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Windows 7 INstall Fest using final code?

HaroldWong — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:17:23 GMT

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)

Tech Ed 2009 Video Interviews with Exchange Folks

HaroldWong — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:27:41 GMT

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)

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

HaroldWong — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:13:50 GMT

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)

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

HaroldWong — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:17:38 GMT

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)

Update on Windows 7 Release Candidate

HaroldWong — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:28:19 GMT

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)

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

HaroldWong — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:16:45 GMT

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)

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

HaroldWong — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:14:40 GMT

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)

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

HaroldWong — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:24:00 GMT

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)

Q&A Log from Exchange 2010 Archiving and Retention Webcast

HaroldWong — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:53:07 GMT

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)

Windows 7 Release Candidate Install Fests in Southern California

HaroldWong — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:05:00 GMT

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)

Bing – Does it ring a bell?

HaroldWong — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:26:20 GMT

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)

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

HaroldWong — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:25:53 GMT

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)

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

HaroldWong — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:13:11 GMT

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)

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

HaroldWong — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:03:00 GMT

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)

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Dates Revealed!

HaroldWong — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:29:46 GMT

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)