Microsoft UK Government Blog
News and information about Microsoft related IT for people who work in UK government from the Microsoft UK Government team.
Operational Efficiency – FREE One Day Update on the Best of Microsoft Management Summit 2011
We would like to give you the opportunity to invite you to attend The Best of Microsoft Management...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 03/13/2011
Operational Efficiency – Deploying Windows 7 to 200,000 computers
The Microsoft IT environment is probably one of the most complicated and rapidly changing...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 03/10/2011
Cloud Computing – Security and Virtualisation in Government using Microsoft Hyper-V
As Government and their suppliers "reach for the cloud", it is clear that virtualisation &...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 03/08/2011
Smarter Government – West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue creates digital hub with SharePoint
West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service is responsible for providing services to 2 million people...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 02/25/2011
UKGovcamp 2011 – Highlights Briefing on March 17th
On Saturday January 22nd, Microsoft had the pleasure of hosting the fourth UKGovcamp community...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 02/16/2011
Saving Money – Microsoft Licensing for the Public Sector (PSA09)
It is a little remiss of me that I posted an entry in this blog back in October on the new...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 02/10/2011
Accessibility: Accessible Technology & Business Improvement Workshop (March 22nd)
Microsoft participates in the Business Taskforce for Accessible Technology to help ensure that the...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 02/09/2011
Operational Efficiency: Public Sector – A Shared Services Approach (FREE Customer Briefing)
Regular readers of this Microsoft UK Government blog may think we are experiencing a severe dose of...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 02/07/2011
Operational Efficiency: Manage the Data Explosion with SQL Server (FREE Briefings)
Data is one thing that no-one is short of. Structured and unstructured data volumes are growing...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 02/04/2011
Cloud Computing: Hyper-V Private Cloud Roadshow Events Across the UK
Here is an ideal opportunity for you to find out what you need to know about Microsoft’s...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 02/01/2011
ukgovcamp 2011 - Follow it Live on Saturday January 22nd
I have already written a preview posting on the fourth ukgovcamp (un)conference that is being hosted...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 01/21/2011
Cloud Computing – Microsoft Tech.Days Online
ICT is undergoing significant and rapid transformation. The advent of cloud computing, the boom in...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 01/13/2011
Cloud Computing – US Department of Agriculture Deploys Cloud Solution for 120,000 Users
Is cloud computing truly scalable and can a solution be rolled out quickly? Microsoft’s...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 01/06/2011
Smarter Government – ukgovcamp 2011 on January 22nd 2011
I am starting the New Year of Microsoft UK Government blog postings with a reminder that Microsoft...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 01/04/2011
Cloud Computing – Helping Transport for London Manage Travel Information for Mobile App Developers
Transport for London (TfL) and Microsoft have today announced that the TfL TrackerNet, an online...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 12/14/2010
Information Security – Government Assurance Pack (GAP) for Windows 7
Microsoft and CESG have worked together on a collaborative project to produce a best practice...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 12/10/2010
Smarter Government – Microsoft to host UK GovCamp Conference in London in January 2011
The fourth UK GovCamp (un)Conference will be held at the Microsoft Customer Centre facility in...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 12/01/2010
Cloud Computing – The Register Webcast on Optimised Datacentre and the Private Cloud
The Register is hosting a webcast on Tuesday December 7th at 11:00AM on the topic of the Optimised...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 11/29/2010
Cloud Computing – Coca Cola’s Uses of SharePoint Online for Worldwide Workforce Collaboration
Coca Cola may not immediately strike you as an obvious reference for how to use ICT innovatively to...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 11/26/2010
Cloud Computing - Economics of the Cloud for the Public Sector (FREE White Paper)
Computing is undergoing a seismic shift from client/server-based systems to the cloud, a shift...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 11/18/2010
Cloud Computing - Affordable innovation in IT Services for the Public Sector (Free Seminar)
The Comprehensive Spending Review has set unprecedented challenges in meeting service delivery...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 11/16/2010
Saving money by saving power - how Microsoft IT rolled out desktop power management
You may be interested to read how we've rolled out power saving settings within Microsoft (and if...
Author: Ray Fleming Date: 11/12/2010
Cloud Computing – Work Smarter with Office Communications Online (Live Meeting)
Office Communications Online is a core offering of Microsoft Online services, providing presence,...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 11/11/2010
Need some support for deploying Windows 7?
