Want a chance to win a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate when it becomes available in Oct? How about a cool Windows 7 T-shirt? Fill out this quick survey for a chance to win. Hurry, survey closes early next week. Click here to get to the survey:  http:...

We had so many responses from our last survey, we are doing it again. One lucky winner will get a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition when it becomes available this Oct. Find the survey here and good luck! Also, congratulations to Deirdre Wingell winner...

A few years ago we developed a tool called Windows Steady State to enable IT admins in shared computing environments to control configure and revert the configuration computer of computers used in schools, libraries, internet cafes, kiosks as well as...

This weeks post is from Carl Luberti, a Senior Support Escalation Engineer with the Internet Explorer team. To start, I wanted to address that Internet Explorer 8 has over 1300 Group Policy entries that can be configured, which is great for keeping your...

Our third stop on the Get On The Bus Tour was New York City. With over 450 people registered, it was largest attended event to date. Check out what the people had to say about the tour, Windows 7, IT pro Certification,  Office 2010, Virtualization...

You are invited to take beta exam 71-680: TS: Windows 7, Configuring. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam in its released form. The 71-xxx identifier is used for registering...

We just launch a new IT Pro campaign called “Talking About Windows”. This has been a project I have been involved with for months and something I am quite proud of. We have interviews with our top Windows 7 Engineers including Jon DeVaan, Mark Russinovich...

We are pleased to announce that Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) is available for immediate download . The Windows 7 Ultimate is the Release Candidate edition; it will be available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions in English, French, Japanese, German, and...

    I put together a video for the Springboard site on what some of the new features in the Windows 7 Release Candidate area. I thought I would also surface it up here as well.   Enjoy!

I’m excited to announce that the Windows 7 Learning Portal is now live! This site is currently showcasing great IT Pro readiness content, including 7 Silverlight Learning Snacks , free sample chapters from upcoming MS Press Books , Learning Plans , links...

  We just launched a TechNet Widget. The widget will provide the latest content from TechNet on your blogs and might drive higher repeat traffic to your blogs or give yet another reason ( besides your blog) to visit on a more regular basis. The Widget...

        Looking to meet up at TechEd 09? Well, here is my TechEd Schedule. Feel free to email me to schedule some time to meet. See you in LA! Sunday- MVP Roundtable discussion – 1 – 5:30 @ the Windows 7 area Monday- At The Keynote...

Attending MMS? I will be in Las Vegas on April 29th and 30th doing interviews with IT Pros for a secret project. Interested in learning more? Leave me a comment below and let me know if your attending and we'll meet up. What is MMS? The Microsoft...

Here is a list of some upcoming opportunities to experience Windows 7 for yourself! For more information or to register for any of these events, leave a comment with the event your interested in below. STEP Event Title Date...

Jennifer Leggio @ ZDNet interviewed me a piece on social media here at Microsoft.  Specifically on our use here at Springboard of the TruCast tool to find and reach IT Pros. To view the piece, visit http://blogs.zdnet.com/feeds/?p=843    ...

You have all been asking so here it is. The RC will be available to TechNet+ and MSDN+ subscribers on April 30th and to the general public on May 5th. To download the bits, go to www.microsoft.com/springboard on the 5th.   After you download the...

  I had the great pleasure to be a guest on Marsha Collier’s Computer and Technology Radio show last weekend to talk about Windows 7. We had a great chat from a consumer/prosumer point of view covering everything from Windows XP and upgrading to...

When planning for migration to Windows 7, specific knowledge about each computer on the network and its readiness for migration is essential. Manually conducting a detailed network inventory is time consuming and costly; and existing assessment management...

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will revolutionize the way we manage Windows environments. This is the greatest Windows platform, ever... Are you prepared? During a full day technical event you'll learn to master the new features, all presented by...

Just wanted to thank everyone who has stopped by the booth or attended one of my sessions to say hi! If you at TechEd and have not meet up with me, please, come by the Springboard booth and introduce yourself. Tell me that you read my blog and I throw...

I want to thank all of the IT Pros, MVPs, MCTs , ITEs, DEs and friends who took the time to meet with me this week. I had a great time talking about Springboard , TalkingAboutWindows and all the Win 7 resources we created and the opportunities for Windows...

At TechEd I was talking about the Windows Key shortcuts so I thought I would post a somewhat complete list for you. Let me know if I missed any. Enjoy- Press this key To do this Windows logo key Open or close the Start menu. Windows logo key +Pause Display...

Over the weekend, some of you may have received an email from us reminding you that “the Windows 7 Beta expires on August 1st, 2009. In that email, we ask that if you are still on the Windows 7 Beta that you should consider moving to a “non-expired” copy...

After we announced Windows XP Mode, I sat down again with Jeremy Chapman at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas to find out what he thought about Windows XP Mode as a solution for solving application compatibility issues. Stephen Rose: Hi Jeremy...

Want a chance to learn more about Windows 7? What about RTM, Direct Access, AppLocker, Mobility, BranchCache? Then you won’t want to miss this opportunity. I will be in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Calgary speaking to IT pros on Windows 7. Bring your friends...