Microsoft IT (MS IT) falls under strict corporate scrutiny to demonstrate its business value and return on investment. The CIO Scorecard at Microsoft helps to strategically align the organisation with corporate and fiscal objectives, manage organisational...

Q) Can I downgrade Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Ultimate purchased pre-installed on a new PC? 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...

Need to start saving money today? Well that's an ovious question and even more obviosu answer. The challenge is that whilst there are lots of things you can do to cut costs with what you have already, there is also a good case in certain situations to...

Looks like we have gone webcast crazy but Alex sent this to me and its definitely worth sharing: TechNet Presents: Windows Server 2008 and the Cost Savings it Can Bring to Your Infrastructure 26 February 2009, online Prepare yourself for Windows...

Great post from Brett who pointed out the new Microsoft IT Cost Savings whitepaper which outlines the savings Microsoft has made internally since deploying OCS 2007 (inc R2) “Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) used a business value framework...

During this 8 part series starting on 18 th March, the IT Evangelists will be taking a look at some of the top technology trends tipped by Gartner for 2009, including Virtualisation, GreenIT, Business Intelligence and Cloud Computing.     Date...

Microsoft UK is no different from any organisation at present in its attempt to shave off costs where possible, which can sometimes seem frustrating or insignificant i.e. does reducing the number of sweets available at the reception desks really make...

Thought I would blog about this as it’s in keeping with the Windows 7 theme for the week: Later today, February 12 th at 11:00am Pacific Time, Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich and a panel of subject matter experts, including Microsoft Engineering...

Huge thanks to Rich for all the time he put into this. Big thumbs up! Realised that I’m rolling with Anti-Virus protection at the minute, I should probably sort that out. I can choose from Norton, Kaspersky and AVG...Hmmm-I’m gonna go with AVG so let...

Day 4 in the Windows 7 Diary: After talking about it at work, I decided that the “Show Desktop” feature must still be there just in a different place; thus tonight’s mission is to find it...let’s go! Oh, there it is! Bottom right of the screen at the...

Libraries: Libraries looked like an interesting feature from what I’d seen PDC’ers saying and they sure are great Libraries help bring together files of the same type, even if they’re in disparate locations. I’m a terrible On-PC filer (as my co-workers...

Here’s the next instalment from Rich’s Windows 7 diary: I’m in! Back from work so time to fire up the PC, let’s see how the boot process goes. Not too slow but no faster than my previous Vista install but I do like the fancy new Windows logo animation...

Alex in my team has been tweeting about Windows 7 a fair amount since she made the leap herself last week and reached out to a few people to also share their experiences of Windows 7. And up tweeted Richard who in his own words is: I’m Northern and I...

I was made aware of this from the Business Insights team who have been working with the SQL team to record a webcast which takes a look at how SQL Server can help reduce costs in your organisation, as well as the fundamentals of backing up and recovering...

Jonathan pointed me to this earlier today. The concept behind Twitchhiker.com is that this chap plans to see how far he can travel in 30 days relying only on travel and accommodation offers from people on Twitter