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Office 2007 Service Pack 2 was released today and aside from rolling up all the hotfixes released since SP1 there are some additional changes provided by this update. There are three key changes in Office 2007 with SP2. Interoperability – Office 2007
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Typically when you hear about Green IT it is all about virtualization, power and cooling savings, reducing the carbon footprint etc… But did you know that there is a lot more you can do everyday to be more green? Since it is Earth Day I thought I’d share
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Project: Outcrypt: Email Encryption as an Add-In for Outlook 2003 & 2007 The Challenge Describe the situation, challenge or problem you or your team faced. Email is not thought of as a secure method of sending confidential information.
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A while back Ruth did an interview with Cameron McKay about an upcoming infrastructure project he was in the planning stages on. While the planning is done and the implementation also complete, I thought it was time to revisit with Cameron and talk
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Remember Clippy? That (not so) loveable little feature in all versions of Office previous to Office 2007? How it would appear with helpful little hints on how to get more out of Office? My impression is that this is the most often turned off feature in
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Well it is a wrap! The MyTechnet Security Tour wrapped up last week with the final event in Toronto and Regina. Rick, Damir and myself had a great time meeting with IT pros in Canada to talk about security, and answer questions along the way. We had a
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I do! I am the first to admit that licensing can be really confusing but there are some tools that can help you (including the CanITPro team) navigate the waters so to speak. In the virtualization realm there are some calculators which I linked in a previous
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Are you Groovin'? When I first heard of Groove , long before I joined Microsoft, my first thought was "bah, don't see the use". Since joining Microsoft I've started using it and am converted! Groove absolutely rocks! Why you ask? Well I started using
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I like playing with new hardware and software as much as the next geek and I was thrilled when Rick managed to snag our team a few copies of Camtasia Studio from TechSmith . I've used their tools in the past and love them. I thought I'd use the tool to
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One of the things that worried me a little when I got to Microsoft was losing my "touch". As IT Pro Advisor's we work in the realm of the virtual lab a lot and well that is nice for learning and demos, it is removed from the real world. Because of this
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So you've got your hands on Vista, installed it and then tried to add the Vista PC to the SBS domain. Doesn't work very well does it? Well the SBS team has been hard at work and there is a fix now! Previously you would have to manually join the Vista
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I just found this video of a walkthrough of the Microsoft Digital Ice House. If you are in Toronto and haven't seen it, get down to Dundas Square and check it out. It will be open from 10am to 7pm until Saturday February 3rd! Video: Microsoft Canada’s
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Graham Jones (Vancouver, BC, IT Pro and UserGroup Lead) Character sets and email being flagged as Spam I haven't come across this myself as of yet, but it is something that you should be aware of in case you are emailing individuals and getting strange
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I just noticed that Developer Advisor Jean-Luc David posted some information on the Ice House as well as some more photos. You can see that over at the Canadian Developers Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/cdndevs/archive/2007/01/31/microsoft-digital-ice-house.aspx
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Ssssso IIII jjjjust gggot bbback frommmmm tttthe iiiiice hhhhouse anddddd ittttt wwwwwaas a cccccold one. Today we released Vista and Office to the world and as you may have seen on this blog, we built an Ice House in downtown Toronto to celebrate. Today
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