Surface Pro will be available in Northern Ireland on May 23rd and in the Republic on May 30th The Surface Pro goes on sale on May 30th in Ireland and will sell for €879 for the 64GB device, and €979 for the 128GB version.  No UK prices (yet).  

Microsoft Jump Start Series: Virtualisation, Hyper-V & Intune. These events run from 8:00am – 5:00pm PST (16:00 – 01:00 GMT). January 24, 2013, 8:00am-5:00pm PST Introduction to Hyper-V Jump Start Instructor Team: Symon Perriman and Jeff Woolsey This is the first of a three course series and is designed...

If you’re based in Ireland (North or South) – write this down! Licensing is always called out as one of the most “negative” attributes of Microsoft during our Satisfaction Surveys. And we’ve had a solution to it for ages!  So this turns out to be one of Microsoft Ireland’s best kept secrets: The...

Big Year, Big Change s – Are you ready? This year has already been one of the most transformational periods in Microsoft’s history and there’s more to come! Come and join us at one of our 4 roadshow events during the 1st week of October to hear more about how we’re reimagining...

“Nothing from Microsoft, and I mean literally nothing, has ever been this ambitious” —Jason Perlow, ZDNet Windows Sever 2012 is a game changer! It is designed to help organisations of all sizes embrace private and hybrid cloud computing in order to move faster, save money and compete more effectively...

100,000 Windows Phone Apps and counting! Irish Apps Update At the Windows Phone Summit recently, Microsoft announced that the Windows Phone Marketplace officially hit 100,000 apps and games—a milestone we reached faster than Android, and a testament to the thousands of talented developers around the...

Gentlemen (and ladies), start your downloads: Windows 7 RC is now available on MSDN and TechNet. (Remember how I keep telling you the reasons why you want that subscription!). Here is the public announcement from Microsoft Ireland. What I like about this announcement is some of the Partners I am responsible...

, you heard of it? Unless you live under a rock or don’t work in IT (in which case why are you reading this blog) you should by now have figured out that Microsoft has a new desktop OS coming soon. So if you are an ITPro and you have a new OS, then you have to be thinking about how am I going to deploy...

Tech Days, a joint effort between Microsoft and the IT Pro community, is bringing exceptional up-to-date technical content to Galway and Cork. Register and learn more about these evening events @ http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/technet/techdays.aspx Galway will cover Windows 7 and Client Deployment...

The countdown is on for MS Community Tech Days!... only two weeks until Galway and Cork at the time of posting this (Galway 10th and Cork 12th March). Blindingly good technical content to be caught! Learn more and register @ http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/technet/techdays.aspx . Tech Days are a...

Introduction to Installing and Managing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 16-18 February 09, Cork, PFH At the end of this three-day course, students who are new to Microsoft Exchange Server will learn how to configure and manage a messaging environment in accordance with technical requirements. Students...

With every new OS release comes some new features, changes to old features, fixes, kernel updates and more. While you might have read about some of these new features you probably have questions and now is your chance to find out more about Windows 7. On Thursday, February 12th, Mark Russinovich will...

Thanks to those who made it to the 'Wellie' in Belfast yesterday and Douglas in Cork today for Virtualisation Unplugged.James and Dave really know Microsoft Virtualisation inside-out, so I'm glad you tested them with a few tough questions. Even though James claims to be a bit of a sell-out, by buying...

Nigel Mulholland, MD of Microsoft partner Nitec , discusses Vista performance - 'warts and all' - with TechNet's Dave Northey. After an initial bumpy ride with Vista, Nitec are now happily running the operating system in-house and strongly recommending it to their customers. View the video interview...

Finally, the Windows 7 Beta is available for public download! I am about to download it myself and I have heard lots of positive reports from my colleagues, so I’m very encouraged! Windows 7 Beta Has Officially Launched! After much anticipation, Microsoft has now made Windows 7 Beta available for...

Here's some more interesting footage from TechEd that I missed before... Mark Russinovich, technical follow, about Windows 7, WS08 R2, virtualization and Vista. It's about 8 minutes long. You can watch Mark's interview here . In this interview from Microsoft Tech-Ed EMEA 2008 in Barcelona, author...

Happy New Year! My new years resolution is to blog more in 2009, so here's a reflection on Microsoft's headline moments from 2008 to get the ball rolling! Click here to see the full article. 1. Bye, Bye Bill 2. To Yahoo Or Not To Yahoo 3. Vista Gets Better, But Criticism Remains 4. Windows...

You will recall that on the 23rd October we released the out-of-band update MS08-067 . Deployment of this update has been high, but a worm, Worm:Win32/Conficker, has been detected across the world with increasing frequency. If you have not done so already, please protect yourself by installing the update...

Incredible!! ...lightning does actually strike twice! Kimberly Tripp is visiting Ireland for the second time in three months and Niall Flanagan was not going to let an opportunity like this pass the SQL Server Ireland User Group . Those of you who attended her presentation last September will appreciate...

See the 'Spingboard Series' to learn about some of the highlights of Windows 7 for the IT professional including improvements in manageability, security and compliance, and deployment.

Wahoooo!... Last night saw the inaugural meeting of the SharePoint User Group in Ireland and it got off to a flying start! The meeting took place in Sandyford in Dublin and the introdcutory topic was 'Setting up a MOSS Farm'. Stephen Cummins (local SharePoint User Group Lead and SharePoint MVP) presented...

John Collins wrote a good piece on some of the major announcements coming out of the Partner Developer Conference in LA last month, http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2008/1103/1225321600281.html . The article focuses on Windows 7, Windows Azure, 'Software plus Services', as well as Ray Ozzie...

Now to Tech Ed...over 5,000 IT Professionals were at this annual conference, a small portion of whom were Irish! The keynote delivered by Brad Anderson, focused on the key to a 'Dynamic Enterprise in Changing Business Conditions' - this was ok...there were far more interesting and entertaining topics...

I was away all last week in Barcelona at my first Tech Ed , and although PDC slightly stole its thunder the previous week with some major headlines around Windows 7 and Windows Azure, I was still very impressed by the Tech Ed experience! Before I give you the run-down on what went on in Barcelona, I...

Calling all SBS Partners! On November 12 th Microsoft is launching the next version of Small Business Server & the New Essential Business Server . These are known together as Windows Essential Server Solutions. To celebrate this Microsoft Ireland are hosting an Irish launch event on the 12...