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Windows 7 INstall Fest using final code?

With Windows 7 RTM scheduled for no later than July 31st, I’m wondering if anyone would be interested in me hosting another set of Install Fests based on final (released) code?  Before you get too carried away, I will NOT be able to provide a free Read More...
Posted Friday, June 26, 2009 10:17 AM by HaroldWong | 6 Comments

Tech Ed 2009 Video Interviews with Exchange Folks

I don’t usually create one huge blog post with a boat load of videos embedded, but I decided to do it and see what happens.  Below are seven different videos that include interviews of different Exchange Product Group folks including Becky Benfield, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:27 PM by HaroldWong | 1 Comments

IT Pro Momentum Program Results (MOSS 2007 Pilot) – Anonymous Company

Objectives of the project:  What problem did you set out to solve?   Really just getting a look at the product from a document management standpoint and team workspace. Are you piloting or deploying the products?   Piloted.  We are Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:13 PM by HaroldWong | 0 Comments

IT Pro Momentum Program Results (Exchange Server 2007 Deployment) – Anonymous Company

Objectives of the project:  What problem did you set out to solve?   CEO To use all the new features of Office 2007 and to easily deploy an email server at a remote location. Are you piloting or deploying the products?   Deployed.  Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 23, 2009 4:17 PM by HaroldWong | 0 Comments

Update on Windows 7 Release Candidate

First, for those of you who are still running Windows 7 Beta, you may want to consider updating to Release Candidate soon.  Starting July 1st, the Beta will start rebooting every two hours and then expire (stop functioning) on August 1st.  Unless Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:28 AM by HaroldWong | 1 Comments

IT Pro Momentum Program Results (Office Communications Server 2007 Deployment) – Anonymous Company

Objectives of the project:  What problem did you set out to solve?   CEO demanded real-time presence info. Are you piloting or deploying the products?   Deployed.  We started with a pilot between engineering teams. Presence, IM and Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:16 AM by HaroldWong | 0 Comments

IT Pro Momentum Program Results (SCCM Deployment) – Anonymous Company

Objectives of the project:  What problem did you set out to solve?   Report MVLS licensing along with software deployment and asset intelligence. Are you piloting or deploying the products?   We have deployed fully to meet our MVLS true-up Read More...
Posted Monday, June 22, 2009 2:14 PM by HaroldWong | 0 Comments

Exchange Server 2010 Archiving and Retention (06-10-09) Questions and Answers Log

I am very sorry that it took so long for me to get all the questions answered from my webcast. I do appreciate everyone’s patience. As there were quite a few repeats on some questions, I chose to answer the first one and deleted the subsequent ones. If Read More...
Posted Friday, June 19, 2009 8:24 PM by HaroldWong | 3 Comments

Q&A Log from Exchange 2010 Archiving and Retention Webcast

During the webcast last Wednesday, I said I would have the Q&A Log with all the questions and answers posted by Monday (yesterday).  Unfortunately, I’m a little behind as there were a lot more questions that I thought there were and it is taking Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:53 AM by HaroldWong | 1 Comments

Windows 7 Release Candidate Install Fests in Southern California

For all those folks out there who follow my blog and live in the Irvine, CA or San Diego, CA area and are interested in attending a Windows 7 RC Install Fest, please read on. In conjunction with Quickstart Intelligence and local IT Pro User Groups, I Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 11, 2009 1:05 PM by HaroldWong | 3 Comments

Bing – Does it ring a bell?

Earlier this week, Microsoft released a new search engine called Bing.com. I debated whether I wanted to do a blog post on it or not and have decided to do so after playing around a bit with it. To test things out, I did a search for “great wall” and Read More...
Posted Friday, June 05, 2009 2:26 PM by HaroldWong | 0 Comments

Chat with Rui Maximo on OCS 2007 R2 and Virtualization at Tech Ed 2009

During Tech Ed 2009 in Los Angeles, I had a chance to chat with Rui Maximo who is a Technical Writer for the Unified Communications team (OCS specifically).  Rui shares what he does as a technical writer and how he stays verifies technical accuracy Read More...
Posted Friday, June 05, 2009 12:25 PM by HaroldWong | 1 Comments

Sonata Software (partner in India) chats about custom application for BPOS

I have talked to many folks about our Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) offering for a little bit now.  One of the common questions / complaints I received was around custom applications that a customer might have built on SharePoint and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:13 PM by HaroldWong | 3 Comments

Dwight jesseman of University of Florida shares Experience with OCS 2007 R2 and Conferencing

During a previous Tech Ed, I met Dwight Jesseman who is a Senior Systems Engineer for Messaging at University of Florida. I helped answer some of his questions on Exchange Server 2007 at that time and Dwight was able to assist U of F architect and deploy Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:03 PM by HaroldWong | 1 Comments

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Dates Revealed!

During the keynote today at Computex 2009 in Taipei, Microsoft Corporate VP Steve Guggenheimer revealed the release dates for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2!  Yup, you heard right.  The Release To Manufacturing (RTM) date will be the second Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:29 AM by HaroldWong | 1 Comments

Free WEbinar: 5 Challenges in AD Management and How to Eliminate Them (By Zubair Alexander)

A Directory Services MVP out of Seattle, WA by the name of Zubair Alexander is delivering a free Webinar on AD Management this coming Thursday, June 4, 2009 from 10 AM – 11 AM (PDT).  He will be covering the following topics. Password and User Management Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:48 AM by HaroldWong | 0 Comments

Exchange Server 2010 Webcast Series

The Exchange Team has put together a 10 part Webcast Series on Exchange Server 2010.  The titles, dates and registration links are below: June 1, 2009: High Availability June 3, 2009: Overview June 8, 2009: Management Tools June 10, 2009: Archiving Read More...
Posted Monday, June 01, 2009 4:44 PM by HaroldWong | 2 Comments

TechNet Unleashed (May 18, 2009) Slide Decks available

Back on April 23, 2009, I made a post about the TechNet Unleashed Event in Phoenix on May 18, 2009 ( http://blogs.technet.com/haroldwong/archive/2009/04/23/technet-unleashed-in-phoenix-on-may-18-2009.aspx ).  A few folks have posted comments asking Read More...
Posted Monday, June 01, 2009 4:43 PM by HaroldWong | 1 Comments

Update to 64 Bit Application and Drivers Post from May 26, 2009

On May 26th, I post the following: http://blogs.technet.com/haroldwong/archive/2009/05/26/64-bit-applications-and-drivers.aspx where I talk about challenges with 64 bit applications and drivers for hardware devices.  Specifically for me, I was really Read More...
Posted Monday, June 01, 2009 10:32 AM by HaroldWong | 0 Comments
 
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