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/Time Abstract Wed 18 th March 4pm Virtualisation...

More often than I would like to admit, I get an email that points me to something on TechNet (usually from the Corp or US team) that is absolutely brilliant but I just didn’t know about it. It makes you realise what a treasure chest the TechNet website and resources are……but believe me, we don’t mean...

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 Server 2008, Hyper-V, Application Virtualisation...

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 yesterday in London and announced Hyper-V Server...

Starting October 1 st , 2008, Michael Jordan (Lead Architect – MCS EPM Global Practice | WW COE for EPM) will present a series of Project Server 2007 webcast on TechNet targeted at IT Professionals .  These 60 minutes webcasts will present in details key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan...

I would like to introduce you to a new member of our team: Manveel Deol Technical Audience Marketing Manager Additional Details Email: t-mdeol@microsoft.com Manny has joined our team for a year as an intern during his work experience year as part of his university course. He is settling in well and particularly...

Microsoft, which eats its own dog food since the Virtual Server 2005 era, just announced the complete migration of both MSDN and TechNet, two of the most popular web sites in the world, on virtual machines. Microsoft kept the back-end database on physical boxes, but moved 100% of its IIS7 frond-ends...

This is one crazy week!! The main event on Wednesday which will be catering for over 3000 IT pros and devs has been keeping a lot of people very busy, but I have something else which is related and goes live on the same day...the Virtual Launch Experience I have spoken about it before and it is 98% complete...

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Still undecided about Vista? Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will be hosting an interactive virtual roundtable—broadcast LIVE over the Internet on Wednesday, March 5 th . The subject? Windows Vista adoption and deployment. On the panel with Mark will be independent industry...

The External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint provides authoritative guidance and tools to deploy a customisable solution built on Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 that teams can use to collaborate with partners outside the firewall. Once it is deployed, the toolkit’s familiar desktop...

Following the 2008 Launch event in Birmingham on 19 th March, TechNet will be going out on the road. The roadshow will be heavy on demos and light on PowerPoint. We'll look at various scenarios, such as managing Windows Server 2008 and how Windows Server 2008 works alongside Windows Vista. You'll have...

ChampionIT celebrates the day-to-day efforts of IT Pro's who are often called-upon when problems arise but rarely celebrated when systems are running smoothly. Responses to the recent newsletter brought this home to me. When asked what superhero you would be, I had several responses saying that they...

I feel like I am announcing who is going to be the face of a big make-up product launch, or perfume, or clothing range Mark Russinovich is quite a legend! And I don't say that lightly. He wrote the Inside the Windows Vista Kernel articles that appeared in the UK TechNet Magazine and is also appearing...

Ok so the Ghostbuster theme was inspired from Steve's A-team reference when he wrote about the forums. TechNet Forums are a free online resource - all you need is a Windows LiveID and then you can post any queries you have, or if you are feelign generous then you can can other people's problems. Quite...

I know this image is small but it gives you an idea of how much this poster has on it! We also had some for Windows Server 2008 which were very popular You can download the Exchange Server 2007 component architecture poster here

You should have read my post yesterday about DesignIT which is a competition to recognise the innovative nature of the skills IT professionals have and putting them to great use for a charity ChampionIT takes on a similar format but is around recognising the day-to-day efforts - and often heroics...

A brain of two halves: There's no doubt that both men and women are equally intelligent. However, depending on whether you use the left (male) or right (female) side of your brain, you will be relying on different strengths to solve particular challenges. Most people will predominantly use either...

I have been clearing out the cupboards and have found an ex-demo Xbox 360 Core System to giveaway and will hopefully get it to you before Christmas! All you need to do is email me gmitcham@microsoft.com with your best pictures of your festive IT departments or offices. This competition is only open...

.........19th March 2008, and will be held at the Birmingham ICC The full information is yet to be released, and yes I did tell you to save the 18th & 19th March in a previous post but you will now only need the 19th for the event (and can treat yourself to a day off on the 18th seeing as you...

ANSWER: They both have a lot in them Yes it is a cheesy analogy with sardines and tins, but we really didn't know how else to get across just how much came with a TechNet Plus Subscription 12 Months Of TechNet Plus Direct at a Superb Price We're offering all these benefits at a 20 per cent discount ...

We are doing some work trying to understand the life of an IT pro both inside and outside of work. It would be great to hear from you on what you get up to on your lunch break, after work or at the weekend. What websites do you go on? What magazines do you read? And one that I am really keen to know...

OK so it would appear that I am slightly behind the times with Steve's podcasts , as I only blogged about the first one on saturday but then have actually just seen the that second came out last friday. Confused?? Me too....so on to more important things..... In the second podcast, Steve is joined...

Steve has been working very hard to get these going and I promise you they are worth the wait! This first recording looks at the linguistic differences between British English and American English, the 3 stooges - sorry experts - empty out their pockets in a gadget amnesty and then the go on to talk...

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 vitualisation, you can evaluate them in your own...