microsoft Mathematics Add-In for Word and OneNote released
Microsoft Mathematics is a set of tools that you can use to perform mathematical operations on...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 08/15/2010
Example of school artwork captured as a Photosynth
Photosynth page https://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=ed510b73-40e7-487a-a371-6c6eca7045ea Created by...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 08/11/2010
Windows Optimized Desktop for Education Ebook
A vital need for students, faculty, staff and administrators in education today is effective,...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 08/06/2010
New Case Study: St Andrews College using Live@EDU
St Andrew’s College revamped their software solution, moving to a virtualised platform running...
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 08/05/2010
Video: Microsoft in education
This is why I work at Microsoft......
Author: Ian Morrish - ILDS Date: 07/30/2010