Great article from Asif – who is also a genuinely nice guy…… In today's world, technical growth is inevitable. While it brings added functionality and improved productivity, it should be managed with careful consideration for the accompanying business...

Q) How do I downgrade? A) As an end user you have the right to downgrade as set out in your Software Licence Terms. Example: You’re buying a new computer system and it needs to run the same operating system as your existing 10 systems — Windows XP Professional...

Sorry that it seems as though I dropped off the planet…my world has been all things Virtualisation for the last week. Here is what’s been going on: 1) TechNet Changing Technologies event Steve Ballmer came over to present at a TechNet event for IT managers...

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a scalable and agent-less assessment platform designed to make it easier to adopt the latest Microsoft technologies. In this latest version, MAP has expanded its assessment capabilities to include...

Not much of a surprise of what is included in this list, but I would have expected Green IT to appear higher. I would also have expected social networking/enterprise mash-ups to still be in early days of adoption and exploration, rather than in the top...

Many companies have been working to reduce their carbon emissions over recent years. Ignoring the environmental benefits, being green makes excellent business sense in terms of reducing costs and meeting customer expectations. However, until now the drive...

This week we are announcing the a Virtualisation roadshow in conjunction with Microsoft and some of its partners. Each event is run with Microsoft and a partner and delivers technical content across the Microsoft Virtualisation solution including Windows...

I was reading an interesting article yesterday on how IT managers are increasingly challenged by the amount of consumer technology that is creeping into the office through its employees – MP3s, IM, Facebook, USBs I think there are 2 key factors that will...

I just read this review from Martin Veitch who interviewed Steve Ballmer at our event last week. I was glad to hear that he endeared the audience, as he does each year to the Microsoft employees at our internal conference: A lot of CEOs have the sense...

Whenever we can, we record events that take place so that those that cannot attend benefit also. This event was a popular one in attendance but I have also had a lot of questions about it after it took place. It was delivered by someone whose job I don...

I read a very interesting article yesterday on Information Week , which looks into IT spend amidst these uncertain economic times. It had a few really interesting take outs. The CIO of H.B. Fuller said "it made me go down the hall to talk to the...

The Springboard Blog went live yesterday and will provide  a frank, open and honest discussion on the challenges and rewards of adopting the modern Windows Client environment.  It will cover the tough issues around managing Windows desktop and...

…….Windows 7! Thanks to Mark from the Active Directory user group   for pointing this out. It was announced on the Windows Vista Team Blog . And, as you probably know, since we began development of the next version of the Windows client operating...

Learn about Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express along with our portfolio of Enterprise Search Solutions that integrate with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and find the right search solution you need to increase business productivity.  During...

  3 - 7 November, Barcelona, Spain Visit us at TechEd EMEA 2008 IT Professionals and take advantage of our special onsite testing offer! Benefit from an exam voucher with 25% discount and a free retake (“Second Shot”) if you don’t pass the exam at...

“Solution Accelerators” are one of our best kept secrets. They are not meant to be secrets but I think they get lost amongst everything else This set of Virtualisation Solution Accelerators are designed to help accelerate adoption and deployment of Microsoft...

Steve wrote a great piece on the significance that announcements at PDC 2008 in LA this week would have and oh was he right! Ray Ozzie just announced Windows Azure, the cloud-based service foundation underlying its Azure Services Platform, and highlighted...

This guide describes best practices for creating an efficient IT organization that consistently delivers on time, on budget, and in line with business needs. Slash the complexity that overwhelms large IT projects—and improve return on investment and increase...

he Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 makes it easier to quickly identify what servers, workstations, and network devices are in your IT environment. MAP also provides specific and actionable IT proposals and reports to help get the most...