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Outlook 2010 tip – multiple Exchange profiles

Posted Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:03 PM by adhall
A new capability in Outlook 2010 is the ability to sync with multiple Exchange Servers. To do this, you must close down Outlook and configure using the Control Panel > Mail applet. This is useful for a number of scenarios when you maintain a mailbox Read More...
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Microsoft BPOS end-user experience

Posted Monday, November 23, 2009 11:59 AM by adhall
This article contains screenshots and descriptions of the end-user experience when using BPOS at this point in time (November 2009). Online Services provides a portal when users login, providing links to company resources. Users can also download client Read More...
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Using the Problem Steps Recorder to solve user issues

Posted Friday, October 16, 2009 5:16 PM by adhall
One of the unsung heroes of Windows 7 I think is the PSR, or Problem Steps Recorder. This is a built in utility that does 4 things: Takes a screenshot of everything that the user does Records the executable detail and UI components interacted with Saves Read More...
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VDI – Behind the scenes of the TechEd NZ Hands on Labs!

Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:03 PM by adhall
This is a quick post to show you a real world example of how VDI works and how useful it can be. The team at Intergen ( http://www.intergen.co.nz ) have done a fantastic job getting the TechEd NZ 2009 Hands on Labs running, and showcasing both the Microsoft Read More...
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TechEd NZ – CLI200 – Windows 7 Top 10 reasons to deploy

Posted Monday, September 14, 2009 10:45 PM by adhall
This morning in the first session of TechEd NZ 2009 (#tenz9 on twitter) we presented the Top 10 Reasons we see for businesses to adopt Windows 7. Note that these are the Top 10 reasons , not features. Here’s the list (in no particular order): Deployment Read More...
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TechEd NZ Special guest appearance at the WM SMACKDOWN?

Posted Saturday, August 22, 2009 9:50 AM by adhall
We are very lucky to have Loke Uei Tan ( follow on Twitter , read his blog ) coming down to TechEd NZ. MS employees will know that Loke Uei is famous for his running of the TechReady Windows Mobile SMACKDOWN, and we are very lucky that we maybe, just Read More...
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Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts – the complete list

Posted Monday, August 17, 2009 12:41 PM by adhall
There has been a lot of articles written about the new Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts. Well, here is the single source of truth, as posted on the Microsoft website. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/Windows7/Keyboard-shortcuts Ease of Access keyboard shortcuts Read More...
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Automating management with the new Active Directory Web Service

Posted Friday, July 17, 2009 2:19 PM by adhall
One of the changes to Active Directory in Windows Server 2008 R2 is the Active Directory Web Service. This is the Web Service that operations performed against AD using amongst other things the Active Directory PowerShell module actually makes calls to. Read More...
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Optimizing your hardware spend with Windows 7

Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:44 AM by adhall
There has been some commentary about how Windows 7 runs very well on older hardware.  Don’t believe it?  Try it! Here’s a good article – Windows 7 on a P3 933 with 768MB RAM! What does this mean?  Customer can squeeze an extra year or two Read More...
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Search is Dead.

Posted Sunday, May 31, 2009 9:25 PM by adhall
Finding stuff is easy.  Finding stuff fast is quite easy.  Find the right stuff, now that is not always so easy. Google has done a great job of finding stuff.  And fast.  But does it find the right stuff?  I think a fair answer Read More...
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TechEd NZ 2009 registrations are now open!

Posted Monday, May 18, 2009 10:51 AM by adhall
Registrations for Microsoft Tech Ed 09 are now open at www.microsoft.co.nz/teched This year’s event is shaping up to be the best one yet and will feature a great line-up of speakers from New Zealand and around the world. Tech Ed 09 will be held from Monday Read More...
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Creating Business Agility through an Optimized Desktop

Posted Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1:22 PM by adhall
I am working on a scenario at the moment involving the deployment of Office 2007.  The customer has a fairly traditional desktop environment, with an image based deployment containing common applications using SCCM ( System Center Configuration Manager Read More...
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