April 2009 - Posts

Windows 7 Release Candidate Update
30 April 09 11:48 AM | Hilary Davy-Brown | 4 Comments   

As per the Windows Team Blog , the RC is on track for April 30th for  download by MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Broader, public availability will begin on May 5th – these are the US dates, so for NZ expect May 1 for MSDN/TechNet downloads and May Read More...

Filed under: Announcements, Windows 7, RC, Release Candidate

Office 2007 SP2 – Download Now
30 April 09 11:42 AM | Hilary Davy-Brown | 0 Comments   

The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) is available now and provides customers with the latest updates to the 2007 Office suite.  This download includes two types of fixes: Previously unreleased fixes that were made specifically for Read More...

Filed under: Announcements, Office 2007, Office, Update, Service Pack

Virtualisation - Never Been Easier
21 April 09 10:55 PM | Hilary Davy-Brown | 1 Comments   

Earlier this week I talked about System Center ( One Tool to Rule Them All ), and how you can manage both server and desktop resources, both virtual and physical assets, and both Microsoft and third-party hypervisors, all with the same platform; as well Read More...

Filed under: Deployment, Observations, App-V, Virtualization, System Center, Hyper-V, SMSE, MED-V, Windows Server 2008

Exchange 2010 Public Beta
21 April 09 11:14 AM | Hilary Davy-Brown | 0 Comments   

Exchange 2010 is part of the next wave of Microsoft Office-related products and is the first server in a new generation of Microsoft server technology built from the ground up to work on-premises and as an online service. This release of Exchange 2010 Read More...

Filed under: Announcements, Beta, Exchange 2010, Exchange

Your Imagine Cup 2009 National Finals Invitation
20 April 09 12:08 PM | Hilary Davy-Brown | 0 Comments   

You are invited to see the top teams compete in the Imagine Cup Finals in Auckland! Imagine Cup is a competition which encourages students to use technology to transform great ideas into real world solutions every year. Student teams from around New Zealand Read More...

Filed under: Announcements, Imagine Cup

SQL Server 2008 SP1 Now Available
20 April 09 12:00 PM | Hilary Davy-Brown | 1 Comments   

Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008 is now available for download here and is primarily a roll-up of previous cumulative updates, quick fix engineering updates and minor fixes made in response to requests reported through the SQL Server community. While Read More...

Filed under: Deployment, Announcements, SQL Server, Cumulative Update, Update

One Tool to Rule Them All
20 April 09 11:38 AM | Hilary Davy-Brown | 2 Comments   

When it comes to your environment odds are you have a mix of physical and virtual machines.  And, in all likelihood moving forwards, a mix of hypervisors.  Which leaves you needing a tool to manage your physical environment, a tool to manage Read More...

Filed under: Deployment, Observations, Virtualization, System Center, Hyper-V, SMSE