Lync for Mac , Office for Mac 2011 , availability When we first announced Lync Server 2010 last November, we talked about our commitment to supporting multiple platforms and how over the course of 2011 you would see Lync become available for other platforms...

Here is the press release: AT&T Expands Windows Phone Leadership Plans to Introduce Three New 4G Windows Phones in Fourth Quarter and Update all Existing Windows Phones Dallas, Texas, September 12, 2011 ShareThis Key Facts AT&T*, the U.S. leader...

  At the September 2011 meeting, we tried something new. I was the speaker. I brought my Microsoft Roundtable device and we recorded the session using Lync 2010.  The session was available live on the internet. I posted the video to my skydrive...

Windows Phone 7 Camp  Register Today! Whether you’re a student just starting out or a seasoned developer for Windows Phone, Android, Symbian, Web OS or iOS, We’ll be sharing tips and tricks and valuable app development know-how throughout the sessions...

In order to understand private cloud and how it differs from other delivery mechanisms for delivering cloud services, it’s helpful to understand what constitutes a “cloud” and how cloud differs from traditional LAN based data centers. The United States...

It’s that time again. It’s time to look at your calendar and look at our list of TechNet Events in the central US to see if you’ll be able to spend the day with us. “A day? I thought you guys usually do the 1/2-day TechNet Events.” Yeah, that was then...

Here is where I will be during the month of October   Oct 6th  Tulsa IT Pro User Group  I will be speaking on Cloud Technologies http://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-Pros-Tulsa-2011419?home=&gid=2011419&trk=anet_ug_hm Oct 7th Tulsa...

Last week I was part of a team that traveled To San Jose, CA.  Our mission was to get some hands on experience, and build a test lab that we can use to demo System Center, Private Cloud, VDI, Clustering, etc. etc., etc. for our events over the few...

· System Center 2012 Beta all in one download Cloud – Care: System Center 2012 Suite Download page I get asked all of the time, hey where is that or that software. We are always coming out with new software you want to try, yes “most” (not all) everything...

This last Saturday I spoke at Houston’s Techfest ( www.houstontechfest.com )  It was a great event. Incase you missed it, I recorded 3 of the sessions and posted them up on my skydrive, but here they are: First up is Bryon Spurlock with Quartertechnologies...

The Family http://microsoft.com/family

System Center 2012 Manage your private and public cloud applications and services with a common toolset. Download Pre-Release Products Overview System Center 2012 pre-release products help your organization achieve IT as a Service by enabling productive...

More information on this video at http://www.microsoft.com/office/vision/ I love videos like this, it makes me excited to be in the Software business.

Microsoft Virtualization Resources November 2011 - January 2012 You can find this resource document online (with live hyperlinks) at: http://aka.ms/VirtInfo John’s Blog: “Stories, Information, and random thoughts”: http://blogs.technet.com/b/jweston Kevin...

Hybrid Cloud What is a Hybrid Cloud? We keep hearing about “The Cloud” in IT, and how it is supposed to change things in the next few years. People keep using the terms, Public Cloud, Private Cloud, and Hybrid Cloud. What do these really...

Here are the slides for the current events I will be doing That is Module one  Overview Hyper-V and compare with VMware       This Module 2 that Kevin and I have been presenting     Last is the Test Prep for 70-659 To download...

Today Matt Hester writes our 5th part of our November series of blog entries.  You can find the post here:   The Cloud on Your Terms Part 5 of 30: Are your Servers Ready For the Cloud?   Matt even had a webcast in his blog that talks...

    TechNet Video: Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Interoperability: Voice, Video, Conferencing, IM, and Presence Download WMV Download | WMA | MP3 The communications industry is undergoing a transforming from proprietary hardware-based communications...

TechNet Video: Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Transforming the Way People Communicate Download WMV Download | WMA | MP3 Microsoft Lync™ Server 2010 promises to transform the way people will communicate across the PC, Web and phone, making traditional communications...

TechNet Video: Enabling a Dynamic Data Center with System Center 2012 Download WMV Download | WMA | MP3 John Weston, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist discusses Hyper-V and Virtualization. He also talks about Private Cloud and what Microsoft has to offer.

I have done many presentations lately about Cloud Computing.   I did one about 6 weeks ago at Dallastechfest.com  The great guys at usergroup.tv  recorded the session.   Here is the link to go watch it: http://usergroup.tv/videos...

TechNet has just built a new Hub:  Private Cloud Solution Hub This hub is a great source of information.  It has a getting started section that had 4 great summaries. Overview of Private Cloud Architecture Private Cloud – A Technical Perspective...

Tony Bates talks about Skype joining  Microsoft  http://youtu.be/-ByWVVovdDg It will be interesting to see how Lync and Skype work together. REDMOND, Wash., and LUXEMBOURG — Oct. 13, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) has closed its acquisition...

  I love to Demo Lync 2010 all the time.  I use it everyday, and love to show people how I use it.  When I show it, people want to know where they can get the software to download it. Here is what you need. First you will need Windows Server...