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So long and thanks for the fish
After 5 years at Microsoft I have decided to leave. An opportunity came by that allows me to get...
Date: 01/08/2010
Updated | Windows 7 version differences
Updated to reflect the “3 concurrent programs” for “Starter Edition” Key Features Windows 7 Starter...
Date: 10/23/2009
Announcing System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3
Today, the System Center team is excited to share with you our plan to release System Center...
Date: 09/09/2009
Exchange 2007 Sp2 was released....
Just giving you a heads up that Exchange 2007 Sp2 was released yesterday (version 08.02.0176.002)....
Date: 08/25/2009
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Release Candidate Now Available
Overview Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is the recommended process and toolset to automate...
Date: 08/21/2009
FYI: TechEd DVD's available on-line only / and to non-attendees
TechEd DVD’s: There aren’t any being published this year. They’ve moved to putting all the content...
Date: 08/18/2009
Forgotten Attachment Detector
For those who haven’t seen this tool from Office Labs it is pretty handy. It works with Office 2010...
Date: 08/18/2009
UPDATE: Ex2K10 RC released
UPDATE: 2:20pm MST 8/18/2009 now live at:...
Date: 08/18/2009
Release dates for W7 and W2K8R2
Because I've been asked 1 million times (no exageration) August 7, 2009 Volume License customers...
Date: 08/07/2009
Win7 Overview of Key Features by SKU
Key Features Windows® 7 Starter Windows® 7 Home Basic (EM only) Windows® 7 Home Premium Windows ® 7...
Date: 08/06/2009
Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode Release Candidate Announced
Our Windows Team Blog has announce the availability of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP mode...
Date: 08/04/2009
APP-V 4.6 Beta now available
From the App-V group... Today, we announced the immediate availability of Microsoft Application...
Date: 08/03/2009
Exchange 2K10 Training Links
Category RC Content Description Location Target How to Use This Document Training Exchange 2010...
Date: 07/30/2009
Linus on M$ hating...
https://www.osnews.com/story/21887/Linus_Microsoft_Hatred_Is_a_Disease_ Great artical. rs
Date: 07/27/2009
Windows 7 RTM Available August 6th on MSDN and TechNet
Yes this is all over the place but I'm posting as well. Just finished the install of RTM. When will...
Date: 07/23/2009
Do you use strong passwords?
https://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/checker.mspx Password Checker does not collect,...
Date: 07/23/2009
Can it be virtualized?
Microsoft has a Virtualization Support Wizard on the internet that can help them determine if a...
Date: 07/23/2009
Some new KBs for Tshooting Outlook Calendar Issues
971878 Steps to enable Exchange 2007 store tracing for calendar issues...
Date: 07/07/2009
More Windows 7 tips
Personalization We made a number of changes to Personalization for the RC. One of the most visible...
Date: 07/07/2009
Some Windows 7 tips
Windows 7 Device Experience In Windows 7 we introduced several new features to improve how users...
Date: 07/07/2009
Microsoft Azure Platform
Useful Links · What is the Azure Services Platform? · Why Use the Azure Services Platform? · Wiki -...
Date: 07/07/2009
MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 2008
Microsoft Data Platform Vision SQL Server 2008 delivers a rich set of integrated services that...
Date: 07/07/2009
UPDATE: Fix now available - Attention: Important Information on SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 2
: https://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/06/25/service-pack-2-update.aspx Service Pack 2...
Date: 07/07/2009
Changes in Office Communications Server Public IM Federation
From https://communicationsserverteam.com/archive/2009/07/01/537.aspx published July 1st. "Federation...
Date: 07/07/2009
Exchange 2007 SP1 RU8 released
Exchange CXP team has released Update Rollup 8 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (KB 968012)...
Date: 05/19/2009
Office 2007 SP2 - Download Now
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b444bf18-79ea-46c6-8a81-9db49b4ab6e5&di...
Date: 04/28/2009
Find SQL in your enviroment (MAPT 3.2)
MAPT 3.2 tool. It is a non-invasive tool that will probe AD for all Windows Servers and SQL Server...
Date: 04/22/2009
Exchange 2010 training (free)
https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/offerDetail.aspx?offerPriceId=249671 Collection 6899:...
Date: 04/15/2009
Re: Exchange 2010 32bit beta version
I just found this out for a client: Apparenetly we will NOT be having a 32bit version -...
Date: 04/15/2009
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Beta
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1898ed2c-2f88-48ac-824e-...
Date: 04/15/2009
Server Quest II
https://www.microsoft.com/click/serverquest/ Sweet. rs
Date: 04/09/2009
Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Rollup 7 has been released!
Read about it here: https://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/03/18/450863.aspx rs
Date: 03/18/2009
Need to move our OCS databases from one database cluster to another
This topic popped up this week and here is what I was able to find. Posting as an FYI for future...
Date: 03/13/2009
SQL Server Kbs for February 2009
7 FIX: When you run an UPDATE statement against a table that has a FOR UPDATE trigger that joins the...
Date: 03/01/2009
SCOM (MOM) Server Kbs for February 2009
7 Error message when you try to install Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Reporting: "Error code:...
Date: 03/01/2009
SCCM (SMS) Server Kbs for February 2009
7 The Windows Update Agent version is not inventoried after the hardware inventory runs on Systems...
Date: 03/01/2009
ISA Kbs for February 2009
7 FIX: Two Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition-based domain controllers cannot replicate to each other...
Date: 03/01/2009
OCS Kbs for February 2009
7 Inbound early media functionality is unsupported when you deploy Microsoft Office Communications...
Date: 03/01/2009
Exchange Server Kbs for February 2009
MS09-003: Description of the security update for Exchange 2000 Server SP3 and Exchange Server 2003...
Date: 03/01/2009
Communicator Kbs for February 2009
Description of the Communicator 2005 hotfix rollup package: December 19, 2008 (949280) - Describes...
Date: 03/01/2009
IPD Guide - SQL Server 2008 available
The Infrastructure Planning and Design team has released a new guide, Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008....
Date: 02/26/2009
Exchange Voice Mails (UM) on Blackberry
I totally missed this with a client - thanks Phil for pointing this out. By default Ex UM saves Vmsg...
Date: 02/26/2009
VB6 runtime to be supported on Windows 7
It has been officially announced that support for the VB6 runtime will be extended through the...
Date: 02/26/2009