How IT Leaders are Empowering People with Technology March 11th, 2011 at 2 p.m. Sydney Time Join us for a customer roundtable event, featuring IT leaders from Kraft and LogIn Consultants. Hosted by Gartner analyst, Mike Silver, this online discussion will highlight real stories and insights of how IT...

          The Microsoft Solution Accelerator team has recently announced the first public beta of the MAP 5.5 toolkit.   I’ve been a big fan of this tool for quite some time now and this latest version adds a host of new options--with assessment for easier migration to Windows...

Improve the efficiency and availability of IT resources and applications with the new virtualization innovations provided in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 RC. Dynamic Memory and Microsoft RemoteFX TM , to help businesses further optimize their datacenter and desktops. Dynamic Memory lets Hyper...

Our community Tech.Ed EyeForce team got some great videos from Tech.Ed last week.  Here are some of the videos focused on Windows 7 Deployment. Remember you can trial Windows 7 today for 90 days with the Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day trial .

Please Note: This early release of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta is not available for home users. The SP1 Beta does not provide new end-user features, and installation is not supported by Microsoft. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta helps keep your PCs and servers on the latest...

Announced at TechEd North America: “Public beta of service pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 coming by end of July. The new virtualization tools in SP1 will help Windows Server 2008 R2 users prepare for cloud computing, Remote FX provides rich 3-D graphical experience for remote users...

We have the following TechNet Live Meeting on this Friday Desktop Virtualization : Microsoft and VDI Friday, 14 May 2010 11:00 AM Australia (East) Speaker – Daniel Bucherer Event Overview In this session we’ll discuss Desktop Virtualisation  and what it means for your business.  We’ll discuss...

The South Australia Department of Health (SA Health) is responsible for delivering comprehensive healthcare options to the state’s 1.6 million residents. To support this work, the department’s ICT Services division adopted the Windows 7 operating system. SA Health tested several new features of Windows...

Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services Live Meeting – Friday 16 April In this session, we will examine Remote Desktop Services for Windows Server 2008 R2. We will begin by discussing user experience improvements in RemoteApp and Remote Desktop. Then we will discuss remote application improvements...

We are having a Windows 7 Tweetup in Sydney on March 30th at the Shelbourne Hotel.  We will have a bar tab, pizza and cool door prizes.  There is only room for 200 people so register today !

We will be running our next local Live Meeting session in March. Optimise Windows 7 with the Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack (MDOP) The session will focus on the Microsoft Desktop Optimization pack for management and deployment. We will begin by discussing challenges that IT Professionals experience...

From the Windows Team Blog : On February 15th, people still running the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) will receive a notification reminding them that starting March 1st, 2010, their PC will begin experiencing bi-hourly shutdowns. These shutdowns will continue through June 1st, 2010. On June...

From the Windows 7 Australia Blog Microsoft Celebrates Christmas with Windows 7 Family Pack Limited Pilot in Australia Microsoft is making available limited stock of Family Pack in Australia – entitling consumers to three upgrade licenses for Windows 7 Home Premium for $249 (RRP) Sydney, Australia, 30...

In this episode of Brad and Jeff's periodic chats about the management business at Microsoft, they talk about how System Center fits in the constellation of platform and server releases in the fall of 2009. In part 2, Brad and Jeff talk about all the improvements in System Center Configuration Manager...

Windows 7 was launched last week! We had our launch event at the Australian National Maritime Museum.  Media, technology enthusiasts and PC makers were present.  There are some amazing looking PC’s running Windows 7 which were on display, my favourite one  was the new and amazingly thin...

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At TechEd Australia 2009, 2500 attendees were given a HP netbook as part of their admission deal. We asked 2 of the presenters at the event, who are also Windows MVPs, to talk about the netbooks, and why Windows 7 is the best operating system (OS) for netbooks. Check out the video below

There is only four days left in this competition we launched at TechEd.  Got a great idea for a Windows 7 application? Well, this is your chance to win $5,000 to bring it to life. Come up with an idea for a Windows 7 application that answers the question: How Windows 7 can change...: the way I work...

The TechEd 2009 freebies don’t stop at a free netbook with Windows 7 RTM, we are also giving away some funky Windows 7 Hoodies and T-Shirts this year at TechEd 2009.  Our resident model Elaine was kind enough to show off the items for us! What do you need to do? Easy. You need to be attending TechEd...

Many IT pros we talk to have been looking for a way to continue their work with the Release Candidate to test their applications, hardware and deployment strategies with final Windows 7 bits. In response, we have created the Windows 7 Enterprise 90 Day trial edition, available beginning today. This evaluation...

Windows 7 RTM is available now for TechNet Plus Subscribers. If you’re not already a subscriber we are offering a special 25% discount for new TechNet Plus Direct subscriptions. Normally TechNet Plus Direct would cost $512, but if you subscribe today you will only pay $384 inc GST. In addition...

Build 7600 is the official build for Windows 7 RTM and its ready!  Thanks to those of you who have been involved from the Beta testing period, its been quite a ride!! This RTM code will be delivered to partners in the next few days so they can start planning their product lines for the General Availability...

Here is the latest update from the Windows Team Blog Posted by Brandon LeBlanc: I’d like to offer up a little insight into the “Release to Manufacturing” (RTM) for Windows 7. Over the past week, there have been many rumors surrounding RTM. We are close, but have not yet signed off on Windows 7. When...

This is big news for those of you who are already or planning to register for TechEd 2009 this year.  We are giving each paid delegate an HP 2140 Mini Notebook with Windows 7 pre-installed. Click here for more details on the offer.