Microsoft UK Government Blog
News and information about Microsoft related IT for people who work in UK government from the Microsoft UK Government team.
PSA09 – Schedule 1 Pricing Discount Extended to April 23rd 2010
On May 1st 2009, Microsoft and Buying Solutions introduced the new Public Sector Agreement (PSA09)...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 01/04/2010
ICT Self Service for Government Employees - cutting cost and improving satisfaction
Many government agency and department customers ask us about how Microsoft manages its internal ICT...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 12/16/2009
Save Up To 26% on Your Microsoft Enterprise Subscription Agreement
I know the title to today’s Microsoft Government blog posting reads like the ‘December sales...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 12/01/2009
Roadshow Event: Microsoft Business Integration UK Road Show Event
Reading, UK | December 2nd, 2009 Microsoft Business Integration UK Road Show Event Executive Summary...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 11/18/2009
Breakfast Briefing: 17th November - Building Delivery Capability: Leadership, Skills & Tools with Rory Underwood MBE
Following on from my post about Saving Money with SharePoint in the Public Sector where I talked...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 11/11/2009
Saving Money with SharePoint in the Public Sector
Did you know that Microsoft published a paper on the five ways in which SharePoint can save you...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 11/06/2009
Live Meetings (Webinars) for the Public Sector (Updated Programme)
Isn’t it ironic? One of the delights of Live Meetings is that you do not have to gather everyone in...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 11/03/2009
Open Government Data Initiative
For those interested in the subject of open government, innovation and how technology can support...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/23/2009
Britain Works Challenge - Win 100,000 Training Vouchers
In the current economic climate and difficult employment market, continuously developing skills and...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/20/2009
Live Meetings (Webinars) for the Public Sector
I thought you would be interested in knowing about our upcoming series of Live Meetings (webinars)...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/14/2009
Presentations from Public Sector Information Governance and Security Conference
On September 30th, we held the 2nd Microsoft Public Sector Information Governance and Security...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/13/2009
Happy Birthday PowerPoint – 25 years young
Actually, I missed the official PowerPoint birthday by a few days. PowerPoint came into our business...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 08/20/2009
Who watches the watchers? – Information governance in the Public Sector
The Roman poet Juvenal first raised this concern in his Latin phrase: quis custodiet ipsos...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 08/10/2009
Event: Mapping for Local Government and the Public Sector
Event: Mapping for Local Government and the Public Sector There has been an explosion in the number...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 07/22/2009
Buying Solutions ‘Best Practice’ Roadshows – Microsoft presenting on new Public Sector Agreement
Buying Solutions are running a series of regional Best Practice roadshows in the following cities...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 06/08/2009
Microsoft and the Welsh Assembly announce Welsh language support for SharePoint
SharePoint ar gael in Gymraeg Microsoft have joined the Welsh Assembly Government at the Urdd...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 06/08/2009
Lowest cost for Office 2007 - Home Use Programme for public sector employees
If you’re working for one of the many UK public sector organisations that have a Microsoft...
Author: Ray Fleming Date: 05/15/2009
New Public Sector Agreement between Microsoft and Buying Solutions
The new Public Sector Agreement (PSA09) is a new software purchasing model for the UK public sector....
Author: ukgovernment Date: 05/06/2009
Digital Inclusion – Video Story
Following on from my blog post ‘Digital Inclusion – It’s a winner’, we wanted to share with you our...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 04/27/2009
The CEO is dead ... long live the traffic warden
The Local Government Association (LGA) has published a list of 200 words and phrases (only 200 do I...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 03/18/2009
Live Meeting (Webcast): Information Governance in the Public Sector (Friday March 20th)
The next Live Meeting in our series on how you can optimise the use of Microsoft technology to...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 03/16/2009
Blogging over breakfast
Last year I was surprised and pleased to learn that I’d somehow made it to become the Computer...
Author: Ray Fleming Date: 03/11/2009
Live Meeting (Webcast): Virtualisation from desktop to datacentre (Friday March 13th)
The next Live Meeting in our series on how you can optimise the use of Microsoft technology to...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 03/09/2009
From Hansard – Thin Client doesn’t equal energy efficient
I like “They Work for You”, a website which tracks things which go on in Parliament. I use the RSS...
Author: Ray Fleming Date: 03/05/2009
Live Meeting (Webcast): Flexible and Mobile Working – Friday February 27th
The third in our series of Live Meetings (webcasts) on how Microsoft technology can help Public...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 02/19/2009
ICT in the Credit Crisis: Focus on Cost Optimisation
Gartner has just published an interesting report on ICT in the current economic crisis. The Gartner...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 02/13/2009
Live Meeting (Webcast): Microsoft and Government Connect - Friday January 23rd
The first in our new series of Microsoft Live Meetings for the Public Sector will provide you with...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 01/19/2009
Economy, Efficiency, Effectiveness in the Public Sector
We are running a series of Live Meetings (webcasts) during January – April 2009 to provide an...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 01/02/2009
Windows for Submarines Part 2
My original blog posting on Windows for Submarines seems to have caused a bit of a stramash in the...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 12/22/2008
Windows for Submarines
I acknowledge that the title for this blog posting is an intriguing concept but I thought it would...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 12/17/2008
Digital Inclusion - Milton Keynes leads the way in Europe
On Monday, Milton Keynes Council won a European Union e-inclusion award in the Cultural Diversity...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 12/03/2008
Transformational Government - Accelerate Your Programme
For the challenge of Transformational Government, four of our public sector partners are working in...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 11/21/2008
The information leak tsunami – personal details of 280 million people lost
According to KPMG’s first Data Loss Barometer 280m people worldwide have lost personal details over...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 11/10/2008
Live Meetings: Get more from your investment in Microsoft
We all know the 'credit crunch' is biting in all sectors of the economy, including the public...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/31/2008
Virtualisation reduces new server provisioning to 3 minutes for Slough
Like many local authorities, Slough Borough Council needs to get the most from its investment in IT...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/08/2008
Ed The Fed says "Stay safe out there"
I have a colleague, Ed, who’s a legend around here. He’s the Microsoft UK Chief Security Advisor....
Author: Ray Fleming Date: 09/18/2008
Innovate08 - Local Authority Challenge
Microsoft and Local Government Chronicle have been running a competition, Innovate08, over the last...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 09/05/2008
Public Sector Security Symposium - Last Few Places Left
Just reading the news headlines in recent weeks reminds you that the challenge of keeping online...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 09/01/2008
Exploring photos in 3D – and creating virtual places
Are you responsible for any historic buildings or memorable landscapes? Would you like to find a way...
Author: Ray Fleming Date: 08/26/2008
Cows, computers and carbon
I admit that we are as guilty as any commentator on ‘green issues’ of quoting statistics such as how...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 08/13/2008
Greening Government ICT – Efficient, Sustainable, Responsible
“No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little”. I...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 08/11/2008
National Indicator 14 and Monty Python
I accept that the link I am about to make is bit tenuous but bear with me. In the musical, Monty...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 07/31/2008
Why let the facts get in the way of a good story
You may have seen in recent days an analyst assessment from Forrester on Windows Vista as being...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 07/29/2008
Microsoft Public Sector Security Symposium – September 16th, London
Recent reviews by the Cabinet Office (Data Handling Procedures in Government - June 2008) and the...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 07/21/2008
How many devices does one user need?
I came across an interesting observation from Helen Ghosh, DEFRA Permanent Secretary, about the...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 07/17/2008
Saving Power with Windows Server 2008
1.2 billion kilowatt hours per year or, to look at it another way, 0.8% of worldwide energy...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 07/09/2008