Nice slide here - very enlightening for those who want more information on what WSS is versus Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - nice views on capabilities etc Download attached :)

Yesterday afternoon and evening saw the first UK Enterprise Search Partner Community event. We had around 50 partners attend in two streams both technical and commercial and had a relaxed, jovial and fun time - not to mention educational! The winners...

Simple choice it's either me or the presenter...decisions decisions... Now this really made me laugh out loud, Rowan from Fortify your Oasis has some absolutely superb points to describe those less skilled presenters: Ass Narcissism - "I’m just going...

I was just reading a new blog that I have recently subscribed to called Execupundit.com - it's truly a great place to read some pragmatic cool advice and the following really got me thinking: http://www.execupundit.com/2007/02/note-from-boss-to-employees...

Just a couple of quick shots of the Windows Compute Cluster user group held at Microsoft Reading last Friday: We had some amazing attendance for the 1st Microsoft User group meeting for Windows HPC Worldwide - :-) The slides will be made available online...

It's all just about doing things easier isn't it? In many of my external meetings I meet partners and customers who say things like the following: I want to focus on our business more I want it to just work Why does it not recognise this widget? We have...

So we have had some questions from partners wanting to understand how to write iFilters for SharePoint etc James Akrigg our Partner Technical Specialist for Search has found the following handy links: Using iFilters to get the text from file formats...

Seriously cool new application – blogging is just sending e-mail now! Kudos to Steve for the find: http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/default.aspx Published with BlogMailr

Right so ‘The Register’ is not one of those websites that would go down in history as a wonderful advocate 100% of the time around Microsoft technology. However with the news that website owners can now syndicate Windows Live on their sites – they have...

Windows Live Search Box : We just launched Windows Live Search Box , designed for Web site owners and bloggers who want to quickly add customized search capability to their site. The search box enables visitors to search your site, the Web, or any other...

Righty ho, so about a month ago a new product manager started in Microsoft UK called Dr. Michael Newberry – he’s a fantastic Australian and (being wary that there are more than a few Aussies reading this blog) I am looking forward hugely to the Ashes...

Hi All – Seriously cool brand new offering – A DVD full of presentations and content from the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2006 including Keynotes presentations, general sessions, breakout sessions and Hands-On Labs... Order product 005170 from https...

Quick post - we have just got news of the set of goodies in the Action Pack coming out on January 10th, this includes: • Windows Vista Business • Microsoft® Office Enterprise 2007 • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 • Microsoft Office Outlook...

Okay so there I was leaving work and check out what I saw....300 XBOX classics all sat lonely on a pallette. So I did a little research and found out that these were all from the testing division and used for testing games and console additions during...

Just seen this great case study of the BBC and their Enterprise Search work with Microsoft. Some of the great quotes I liked were the following: BBC Worldwide stated that: "Searching for information on the Internet is easy, but searching enterprise...

Just a quickie to say that the dates for the Enterprise Search courses have been announced as follows: 23/02/2007 09:15 44CO003 - 2007 Microsoft Office System Enterprise Search Workshop 09/03/2007 09:15 44CO003 - 2007 Microsoft Office System Enterprise...

One for the Easter weekend....sometimes life can pass you by and you have to look at what is truly important. The post below said a lot to me about how people change when they get something they didn't expect - have a read then mosy on further down this...

So for those of you that didnt see this article in the press in the Guardian recently which includes me :-) (thanks to Steve for forwarding) here it is in the flesh: When will I be able to have my own supercomputer? http://technology.guardian...

Righty ho so many of you will know that we arent often happy with ourselves in Microsoft and are fairly remorseless at trying to improve what we do. Well check out this very cool addition to the suport we give our partners a Partner bot! Now bear with...

So I guess a few things have been niggling away at the back of my mind around the new kids on the block and I want to put a few ideas out there, around the whole experience piece: I like to eat out in a restaurant cared for by an owner, chef and...

Made me smile, feels like this sometimes in business :-)

Was trawling around a few blogs and came across this interesting article on Over-Time Pay For Reading E-mail on Your Blackberry at Home now it does strike me as amusing for the following reasons: Surely if this is legal advice from am esteemed law professor...

So this week I am over at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver and will be presenting with my colleagues on Enterprise Search and how to work with Microsoft to be successful. During the presentation we will mention some work from Verus Research...

Oh Yes it doesn't get much better than this - 18 hours of free training on MOSS 2007 all online so you can peruse it at your pleasure courtesy of 'english-tiger' training! Technical Backgounder Before you learn from the online version of the deep three...

2:00 – 2:30 Arrival and networking 2.30—2.35 Welcome Mike 2:30 – 3:15 How are we winning? Sol 3:15 – 4:00 SharePoint innovations and announcements Rob 4:00 – 4:15 Microsoft helping you! Mike 4:15 – 4:30 Q&A 4:30 – 5:00 Food &...