Although I'm afraid I can't offer to send you a top-techie from Microsoft to help you with rolling...
Author: Ray Fleming Date: 11/10/2010
Your complete guide to virtualisation - as a free download
Let me make it absolutely clear - I am not a virtualisation expert. But I have heard enough IT...
Author: Ray Fleming Date: 11/04/2010
Operational Efficiency – Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Skills for Database Specialists
ICT vendors can, occasionally, adopt the unrealistic perspective that customers operate in a...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 11/03/2010
Cloud Computing – Is Cloud-Computing Ready for Mission-Critical Apps?
This is one of many thought-provoking, informative articles on a new Microsoft website on the...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/29/2010
Cloud Computing – CSC Deploys Microsoft Cloud for State of California
First New York, now California. Microsoft partner CSC has recently announced that the State of...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/27/2010
Cloud Computing – Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft Office 365 brings together cloud versions of our most trusted communications and...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/25/2010
Smarter Government: New York Journeys to the Cloud with Microsoft
New York City anticipates saving taxpayers millions of dollars in the coming years, in addition to...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/20/2010
Operational Efficiency: Only 13% of citizen contact is currently online
“In an age when 96% of all 25-34 years olds are internet users, just 13% of our contact with...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/19/2010
Smarter Government – Microsoft’s New MOU with UK Government
Microsoft has announced the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the UK Cabinet...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/14/2010
Microsoft TechNet Springboard Tour - free event in Reading on November 1st
The Microsoft Springboard team, based at our headquarters in Seattle, create really good content on...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/12/2010
Live Meeting: Performance Management in the Public Sector
All Public Sector organisations are currently facing the challenge of cutting their budget,...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 10/07/2010
Windows 7 - (Almost) One Year Old
According to the Guinness Book of Records, Happy Birthday To You is the most recognised song in the...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 09/30/2010
Windows 7 and Office – Welsh Interface Supports Language Immersion in Technology
Microsoft technology is renowned for its worldwide applications and has funded free Microsoft Office...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 09/23/2010
Cloud Computing – Live Meeting for the Public Sector on Friday October 1st
This is to remind you that we are re-starting our regular series of Microsoft Live Meetings for the...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 09/20/2010
Operational Efficiency - Hyper-V versus VMware ESX & vSphere Operations & Management Cost Analysis
Every public sector organisation is striving to reduce the costs of their ICT operations. One area...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 09/16/2010
Social Media and Computer Gaming – Their role in Government computing
The stimuli for today’s posting are the ‘news’ that Super Mario reached the ripe...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 09/14/2010
Business Intelligence - NHS Nottinghamshire PCT gains insights and decision-making power.
"Business Intelligence is quite simply taking the hand cuffs off right across the organisation...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 09/10/2010
Operational Efficiency – How Kingston University delivers a virtual desktop to 25,000 students and staff
Partners are vital to helping Microsoft deliver customer solutions built on the Microsoft platform....
Author: ukgovernment Date: 09/08/2010
Smarter Government - Technology increases councils' productivity by £230m a year
As a software company you could argue that Microsoft would say that technology saves money. On this...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 09/06/2010
Public Sector Live Meetings – Cloud Computing, Performance Management and Unified Communications in October
We are re-starting the Microsoft series of Live Meetings (web seminars) for our Public Sector...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 09/02/2010
Environmental Sustainability – Windows 7 uses 30% less energy than XP
“IT accounts for somewhere between three and five per cent of global carbon emissions and when...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 08/31/2010
Operational Efficiency – Nationwide Building Society improves payment processing from three days to real-time
One of the basic principles of good business is ‘cash-flow is king’. Nothing is more...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 08/26/2010
Business Intelligence – Norfolk Constabulary Reduces Crime with Performance Management Solution
Norfolk Constabulary serves a population of 840,700 with 1,640 police officers. In keeping with a...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 08/18/2010
Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Conference – London on October 14th
Microsoft Dynamics is our portfolio of products for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Client...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 08/16/2010
Environmental Sustainability – Cheshire Fire & Rescue cuts ICT carbon emissions by 36 tonnes
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service responds to emergency incidents in the county of Cheshire. It also...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 08/12/2010
Microsoft Licensing, Roadmap and Security – 38 briefings in 7 cities across the UK
Microsoft experts are hitting the road across the UK in the coming months to deliver half-day...
Author: ukgovernment Date: 08/10/2010