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Unified Communications Ignite Trainings in Switzerland again
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over 5 years ago
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Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
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For Microsoft Partners, our CPLS Partner AddOn, is offering between March and June 2009 diverse Ignite Trainings (Level 300), covering Unified Communications. Learn about the possibilities that OCS und Unified Messaging can present, from Planning to Installation...
User Group Support Services – Find or Publicize an Event
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
Microsoft, in partnership with community organizations Culminis , INETA and PASS offer user groups a platform to promote their groups, publicize events, and get funding for their communities: User Group Support Services. One platform, covering Developers...
Installing SQL Server on a Read Only Domain Controller (RODC)
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
Installing SQL Server on a Domain Controller is not recommended, but can be done. But, Installing SQL Server on a Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) is not supported, and not possible at all. It is fully documented in SQL Server...
Free e-Book - Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 from Microsoft Press is available as a FREE download. By Peter DeBetta, Greg Low, and Mark Whitehorn. ISBN: 9780735625587 How to get it: Register at http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urss1q2we6 NOTE: Once you’ve authenticated...
Windows 7 IT Pro Guides: What’s new and Manageability Overview Published
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
A couple of documents have been published recently concerning Windows 7 that are interesting for IT Professionals and Administrators: Windows 7 What’s New (things like DirectAccess, BranchCache, VHD boot, deployment technologies, and AppLocker)...
When is a meeting not a meeting, or a meeting is a waste of time?
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
Do you ever sit in a meeting, and you ponder, “Am I sitting in the wrong movie?” Seth Godin published a very concise list of meetings, and what they are supposed to result in: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/03/three-kinds-of-meetings...
Optimized Devices for Microsoft Office Communicator
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
Through the regular use of Mobile and Fixed-line telephones, we have become accustomed to a very high level of audio quality . For software-based telephony, the exact same high expectations exist. For you to achieve the Quality levels when using Microsoft...
TechDays 2009 – Have You Registered Yet?
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
Have you registered yet for the Swiss TechDays 2009? If not, you do not have much time left and space is running out! 1-2 April 2009 Geneva 8-9 April 2009 Bern http://www.techdays.ch For the IT Pro’s, Current and interesting topics like Windows...
SQL Data Services – The New Features
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
It was announced today which features will be in version 1 of SQL Data Services , the data platform running on Microsoft’s Azure platform. Do not confuse SQL Data Services (SDS) with SQL Server, the product you can install on your laptops and data...
SwissSecurityDay 2009
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
Today is SwissSecurityDay. The information campaign educates the Swiss population on how to work securely with their computer. With 5 easy steps, basic security procedures will be shown, to keep users secure on the Internet. In the center of the Partner...
White Paper – SQL Server Consolidation at Microsoft
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
A new white paper has been published on how Microsoft IT has used Virtualization (naturally Hyper-V) and consolidation to reduce cost, server sprawl and at the same time improve scalability, standardization and uptime in the SQL Server environments. ...
Blogs by Microsoft Switzerland
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
Sometimes you get so busy at work and at home, that you don’t have time to find the optimal resources you need for your daily job. Microsoft Switzerland has a number of blogs that may be of interest to you and your colleagues. Swiss IT Professional and...
Server Virtualization – Platform Performance
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
Virtualization Review published a comparative performance test of three hypervisors: VMware ESX 3.5, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer. The results? Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V won 4 of the 11 tests, XenServer won the other 7 by a narrow...
Internet Explorer 8 is Released
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
Today at Microsoft’s MIX conference, during the keynote address, Dean Hachamovitch announced that Internet Explorer 8 has been released. To see what is new, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/overview.aspx This is...
Test Microsoft Online Services for Free for 30 days
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
On the 19th March, at x.Days, Microsoft Online was officially launched in Switzerland. Microsoft Business Productivity Online suite (BPOS) is this offering’s name which encompasses Services like SharePoint, Exchange and Unified Communications (IM, Presence...
Windows 7 – Changes between Beta and Release Candidate
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
On the Windows Team Blog , there is a detailed listing of what has changed between Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) and the Release Candidate. In total there are about 30 changes. Most of the changes are based on feedback from IT Pros and the public. Interesting...
Unified Communications – Useful Information for Customers and Partners
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
On this web site is some really useful information covering Unified Communications. You can get summaries on the new features, Tips and Tricks, plus web-based trainings. It has something for everyone. There are no 100-page documents, rather, all the...
Exchange 2007 Architecture – The Poster
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
If you are based in Switzerland, you can order the Exchange 2007 Architecture Poster. Like they say….A picture is worth a thousand words. http://www.ms-infoservice.ch/business
Conficker – Are you patched?
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
In October 2008, Microsoft issued a Security Bulletin and a Patch for Windows as MS08-067 describes. Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 fixes carry a Critical rating, whilst for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, an Important rating...
Multilingual User Interface Package for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
The MUI package for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 is available as a free download and supports 38 languages. The installation is language-independent, so you do not need to first install the English version as a base, before you can install a...
Microsoft Online Services – Read the current Release Notes
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
The most current release notes on Microsoft's website for Online Services has been published. You will find information about issues that some users may be experiencing, or where they need more information. Topics like Single Sign On; Internet Explorer...
Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer – Beta is out
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
The Installation and Administration of Microsoft Exchange solutions, due to their ever growing complexities, require more time and resources. Quite often, mistakes happen. The Microsoft Exchange Server Team have developed a tool ( Exchange Server Remote...
Special Swiss Internet Explorer 8 Add-Ons
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
Special Swiss Add-Ons for Internet Explorer 8 are now available. Accelerators, Web Slices and Search Providers from Ricardo.ch, Local.ch and Tilllate.ch can be downloaded from here . There are also Videos showing their functionality.
SharePoint Designer 2007 – Now Free!
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
The SharePoint 2007 Designer is now available as a free download. For those who don’t know what SharePoint Designer is, visit she SharePoint Designer web page and have a look at the videos on offer. You can download the product from the same site.
iFilters for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows Desktop Search
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over 5 years ago
by
Michael Epprecht [MSFT]
Quite often, customers and partners ask about iFilters. For those who don’t know what an iFilter is, well, when a Indexing Service needs to index the contents of a file, it needs to know what the format of the file is. A PDF file has a different format...
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