Welcome to part 2 of my screen cast on IE 8 beta 1.  In this screencast I take a look at two new awesome features, Activities and Webslices.  Take a look at the screencast here, remember to double click to go full screen: Windows Media Player...

I am excited to deliver this quick screencast on  Internet Explorer 8 beta 1. In this screencast, I show some of the great enhancements that IE 8 will do to help solve some common problems around CSS development as well as some new features leveraging...

I happy to report that Microsoft just completed the tender offer for the FAST acquisition! Here is a great quote from the announcement: “With our companies combined, we’ll be uniquely able to offer customers what they’ve been telling...

If you have not heard about this wickedly cool contest!  It is a fantastic contest for students, and they just held the US National Competition in Los Angeles earlier this week.   The winners will compete for the Imagine Cup 2008 World...

Well folks, it almost brings a tear to my face.  Here is the last Matt and Keith video interview for a while.  We are both getting ready to move into our summer schedules, Keith will be at TechEd and MMS.  My huge announcement below will...

There is an excellent resource for all you Microsoft Search Jedi's out there the: Search Community Toolkit The Search Community Toolkit is comprised of a number of tools and code samples that have been contributed to enhance the Microsoft search experience...

Here is an interesting article about FAST and how they are growing their market. Fast Search & Transfer Captures a 20 Percent Share of Japan's Growing Enterprise Search Software Market in 2007

It was great when Keith and I got to do the Dallas event it was right in our back yard!  What is even better we got to see familiar faces.  One in particular was a fellow Xbox and soccer parent Matt.  Matt and I met during our sons soccer...

Keith Combs and I attended several cities and talked with some great folks, here are 3 great interviews from Phoenix! In the first interview I chatted with Jonathon Jervell, we talked a little about IIS and how he learns new MS Technology.  He was...

Keith Combs and I just got back from Las Vegas, Nevada where we attended the Windows Server 2008 launch event. We took along our video cameras for the ride and captured some customer and partner conversations. During our time in Las Vegas I met with...

Being a Cleveland Browns fan it is nearly impossible for me to say anything nice about the Pittsburgh Steelers.  However when they recently gave Randy Pausch a dream day, I have to give them respect and admiration for making a dream come true. ...

Attention everyone!!!   A great webcast series starts tomorrow!  Join the Microsoft Windows Vista Deployment team of experts as they provide IT Pros and Partners with the necessary tools and understanding to migrate existing Windows Applications...

The next generation of desktop searching is here and it has a brand new name: Windows Search 4.0 This is the next version of our desktop engine and really helps improve the instant search of your computer. Windows Search 4.0 helps you find and preview...

I was doing some checking and I just realized that it has been almost 4 years since I delivered the group policy webcast series. What was very exciting for these webcasts is that it we (the TechNet Team) tried something new, Michael Murphy and myself...

If you have not noticed the TechNet team is currently delivering a 24 part webcast series on Windows Server 2008.  We are almost half way down with the webcasts, with part 11 being delivered right around the corner on April 9th.  Well here are...

One of the wonderful people I met walking around the floor were the folks from TechSmith.  For those of you who have not heard of TechSmith they are a software company that creates screen capture and recording tools, that are simply great. ...

Ohio State is the NATIONAL invitational tournament CHAMPIONS!!!   Congratulations on the 92-85 win over UMass!!!! OH....

Good morning everyone welcome to another edition of the Book of the month club, where I review a great little book.  Before I go any further this is not an belated April's fool joke, I really am reviewing this book.  Now I know this is not my...

One of the great things about SXSW is all of the online community support that conference garners.  Specifically the folks at Frog Design got to handle and build a great web site to help the community come together.  They built a web site called...

Want to learn about BitLocker and want to have fun?  Then check out my good friend Chris Henley's post and video on BitLocker.  He did a fantastic job and let him know what you think!  Follow the link to watch the video! Blue : BitLocker...

  Windows Media Player Version: Challenge!!!!!!! Alright Las Vegas the Gauntlet has been thrown, Keith and I want to talk with you during breaks at the Windows Server 2008 launch.  The Launch is on April 3, 2008.  Stop by and chat with...