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TechEd NZ 2011 Session Levels

Most of this post has been shamelessly stolen from Mike Zeff’s blog…….most of which was shamelessly...

Date: 05/18/2011

Windows 7 and Office 2010 Deployments

As a lot of my customers are deploying Windows 7 and Office 2010 I thought it timely to summarise...

Date: 04/04/2011

Cool Stuff I Found This Week – That You Have to See to Believe

In the course of preparing a presentation on the weekend that had a component of Microsoft Futures,...

Date: 03/11/2010

Windows 7 RTM Availability - Dates

As posted at Windows Team Blog, the dates Windows 7 RTM will be available for download have been...

Date: 07/22/2009

Windows Server 2008 R2 Goodness for IT Pros

One of the changes to Active Directory in Windows Server 2008 R2 is the Active Directory Web...

Date: 07/16/2009

Tech Ed 2009 – Register & Win!

Sign up for Tech Ed before 31 July and be in to win! Don’t miss out on the IT Industry’s best...

Date: 06/28/2009

Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program

Today marks the official start of the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program. You can get ready for...

Date: 06/26/2009

More Bing for your Buck

Why do you search? To find information. What do you do with the information you find? Make...

Date: 06/01/2009

Tech Ed 09 – Registrations Now Open

Registrations for Microsoft Tech Ed 09 are now open at www.microsoft.co.nz/teched This year’s event...

Date: 05/17/2009

SharePoint Server 2010 Preliminary System Requirements

The guys over on the Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog have announced the preliminary system...

Date: 05/11/2009

Office 2010 The Movie – Sign Up for the Technical Preview

Check out www.office2010themovie.com From there, you can sign up for the Microsoft Office 2010...

Date: 05/11/2009

Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM Timeframes

At TechEd 2009 in the US today, we announced that we expect Windows 7 to RTM in time for the holiday...

Date: 05/11/2009

Windows 7 Release Candidate Customer Preview – Available Now

If you didn’t have access to TechNet or MSDN and couldn’t download the Windows 7 RC, you can...

Date: 05/05/2009

Windows 7 RC – Available Now & Packed Full of Features

The Release Candidate (RC) of the highly anticipated Windows 7 operating system is now available for...

Date: 04/30/2009

Windows 7 Release Candidate Update

As per the Windows Team Blog, the RC is on track for April 30th for  download by MSDN and...

Date: 04/29/2009

Office 2007 SP2 – Download Now

The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) is available now and provides customers with...

Date: 04/29/2009

Virtualisation - Never Been Easier

Earlier this week I talked about System Center (One Tool to Rule Them All), and how you can manage...

Date: 04/21/2009

Exchange 2010 Public Beta

Exchange 2010 is part of the next wave of Microsoft Office-related products and is the first server...

Date: 04/20/2009

Your Imagine Cup 2009 National Finals Invitation

You are invited to see the top teams compete in the Imagine Cup Finals in Auckland! Imagine Cup is a...

Date: 04/19/2009

SQL Server 2008 SP1 Now Available

Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008 is now available for download here and is primarily a roll-up of...

Date: 04/19/2009

One Tool to Rule Them All

When it comes to your environment odds are you have a mix of physical and virtual machines. ...

Date: 04/19/2009

NZ Community SharePoint Conference 2009

The first ever SharePoint Conference to be held in New Zealand is open for registrations. This will...

Date: 03/23/2009

Internet Explorer 8 – Out Now

Internet Explorer 8 was made available for download on March 18. There are two key reasons why you...

Date: 03/23/2009

Outlook 2007 – February Cumulative Update Now Available

The February Cumulative Update for Outlook 2007 has been released – it contains a significant number...

Date: 02/25/2009

MOSS + PerformancePoint = BI to the masses

The latest news around SharePoint and PerformancePoint is great news for anyone who owns, or is...

Date: 02/01/2009

Windows 7 Beta Out Now.....

Ready to see for yourself what Windows 7 has to offer? The wait is over.......on Jan 9 the Beta was...

Date: 01/11/2009

NXE: New Xbox Experience

The NXE for Xbox 360 is here!  It will automatically download like any other system update...

Date: 11/19/2008

Virtualization Support for SQL

As of today SQL Server 2005 and 2008 are supported on Hyper-V and for SVVP certified vendor...

Date: 10/07/2008

Microsoft Hyper-V Server RTM's.......But isn't it out already??

Microsoft Hyper-V Server has RTM'd and is available at the link below.  That link also provides...

Date: 10/03/2008

Zune Goodness

When the clock strikes midnight on Sept 15 in the US, and Sept 16 begins hopefully so do the updates...

Date: 09/16/2008

App-V 4.5 RTM

Microsoft SoftGrid® Application Virtualization Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)...

Date: 09/16/2008

First Up

As the "About" bit says: I'm an Account Technology Strategist with Microsoft in the...

Date: 09/15/2008