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Upgrading AD Domains to Windows Server 2008 R2 AD DS Domains
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Upgrading your network operating system requires minimal network configuration and typically has a low impact on user operations. The upgrade process is straightforward, efficient, and allows your organization to take advantage of the improved security...
Windows XP went out kicking and screaming!!!
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Last night was the night my household finally went 100% pure Windows 7. I flattened our five year old Dell Inspiron 6000 my daughter uses and installed Windows 7. I was impressed with the massive difference Windows 7 made on the overall behavior...
You don’t have the tools or talent, but you can watch this video in awe !!!
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Absolutely amazing video. Heck, the making of the video is interesting enough, but watch this case mod get created. Totally jealous of the tools and time.
Windows @ Work Contest goes live !!!
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Submit an entry about your Windows 7 experiences and thoughts to the community. What are you looking forward to in Windows 7? Share a business or personal success, or cool and innovative feature. Your fellow community members will vote, so may the best...
Windows Home Server (WHS) Power Pack 3 – available on 11/24
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If you have multiple PCs with increasingly large amounts of digital photography, music, video, and documents, then protecting, organizing, and connecting this digital media can be a challenging task. Help with managing your digital dilemmas has arrived...
Got 2010? Go get it !!!
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Head on over to http://www.microsoft.com/2010/ and check out the 2010 wave and downloads.
Compose a Haiku and Win!
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Clear your mind. Think about the magnificent Windows Server 2008 R2 and compose a Haiku . Ready to get started? Head on over to http://www.r2haiku.com/ for a chance to win. Official rules at http://www.r2haiku.com/Home/Rules .
Azure Services Training Kit – now available for download
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The Azure Services Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content including hands-on labs, presentations, and demos that are designed to help you learn how to use the Windows Azure platform including: Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .NET...
BitLocker to Go Reader – now available for download
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BitLocker protection on removable drives is known as BitLocker To Go. When a BitLocker-protected removable drive is unlocked on a computer running Windows 7, the drive is automatically recognized and the user is either prompted for credentials to unlock...
My new adventure starts tomorrow
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The Dallas Cowboys should certainly be thinking that after nearly getting skunked by the Green Bay Packers, but this isn’t about them, it’s about me. Monday, November 16 I start a new job. I am not leaving Microsoft. I still dig working here...
Empowering Women’s Brilliance event on Tuesday 11/17
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Join Directions Training, Macy's and the Microsoft's DPE team as we launch Empowering Women’s Brilliance. This local initiative was designed to help promote and celebrate women in technology by helping them accelerate the success of their early...
Note to future parents: Plan your automobile purchases carefully
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I’m sure all of you have teenagers that are practically perfect. Straight A’s and they have never been in any trouble. Even if that were true, we are all faced with one issue that is exceedingly hard to forecast. The automobile inventory and lifespan...
Good Karma
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See the new hybrid at http://karma.fiskerautomotive.com/ .
Exchange Server 2010 is now available to TechNet subscribers
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over 4 years ago
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For those of you that have TechNet Plus subscriptions, you’ll notice that Exchange Server 2010 is now in the subscriber download area. If you haven’t looked at some of the new capabilities, here’s an overview of some of the top features. Reduced...
Windows 7 Digital Cable Advisor and CableCard Copy Freely released !!!
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Microsoft announced at CEDIA that customers will now be able to add digital cable tuners with a CableCARD™ to any Windows® 7-based PC with Windows® Media Center. The Digital Cable Advisor tool is being provided by Microsoft to analyze consumer PCs to...
Windows 7, Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Launch – slides now available
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All of the slides from the launch events are now posted and available for viewing. If you create a slideshare account, you can also download the PowerPoint file. Here are the relevant locations for the materials: Windows 7 - http://www.slideshare...
RDP 7 for Windows XP and Windows Vista - now available for download
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Now that we have released Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 to manufacturing, we wanted to share our plans to make the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 7.0 client available to Windows XP and Windows Vista. RDC 7 will ensure that when connecting to...
Sprint launches 4G mobile network in Dallas and other markets
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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2009-- The wireless future just arrived in Dallas-Ft. Worth. Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced the launch of Sprint 4G mobile broadband throughout the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. As a result, streaming video, fast file downloads...