Simon May
Client and cloud
Introducing the cloud to Windows Management Gurus
Last night I had the opportunity to present at the Windows Management User Group an event organised...
Author: Si May Date: 03/18/2011
Deployment options for small and midsized businesses
If you find Windows 7 deployment options to be confusing you might find this handy new – stick it to...
Author: Si May Date: 03/14/2011
Practical deployment webcast live
A few days ago as part of our Tech Days online series I did a webcast on how to deploy Windows 7...
Author: Si May Date: 03/11/2011
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit eBook
I’ve been sat on this for a while and since it’s some time since I mentioned MDT I thought it was...
Author: Si May Date: 03/02/2011
Connecting the Private and Public cloud
I’ve just hopped down off stage from presenting about the above at Data Centre World and I wanted to...
Author: Si May Date: 03/02/2011
Moving your website to SharePoint 2010–guest post by Applicable
Applicable Limited, a Microsoft Partner in the UK has rebuilt its website at...
Author: Si May Date: 02/11/2011
How to upgrade RemoteFX virtual machines from Beta or RC builds to released build
Now that SP1 is pretty much out there for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 it’s far off time to start...
Author: Si May Date: 02/07/2011
War on Cost: Private Cloud
A few weeks ago @deepfat and I ventured to the underground lair that is Churchills war rooms and...
Author: Si May Date: 01/27/2011
Planning Office 2010 deployment
Last week I posted about how to use the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) toolkit to plan your...
Author: Si May Date: 01/26/2011
Estonia now using the Euro (or how to set currency in Windows)
On January 1st 2011 Estonia joined the single EU currency and is now getting to grips with using the...
Author: Si May Date: 01/25/2011
Using your PC as a Wireless AP and how to modify IP configuration
Over the holidays I got into a sticky situation where I needed to use my Laptop as an access point...
Author: Si May Date: 01/24/2011
Evangelism Bag–Size S
A couple of days ago I had to head into London for content creation of a different kind, being...
Author: Si May Date: 01/24/2011
Application not found
A very nice chap just wrote to Rachel asking for help with a problem* I think a few other people...
Author: Si May Date: 01/21/2011
Video: How to start planning your Windows 7 deployment using free tools
The first step in any Windows 7 deployment is to start by understanding what your current...
Author: Si May Date: 01/21/2011
Connecting Office 365 and FOPE
Office 365 Beta gives you automatic access to Forefront Online Protection for Exchange to protect...
Author: Si May Date: 01/14/2011
Windows 7 licensing and virtual machines clarified
Licensing is a complex subject and to be honest it’s not one that I talk about much because it’s a...
Author: Si May Date: 01/13/2011
70-680 Self Paced Training Kit Review
Over Christmas I decided to have a really good read so I got hold of MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit...
Author: Si May Date: 01/11/2011
I’m now a MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Support Technician 7
Being a bit of a fan of exams (!) on Friday went to a lovely little training centre in Wokingham and...
Author: Si May Date: 01/10/2011
Privacy in the Cloud
An interesting paper crossed by virtual desk today; Privacy in the Cloud: A Microsoft...
Author: Si May Date: 01/06/2011
How Microsoft deployed Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010
Rooting around in the details of things that we’ve published recently and I found this interesting...
Author: Si May Date: 01/05/2011
You should connect your Active Directory to the cloud
Sound scary? Well it’s not, but it’s critically important in spurring cloud adoption in your...
Author: Si May Date: 12/22/2010
Arc Touch Mouse: Flat and touchy
A couple of days ago I received the beautiful Arc Touch mouse through the post from our company...
Author: Si May Date: 12/20/2010
How many desktops do you support?
My buddy @deepfat and I were just having a chat and we thought we’d see if we could work out how...
Author: Si May Date: 12/17/2010
Lync 2010 SDK + Christmas lights = AWESOME!
I first saw this earlier in the week and thought it was a brilliant project, but I didn’t take much...
Author: Si May Date: 12/16/2010
More Power = Less Power
Hi I’m Andrew Fryer and I have hacked into Simon May’s blog, to show you how more power uses less...
Author: Si May Date: 12/13/2010
IE9 will control who can track you
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Author: Si May Date: 12/10/2010
Why not Gmail?
I was just surfing about our sites as you do and happened across this rather interesting little...
Author: Si May Date: 12/10/2010
Why trust your data in the cloud?
One of the top cloud questions I get asked when I’m out and about is “how secure is my data in the...
Author: Si May Date: 12/09/2010
The future of Silverlight is tomorrow
Tomorrow Scott Guthrie (aka ScottGu) will be donning a red shirt and revealing the future of...
Author: Si May Date: 12/01/2010
Lync 2010 released but who’s really using it?
Last week we released the new Lync Server 2010 and Lync 2010 client, the replacement products for...
Author: Si May Date: 12/01/2010
Video: How to remote wipe Windows Phone 7 from BPOS
When you connect your Windows Phone 7 device up to the cloud you get a whole bunch of abilities...
Author: Si May Date: 11/29/2010
I’m now an MTA (Microsoft Technology Associate)
A few minutes ago I rocked over to the ultra high tech Microsoft Learning centre and took a...
Author: Si May Date: 11/19/2010
Mark Russinovich Inside Windows Azure
I was just thumbing around the Sysinternals site (for some handy tools for a deployment I’m doing)...
Author: Si May Date: 11/17/2010
Understanding Microsoft's Desktop Virtualisation
I was just pointed at this post on Springboard and it’s too good not to share…it’s written by ...
Author: Si May Date: 11/17/2010
Windows 7 Settings Pack for Security Compliance Manager
If you’re looking to make sure that your enterprise desktops are secure and all to the same level...
Author: Si May Date: 11/16/2010
Is Silverlight Going Somewhere?
You may or may not have seen lots of FUD coverage over the past few weeks about Silverlight…it’s...
Author: Si May Date: 11/15/2010
Understanding Windows 7 Deployment Backwards
What was the last operating system you deployed?…I’ll bet it was Windows XP and I bet you needed a...
Author: Si May Date: 11/10/2010
Can’t be at TechEd, be at Cloud Night
Planky’s not over in Berlin loving the awesome sessions, instead he’s back in blighty at the new...
Author: Si May Date: 11/09/2010
Internet Explorer 9 - the most standards compliant browser on the block
I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised to read this post on el reg that highlights that IE9...
Author: Si May Date: 11/02/2010
PDC10 for the IT Professional – the view from #ukpdc10
I love it when we put on a good show, geeks, streams, quizzes, phones and most importantly...
Author: Si May Date: 10/29/2010
For the folks at Ezeit today
Thought I’d post my slides following on from the demo fail at Ezeit and provide a link to the...
Author: Si May Date: 10/27/2010
VBUG ing out on SharePoint and Visio 2010
Tim, the rock star who runs my local VBUG chapter, is hosting a user group session to talk about...
Author: Si May Date: 10/27/2010
How healthy is your BPOS service
IT Professionals love knowing what’s going on with their stuff. Be it that blinking light that...
Author: Si May Date: 10/14/2010
Wally Mead at WMUG London 1st Nov on SCOM 2007
One for all the deployment and SCOM geeks out there. If you can’t make our Springboard Tour...
Author: Si May Date: 10/14/2010
Great MDT 2010 videos
I was just helping someone internally with some deployment stuff and I came across these excellent...
Author: Si May Date: 10/13/2010