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...

Today we kicked off our second day of the Get On The Bus tour in beautiful Boston. Check it out!

“I found MDT 2010 done and ready to rock in an hour from a blank setup”   “Tell the team THANK YOU FOR POWERSHELL ENABLING MDT2010 ! :)”   “Microsoft has finally taken responsibility for making everything work, Kudos to Microsoft!...

We are giving away 50 copies of Windows 7 Ultimate for the first 50 Get On the Bus event attendees through the door at EVERY STOP! Don’t miss your chance to win a copy of Microsoft’s newest software offering plus some chances at some other great swag...

This weeks guest blogger is Wole Moses, a Sr Product Manager from the Windows Client Product team. Today I’m going to write about a topic  that’s been coming up quite often during discussions I have with IT Pros regarding their current and future...

The Get On the Bus Tour is back home and we’re kicking off our new tour with a visit to Canada! Montreal marks our first location on a 10-city North American road show en route to TechEd in New Orleans, June 7. Come spend some time with us as we tour...

On April 29th, Microsoft Technical Fellow, Mark Russinovich, will be leading a discussion around the process of planning, testing, assessing and rolling out Windows 7 in an enterprise organization. Mark will be joined by a panel of IT professionals who...

  This is the fourth and final installment of this series from Jeremy Chapman After user targeting and planning is complete, you can start your Proof of Concept testing and begin building Windows 7 images. There are many ways to build Windows 7 images...

In the last post I started the planning process, but we are far from finished. We’ve basically outlined what we want and quality bars, but we haven’t actually mapped out the test cases, pilot phases or built a timeline yet. Let’s start by looking at test...

With the launch of App-V 4.6 happening today, I was able to catch up with Karri Alexion-Tiernan , Director of Product Management for App-V for a quick Q&A. Stephen: What problems can Microsoft application virtualization (App-V) solve for my business...

This week we recently released a new version of MDOP that includes six virtualization and management tools for Windows desktops. Along with the new App-v 4.6 , we have also released the MED-V v1 SP1 Release Candidate, with support for Windows 7 32 bit...

Continuing the series with our guest blogger, Jeremy Chapman. As with any IT project, the first part of planning is about building a plan. There are several things you’ll want to accomplish with a pilot and depending on your organization, the importance...

We once again welcome guest blogger, Jeremy Chapman. Now that I’ve written the most informal white paper ever published about operating system deployment , I’ve been inundated with requests to talk about piloting Windows 7. There were some excellent resources...

Richard and Greg talk to Stephen Rose about how businesses are installing Windows 7. Stephen references the case studies on Windows 7 installations that started even before the product had shipped. The conversation digs into the ROI calculators that shows...

What’s new on Talking About Windows ? Well. hear from Jeremy Chapman, Senior Product Manager for Microsoft, as he shares his knowledge on the User State Migration Tool (USMT), which transfers information from XP to Windows 7 faster and easier than ever...

Just before the holiday, I asked the fine folks at Microsoft Press to send me some of their Windows 7 books for me to read and review. Several days later, a huge box arrived with a half dozen books. Over the holidays I had the chance to read through two...

Thinking about deploying Windows 7? Need to crunch the numbers to show your boss the  reduced TCO and quick ROI that Windows 7 will have for you’re company? The Windows 7 Return on Investment (ROI) Tool, powered by Alinean, can help you evaluate...

Visit the Windows 7 Test Drive for IT Professionals and take a guided tour of Windows 7.  The short virtual labs and supporting videos will give you a chance to explore Windows 7 by feature with no installation required.   What can you try?...

Now that Windows 7 has been released you may be interested in understanding what Microsoft Certifications are available, and how you can update your certification. Jim Clark, Sr. Certification Manager for Microsoft Learning is here to answer some of the...

While I was in Stockholm for their Day of Evidence , I had a great chance to sit down and do a Q&A panel with their top MVP’s. Here is the article and the last link will take you to TechNet Edge where you can see the video. Since I do not speak Swedish...

With Windows 2000 Server and Client and Windows XP SP2 support ending July 13, 2010 are you aware of all the resources available to help you move to a new client and server operating system? We have created a End-of-Support Solution Center to help with...

if you haven’t visited Talking About Windows.com in awhile, look at all you have missed. Lidiane Souza a Sr. Group Program Manager at Microsoft discusses the concept of isolated applications and the benefits it provides to IT administrators, including...

Click to hear the podcast I did with Ruth Morton while in Canada a few months back.   In this episode of the AlignIT IT Manager Podcast, I talk separately with Rob Geller, Microsoft’s Senior Product Manager for Windows Client, and Stephen Rose, Microsoft...

Some of you had asked for the presentation I used on the Bus Tour.   Thank you again all of you who attended the sessions. Bus Tour Windows 7 Deck (Full) View more presentations from Stephen L Rose .

With Windows 7 now available to everyone, we are beginning to hear more and more requests from IT Professionals for content they can use to get their support teams and users up to speed on the end user features of Windows 7. We have spent a lot of time...