Microsoft Education Technology New England
Feed with information relevant to using Microsoft software within education specifically within the New England geography. Intended to be an easily consumable stream of relevant technical information and news.
Windows Higher Ed Conference registration is open
This is a free event which is put together by your peers in Higher Education IT. The content is...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 10/05/2007
Cool - Sync Facebook to Outlook!
https://www.melsam.com/outsync/ OutSync is a free Windows application that syncs photos of your...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 09/26/2007
Palm Treo and syncing to Vista
Recently one of our accounts had some problems syncing Treo's 700wx running Vista. Here's the...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 09/24/2007
Training for NERCOMP members
NERCOMP and Microsoft are pleased to offer a series of multi-day hands-on courses focused on key...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 09/21/2007
Remote Desktop Client for Mac beta
Universal binary, RDP 6.0, other cool stuff....
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 09/19/2007
Cool New SharePoint Web Content Mgmt Info Published
How to create a SharePoint Server 2007 custom master page and page layout for a WCM Site:...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 09/14/2007
More DST fall back information
Detailed Product list updated regularly by the product groups...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 09/11/2007
Microsoft Education Webcast series - Online Services 9/20
Technology is changing very rapidly, and the solutions available to assist you and your school are...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 09/06/2007
Board of Trustees MOSS template
One of my peers is driving this super cool MOSS template for improving Board of Trustee...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 09/04/2007
I found this very cool - new cluster features with Win Server 2008
Cverview of all the new Failover Cluster features in Win2008:...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 09/04/2007
MOSS Resource Guide
Special thanks to the following individuals who uncovered these sometimes hidden resources (in...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 09/04/2007
Business Desktop Deployment Hands-On-Lab (BDD HOL)
To assist in deployment of Windows Vista and Office 2007 the Microsoft is launching a twenty four...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 08/29/2007
DST Again - Fall back Nov 4th
The “Fall Back” of the daylight saving time (DST) change in 2007, as mandated by the Energy Savings...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 08/17/2007
Windows Vista Hardware Assement v2
WVHA is an agent-less network inventory tool designed to help customers and partners quickly...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 08/01/2007
Microsoft /opensource
The site provides information about Microsoft’s position on OSS and its interaction with the OSS...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 07/26/2007
Microsoft Learning Gateway for MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 released!
The Microsoft Learning Gateway Refresh for MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 is now publically available by...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 07/17/2007
Enhancing teaching & learning with SharePoint - Higher Education consortium Invitation
This is a program that is being designed based on feedback received from multiple Higher Education...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 07/17/2007
Longhorn...um I mean Windows Server 2008
This email links to some of the information available to help you understand, prepare for and...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 07/10/2007
MOSS 2007 VPC download
The VPC includes the MOSS Product Evaluation Guide (on the desktop) and is configured so the walk...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 06/25/2007
New flexible desktop computing whitepaper
Cool Stuff IMHO. https://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/enterprise/fdcoverview.mspx
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 06/18/2007
SharePoint 2008 Conference: March 2-6, 2008
The SharePoint 2008 conference has just been announced!!! For up to date information, please sign up...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 06/15/2007
Windows Server 2003 SP2 - Automatic update June 12
On June 12th we will begin releasing Windows Server 2003 SP2 as an update through Automatic Update...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 06/11/2007
DPM 2007 Beta 2 is public
System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Beta 2 goes live! System Center Data Protection Manager...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 06/03/2007
Office Open XML for Mac Beta file converter
Finally, we have somethingin Beta. For Word only at this time....
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 05/30/2007
OWA Light vs Premium
This is allways a big question with non IE browser support for OWA. Things have improved...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 05/30/2007
HigerEd Birds of a Feather session at TechEd 6/5 6:30
Ken Hoover at Yale has put together a BoF session at TechEd....
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 05/30/2007
MOSS Gets DoD certification for records managment
Even educational institutions are looking for solutions that meet 5015.2 certification, not because...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 05/30/2007
You're In Control: Microsoft Launches Security and Management Solutions
Starting today, You're in Control with Microsoft® Forefront™ and Microsoft System Center.Today,...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 05/03/2007
Cool - using BitLocker in Virtual PC
A virtual floppy is used to store startup and recovery keys....
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 05/03/2007
Higher Education Security Webcast - May 10th 2PM EST
Please join this exclusive Webcast for our Microsoft Managed Higher Education Accounts. Our Security...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 04/23/2007
Increased security procedures for MAK/KMS Key Blocks, Reissue, or Significant activation increases
Microsoft is adding an additional check to certain requests concerning Volume Activation 2.0. This...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 04/18/2007
Your Laptop Data Is At Risk - Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs
You've seen the headlines. Mobile PCs are easy targets for theft. And news stories are appearing...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 04/18/2007
Windows Vista Volume Activation Overview - 5/3 2-3:30
You are invited to join the Windows Vista Volume Activation Overview “Everything You Need and Want...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 04/17/2007
Northeastern SoftGrid Press - Congrats
Good article below on a SoftGrid customer deployment. Here’s some of the highlights: · That feature...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 04/12/2007
Office Communication Server 2007 Public Beta
We are pleased to inform you that the public beta for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 03/29/2007
Windows ITPro - Longhorn Server Roadshow - Boston 5/2/07
Get a live, under-the-hood look at Longhorn virtualization, deployment, web services, and core...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 03/22/2007
Exchange 2007 Loadfest in NY & NJ March 27th & 28th 2007
During this invite-only event, you’ll get to join with peers to load a copy of Exchange Server 2007...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 03/22/2007
SQL 2005 SP2 is out
New features include compatibility with Windows Vista and Office 2007, enhanced BI functionality and...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 03/22/2007
Compute Cluster Server: Matlab, Mathematica
Matlab and gridMathematica have announced support for Windows Compute Center Server 2003. References...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 03/15/2007
SP2 for Windows Server
Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Today Microsoft released Windows Server 2003...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 03/07/2007
Updated DST info and guidance
Here's some updates for DST. I also have access to premier support information if you have questions...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 03/06/2007
Microsoft Education Newsletters
https://www.microsoft.com/Education/Newsletters.mspx
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 03/06/2007
Consolidated Windows Vista Training resources
Learn new Tips & Tricks for using Windows Vista -...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 02/23/2007
KMS is available for Win Server 2003
Download here:...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 02/23/2007
Windows Vista Hands-On Lab in Farmington CT 3/7/07
Microsoft Office - Pond View Corporate Center 74 Batterson Park Road Farmington, CTEvent ID:...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 02/20/2007
Virtual PC 2007 RTW
Important update especially if you running Vista hosts or guests:...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 02/19/2007
Exchange Rebasing Tool Released
The Exchange Calendar Update Tool for the Daylight Savings Time 2007 changes is now available for...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 02/12/2007
SQL Server Pricing for Edu cut by almost half
In the past two months Microsoft reduced the cost of SQL by nearly half. For example, a SQL Server...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 02/05/2007
MultiPoint CTP
For over 20 years, students have been limited to only one mouse and one cursor on the PC. There is...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 02/01/2007
BDD 2007 released
Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007 is the best practice set of comprehensive guidance and tools...
Author: Matt J. Hickey Date: 01/18/2007