Woah been a busy past couple of weeks.  Been doing Windows Server 2008 events up and down the country and moved apartment so been up to my eyeballs!  Although I didn't move far it was fairly stressful and I'm now left with a weekend of unpacking...

Matt passed this link on to me today and thought it might be useful to help understand and demonstrate the capabilities in our Edge security offering.  In particular Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) which provides secure access to company applications...

I mentioned on the blog recently that we were running a competition to find the best installation of Windows Media Center out there and last week we announced the winner of the competition.  CEPro has a detailed account of what went into the Media...

One of things we are currently talking to our customers and partners about is the concept of having end-to-end management of IT products and solutions from desktop all the way to the datacenter servers and all the infrastructure in between. New products...

In the UK we have this scheme called Get Safe Online that encourages people to take care of their security and privacy on the internet.  Microsoft is one of the founding partners and some of the features in Windows Vista like Network Awareness goes...

Level Set: What is Virtualization? I'm going to use a nice paragraph from a PC Advisor article I found: Virtualisation enables one physical server to host several operating systems, which can be assigned to run certain applications. It means one physical...

I just finished putting together some info for a partner who was interested in learning how and why to develop their applications incorporating Live Services and Virtual Earth etc. I thought you might be interested, so here it is: Virtual Earth Interactive...

when this happens.... :-)

This was an opportunity for a business product to join the ranks of Silverlight, Zune, Mediaroom and Surface - some of the coolest products we've named recently but instead they've settled on the name Windows Essential Business Server. OK, so perhaps...

Angus has just announced information on his blog about how to incorporate an IM chat window in a website, for example a blog. With this, as a Live Messenger user, you can receive IM's from people that visit your website which is a great way for people...

Who actually uses a DVD to deploy? Do you build PC's and sell them? Are you frustrated? Frustrated by the speed of your deployments? Do you find yourself waiting, brewing tea waiting, wondering if... if there is a better way, a better way to deploy the...

The Partner Readiness Team are pleased to announce the release of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.x training. The first delivery of this course is on the 10 th December in the MTC at TVP, so please ask your partners to enrol as soon as possible...

Here's some more FAQ's that you might find interesting on the back of my post last week about general licensing FAQ . Q) Does a Windows Server 2003 licence allow you to switch between 32 and 64 bit platforms (cross platform rights)? A) It depends on how...

At the Vista After Hours events we had lots of questions from companies looking to incorporate Media Centers and Home Servers etc into properties. This is a big growth area for us and as we look to expand our offerings and provide amazing home experiences...

Infrastructure complexity and fierce competition from value-added resellers (VARs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and other vendors can make it increasingly difficult for you to differentiate your offerings and protect margins. At the same...