You can maintain and customize a Microsoft Office 2010 installation by using any of the methods that are described in this blog. Microsoft Office 2010 provides the following methods for customizing and maintaining Office installations: Config.xml   ...

IT administrators will continue to play an active role in security and risk management, even when leveraging cloud services as a utility. This edition of TechNet ON collects key guidance and resources to help address the security requirements in your...

The Microsoft Surface software platform is ideal for any scenario in which users need to interact on the same device—whether it’s on a Surface device or on a Windows 7 touch PC. Microsoft Surface features many exciting, new changes that range from a slimmer...

I wanted to give you a quick pointer to a very interesting blog post that discusses the subject of Exchange database fragmentation on incorrectly formatted NTFS volumes, what the ramifications of those situations can be and how to deal with them. It has...

Exchange 2010 SP1 and Exchange Online (Office 365) incorporate federation to enable secure organization-to-organization free/busy and calendar sharing with other Exchange organizations. Also new is the ability for users to publish their calendar in iCal...

If you love Microsoft Windows 7, then there is more to love. Add features to your PC with Windows 7 by moving up to a more powerful edition. Want to personalize your desktop with photos? Safeguard your work with automatic network backups? You can move...

Windows Phones are designed for life in motion, so you don’t miss a moment. This newsroom provides the latest product news, articles and reviews, event resources, and other press materials about Windows Phones. Read more and see the video of Steve Ballmer...

The portal is designed to help you identify the strengths and gaps in your knowledge around Windows 7 deployment and provide some targeted learning to help you reach the top of your game. About This Portal The Deployment Learning Portal is an online assessment...

Microsoft Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator v14.4 has been released recently. Find the bug fixes at http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/01/22/453859.aspx To download the latest calculator, go here

When managing an Exchange 2010 server organization in a production environment, an Exchange Administrator many times wants to keep track of things like Database Latency, Disk Space problems, search issues, user needs, and more. PowerShell was created...

A while back we published an article explaining the support constraints that surrounded deploying Exchange 2007 with multiple Outlook Web App (OWA) Virtual Directories (see here http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/01/07/447828.aspx ) and as this idea...

Is Exchange supported running on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1? We wanted to let you know that we've completed testing with Windows 2008 R2 SP1 and the following versions of Exchange are supported to run on Windows 2008 R2 SP1 (the RTM version of SP1): Exchange...

The Unified Messaging Troubleshooting Tool is a diagnostics cmdlet which every administrator should run whenever someone desperately (or not) comes to them and says "Help! My voicemail isn't working!". The tool executes a set of tests and outputs...

From basic math to precalculus, Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 can help you visualize and see mathematical concepts as you’ve never seen them before. This free downloadable tool includes step-by-step instructions and explains fundamental concepts. The wide...

As part of Microsoft's routine, monthly security update cycle, we released 12 new security updates on February 8, 2011. Get the details and download at http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/bulletins/201102.aspx?WT.mc_id=soc-n-sa- loc -services...

Nokia and Microsoft announced plans to form a broad strategic partnership that would use their complementary strengths and expertise to create a new global mobile ecosystem. Nokia and Microsoft intend to jointly create market-leading mobile products and...

Microsoft Online Services provides enterprise-level hosted solutions for e-mail, collaboration, instant messaging and Web conferencing. Services are delivered from a highly reliable network of Microsoft data centers located strategically throughout the...

Windows 7 Deployment: My Application is Broken and Can’t Get Up! Finding, testing, and fixing applications on Windows 7 with the Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 In Windows 7 migrations application compatibility is an important issue. That’s where...

In this video, Graham Calladine, Security Architect with Microsoft Services, answers the most common security concerns CxOs and other business decision-makers have regarding the security of their data in Windows Azure cloud platform. You’ll learn about...

Go beyond doing more with less and reducing your carbon footprint; virtualization enables a more agile, responsive infrastructure and lays the foundation for cloud services. Read and download tools at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx?ocid...

The Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Planning Tool provides prescriptive guidance to get you started with planning your topology. The Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Planning Tool asks you a series of questions about your organization and the features that you...

The Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud Practice Builder enables systems integrators to scope, resource, plan, deliver, and operate a private cloud engagement. Take advantage of guidance about planning and managing a server virtualization engagement, and about installing...

Tech∙Ed is pleased to offer the following special offer to official Microsoft User Groups. MVP’s, MCT and other official Microsoft program members may apply to also take advantage of this User Group Special Promotion. User Groups must sign up for this...

The session catalogue is published and you can start to review the list of trainings that will be available.  Find out at http://www.teched.ae/session-catalog.aspx .  You can also tell us what you think of the catalogue by completing the session...

The Security Intelligence Report ( SIR ) is an investigation of the current threat landscape. It analyzes exploits , vulnerabilities , and malware based on data from over 600 million systems worldwide, internet services, and three Microsoft Security Centers...