Are your customers moving to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 ? Want to win that migration business? Check out this upcoming webcast from the Solution Accelerators team! It's all about how you can use the new features of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit...

The Windows 7 Engineering Team has been hard at work incorporating feedback from the Windows 7 Beta period. Here are some of the coolest changes that I really like and I thought I'd pull some excerpts here to highlight these great changes. For more detailed...

Hello IT Managers and Business Customers! Are you getting ready to roll out a new desktop OS? Are you curious if you should wait for Windows 7 or go ahead with your Windows Vista deployment as planned? Check out a recent blog from the new section...

Virtualization is now widely seen as a great cost-saving IT technology. As you start deploying technologies like Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V hypervisor to consolidate your datacenter servers, you ought to give the same level of attention to security of...

A few days ago, my colleague Jeremy Chapman from the Windows Client product management team, was interviewed by Stephen Rose on the many Windows 7 deployment tools that Microsoft teams are developing for customers interested in adopting Windows 7 . ...

Hello, The Microsoft Virtualization Solution Accelerators Team has recently released the latest Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios to help you with choosing the right desktop scenario for your IT organizations...

Hello IT Users! Back by popular demand of the Windows 7 Beta Program , our team has just released a new version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 (Build 2315) that now gives you the newly-added capability of running this MAP...

Hello! The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit team has just released a new set of Technical FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) . We hope that you will find this useful as to learn how to use the MAP Toolkit for various technology migration projects...

Are you interested in moving your IT services such as e-mail messaging, collaboration tools, and other business apps to the cloud? If you are, check out this web video interview of my colleague Kayvaan Ghassemieh, Sr. Product Manager of Microsoft Online...

With the current state of the global economy, IT managers like you are probably wondering how you can save money while maintaining agility and scalability for your IT organizations. Obvious places to look at are: 1) under-utilized servers th at are...

I spent the weekend using Windows 7 Beta (build 7000) and the experience has been great. A few points worth noting: OS Installation - Superb! It went very smoothly as expected. No issues there! Device Drivers - I was able to get my Samsung LCD...

Hi there, I've been testing Windows 7 beta build 7000 for the past couple of days, and will be posting my personal take on it shortly. So far, I am more than impressed by the installation, device drivers, performance, and overall user experience. You...

Core Infrastructure Optimization is a proven framework for evolving your IT infrastructure to become more agile, secure, and better-managed, while reducing overall IT costs and making better use of resources. The bottom line—IT becomes a stronger strategic...

Is the economy stressing you out? Are you looking for ways to reduce cost for your IT department? Have you considered Virtualization? Virtualization can help you streamline the way you manage your desktops and consolid under-utilized servers that are...

Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services Electronic messaging is mission critical, but remains vulnerable to a growing array of threats. Viruses, worms, denial-of-service attacks, spam, legal e-discovery and the need to satisfy a growing set of government...

The Windows 7 team announced the timeline for the shutdown of general availability for Windows 7 Beta , which will occur in 3 phases over the next few weeks. You're encouraged to download and trial Windows 7 Beta soon...so don't miss out! Starting...

Hello - The MAP Toolkit team will be presenting a webcast on January 22, 2009 about the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit. Microsoft Partners are welcome to attend. Please register early! Baldwin Ng -------------------- Event Name: ...

Last week at Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft released the Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta which includes major updates on the very popular virtualization technology Hyper-V. Key features include: DirectAccess LiveMigration for virtualization...

The Year of 2009 is kicking off to a great start. In front of a big crowd at CES 2009, Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, announced the Windows 7 Beta availability . What's New in Windows 7? Work the way consumers want With Windows 7, Microsoft paid...

As the year of 2008 draws to a close, I thought I would highlight the Top 10 Microsoft Tools (my personal favorites) that will help you save your precious IT dollars in 2009! Some of these you know. However, there could be some that didn't get onto...

Virtualization can be manageable and here's the latest Virtualization Solution Accelerator that helps you service the frequently-offline virtual machines more easily! Introducing Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.0 ... This tool offers an...

Do you want to lower IT operation costs for your business? Take advantage of this new tool from Alinean, "Simple to Save" cost calculator and you can be a cost-cutting hero! How It Works? This tool is very simple to use. First you need to go...

Are you under pressure to control your IT operational costs? Are your companies or local governments encouraging "Green IT" practices? Here's a great NEW TOOL that you should know about. Microsoft just launched the Hyper-Green site designed to help...

Wow! If you have a Windows Vista machine, you should probably take a look at this series of how-to articles on making your beloved Windows Vista machine FASTER! Top 5 Ways to make Windows Vista Faster! Add more memory Use your USB flash drive...

Today, at a launch event in San Francisco, Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division at Microsoft Corp., announced the availability of Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft SharePoint Online for businesses of all sizes in the United...