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...

Last year we ran 3 licensing events through TechNet and they were received really well. I know it may sound a little crazy, but seeing as the TechNet team cannot do anything about our licensing, we can at least give you the resources to help you understand...

We often get feedback that IT professionals want us to provide more guidance and resources on deployment, so we are trialling 2 special deployment events delivered by experts here in the UK. I strongly recommend you check them out: • ...

Part II: At the Microsoft conference a few weeks ago, I saw some really cool stuff so here is my top four: 1) Window Home Server Release Candidate 1 This is one of our best kept secrets so far.. but now it's out! It started with a vision that an always...

I have been back for several weeks now from my trip to Orlando, where we had a big Microsoft conference with Microsoft employees from all over the world. It is quite a sight to see 10,000 Microsoft employees in one place, and even more interesting to...

We are thinking about putting on a special security event in the UK presented by Ronald Beekalaar, who got top scores at TechEd, Orlando recently. The outline of the event is below. I wanted to ask 2 questions: 1) Would this be of interest to you? and...

I had a query the other day about being able to listen to webcasts while on the move. The US has been workign really hard to make mor eof these available - there are quite a few for IT Managers as well as IT professionals - so check them out

No, this is not going to comment on whether men put their hands in their pockets and buy us ladies a drink and a nice meal, but rather men choosing which wallet to purchase. I have just sparked off a debate in the office here and was surprised at the...

The Microsoft Small Business team have just launched some great new resources The Small Business Website This includes 2 great sections: 1) “Starting Up” Containing relevant articles, products, features and advice tailored for those either looking to...

Thought I would give this a try after one of the TechNet newsletter readers inquired if I was on there. So go onto Facebook and join the "TechNet UK" group and let's have a chat!

Office Communications Server 2007 has now RTM'd. Th eproduct is designed around the following tenets: 1. People Centric Communications: Our system would let users communicate with users and take care of all the details under the covers. 2. Presence...

Want to be yellow??? I saw this on an email the other day: http://www.simpsonizeme.com/ The best yellow person added to this post will win a TechNet T-Shirt. As a starter for 10, here is mine:

In the UK, we have some fantastic user groups. These groups are just genuinely enthusiastic about a product ro technology and make so much effort to organise meetings to discuss and learn from one another. Here are some of the events that are coming...

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 RC1 System Center Configuration Manager 2007 RC1 is the next iteration of Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 (SMS). There have been major investments to simplify it for configuration, deployment and security...

Experiment with the newest features and familiarize yourself with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 in a free, online virtual environment. TechNet Virtual labs are simple--no complex setup or installation is required. Here are our newest virtual...

Featured Webcasts: SQL Server 2008 Come check out a SQL Server 2008 TechNet webcast to learn why the next release of SQL Server provides a comprehensive data platform that is more secure, reliable, manageable, and scalable for your mission-critical applications...

Welcome to the newest member of the IT professional evangelist team. Andrew Fryer has recently joined Eileen's team to focus on SQL Server and BI In his own words: "My first foray into the exciting world of Business Intelligence coincided with Microsoft...

I have to admit that I hadn't given this product much time, but at a company conference last week, Bill Gates demoed Microsoft Surface and as cheesy as it sounds, all I could say was "WOW WEE" Think Tom Cruise in Minority report.....I watched in amazement...

The next release of the Vista hardware assessment tool is now available. this tool performs 3 main functions: * Hardware inventory * Compatibility analysis * Readiness reporting This has been a really popular tool so I suggest you download it and...

We had a lot of really great feedback about this product when it was shown at the Vista After Hours events we did a few months ago Here's the speech that the development team were given at the celebration party: It started with a vision that an...

So it has been announced that Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 & Visual Studio 2008 will take place on 27th February 2008 in Los Angeles. Watch out for the UK launch date - all I can promise at this stage is that it will be big, but more importantly...

Ah ha, quicker than I thought. As promised, I have found some info on the BBC project that enables users to share music and related content - this has been especially popular around festival season. This is an awesome showcase of Silverlight, and also...

Again at our company meeting last week, I saw an awesome demo from of the chaps from the Developer group. They have built the London Underground an application which helps them to manage, maintain and be control of their network with a much richer and...

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