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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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What is the optimal use of a web browser?

Posted Saturday, November 14, 2009 6:53 AM by adhall
I was having a ‘discussion that involved opposing views’ with a customer the other day about web browsers.  The discussion was around their view that IE8 was ‘slow’.  I naturally inquired on how they quantified the description of ‘slow’ and Read More...
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Role Based Productivity

Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 4:21 PM by adhall
Productivity is something that we talk a lot about.  But what does Productivity mean?  Is productivity a generic term?  Does it apply to everyone in the same way?  I don’t think so.  I think we need to start looking at Productivity Read More...
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TechEd 2009 NZ Online

Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:50 AM by adhall
Just a quick note to let you know that Tech Ed Online is now live for New Zealand.  www.microsoft.co.nz/teched From here you can access: NZ Videos (the full Keynote, 15+ full  Breakout sessions, 25 Studio TechTalks, and 18 Roaming TechTalks) 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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Microsoft Technology Solutions Part 1 – Reducing Cost

Posted Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:17 PM by adhall
In the scene setting post of this series I mapped out a set of 3 Microsoft technology areas where we are helping our customers  – Reducing Cost, Getting Agile and Efficient, and coping with Growth. In this post, I’m going to cover ‘Step One’ on the Read More...
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The Microsoft technology solutions that help you save money, get agile and grow

Posted Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:54 AM by adhall
This is the first in a series of posts showcasing the Microsoft technology solutions that can help you save money, build an agile and flexible business and sustain a growing business. A phrase that I heard Brett Roberts use recently was “De-invest to Read More...
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Remote Desktop Services versus VDI – spot the difference

Posted Friday, August 07, 2009 4:48 PM by adhall
What is the difference between publishing a Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop (RDS), and providing a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)? Take a look at the screenshots below.  Which one is the 2008 R2 RDS published desktop, the other is Windows Read More...
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The Optimized platform – Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2

Posted Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:41 PM by adhall
A very common question is what features of Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 R2 require each other to operate, and what is better when you have both? Well, the link below will help you out! Link to 2-page capability summary   There are Read More...
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Microsoft technologies – making things easier

Posted Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:37 AM by adhall
In this current environment, the deepest recession most of us will ever see in our lifetimes, it is time to focus on the things that matter, and leave some of the emotional decisions behind. In the past 6 months, and I suspect for the upcoming 12 months Read More...
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How to determine if Online Services are right for you?

Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:48 AM by adhall
How do you know that moving to an online service is right for you?  Should you invest in on-premise hardware and software, or migrate to the ‘cloud’? For the purpose of this post, online services are defined to be: Hosted mail (mailbox, web access 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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Tech.Ed Australia and New Zealand Call for Content Now Open

Posted Thursday, May 07, 2009 8:54 PM by adhall
I’m running the Windows Server track for NZ, Deannah is running Windows Client. These have been combined into one track this year, cunningly named Windows Server and Client track. Take a look at the link below if you are interested in submitting an idea Read More...
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