We announced the availability of Windows Vista SP1 this week. You can find out more about it on the Windows Vista Team Blog There is a detailed white paper available that takes you through the beta, but thanks to the Windows Vista Team Blog, here are...

It has been a long time in the planning, but I am please to announce the new series of Exchange Unplugged events. We ran these asbout 18 months ago and they had some of the best feedback I have ever seen. You get pretty much all of the UK Microsoft Exchange...

Back in May, the Corp team ran a Web Administration Summit tour across Europe. These events covered IIS 7.0 Web Platform, as part of Windows Server 2008, and the sessions are now available to everyone: Microsoft’s Next Generation Web Server: What’s...

Huge thanks to Matt for this great bit of information. It always amazes me how many products Microsoft releases - it seems that System Center alone is releasign about 195 products this year, but I just thought the the picture below gives a nice overview...

I just saw these and thought I would share them - do you have any better ones? 1. I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position. I may be a little moody so be prepared. 2. You are receiving this...

Yesterday was one of the most rewarding days I have had for a long time. A group of 8 of us headed to Herefordshire to Coddington Court School, who were the winners of the 2006 DesignIT competition. We went there "Nick Knowles" stylee to give the room...

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging integrates communications so that disparate systems can be consolidated to reduce administrative headaches, cost, and complexity. See demos of the Unified Messaging server role in Exchange Server 2007 and...

I heard yesterday that Steve has done these and that they had gone down very well, so thought I would share them. Steve recorded 5 sessions: How to secure a wireless network: Part 1 of 5 - Enabling WPA on a wireless router How to secure a wireless...

I have just noticed that Steve has a blog entry which links to recordings of the US event. I also wanted to point out tjhat we did reocrdings of the UK version of the event and you can watch them on ITs Showtime

If you're in the process of evaluating the upcoming Windows Server 2008 and looking for a one-stop location for information on planning, deploying, maintaining, or supporting the new environment, bookmarking the Documentation Survival Guide is a great...

Speed Up Your Windows Vista Deployment Projects with the new Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1 Windows Vista Hardware Assessment is a free downloadable tool designed to help customers and partners quickly determine the readiness of their existing...

I saw the advert for this game this morning and was surprised to hear the music was Frank Sinatra. It reminded me of the Gears of war adverts and I wondered if anyone has done any mashups of the BioShock ad yet?

Microsoft has announced an application that combines the new Silverlight technology with Live Search and it is code-named "Tafiti" which is "to search" in Swahili. It integrates the various types of Live Search, and allows users to store and share search...

First of all, I really want to spell centre the UK way but I can't!!!! Anyway, the TechNet website and newsletter have included System Centre a lot lately and how it must be confusing because of all the sepearte products under the "System Centre" unbrella...

Nope, I am not pregnant with twins! A while ago some of you may have read that I lost my beloved Murphy. Well the house just seemed too quiet with the lonesome Sid, so I have got him some company. Introducing Harry (black & white) and Libby (black...

James has done a fab summary of the "Vista After Hours" events taking place again next month. We ran 2 of these back in May and the feedback was incredible. These events really are for thre technology enthusiast and they are delivered by the best double...

I was searching on thre US site earlier today and came across a whole host of Virtual Hard Disks available to download, including Windows Server 2008, WIndows Vista Enterprise Edition and BizTalk Server 2006. These are great as through the power of...

I am alllowed to start bleating on now the season has started :) It was the first home game at the Mad Stad last night since the end of the season, when we somehow managed to lose to Watford. I thought we showed a pretty good account of ourselves last...

Thanks to Steve who pointed this out. The National Rail have a Vista Gadget available that gives you the power to look up train times and they have them displayed on your desktop. It seems to have got really positive feedback about it's simplicity, usefulness...

I have just spotted this on the US TechNet Magazine site and thought it would be great to share...... So here are 10 deployment differences between Windows ® XP and Windows Vista™ that you'll be glad you discovered when it's time to make the move. 1....

I have just seen this on an internal email alias and it made me laugh so I thought I would share the best error messages people have seen and ask you your personal favourites 1) 2) LAN Manager: “Stop! More information is available” with an OK button that...

I just saw a really great blog post by Darren Strange on this subject. They raise some really good points about why you would use one over the other in a business scenario. They break their comments down to a few areas: - Integration with AD, Exchange...

Oh, I just saw this on Steve Clayton's blog and had to share it with you all. Not sure if this is tragic or cool but worth sharing :)

I am soo pleased to be able to share these now - here is a shiny new list of events coming up: “TechNet on the Road” In this new series, we will be stepping away from PPT and concentrating on a demo-packed full day. We will be visiting 5 locations...

You may or may not be aware that TechNet Plus has been in circulation for over ten years and in that time we’ve distributed in excess of 100,000 DVD and online subscriptions , however, you guys are telling us that even though it’s now available online...