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January 2007 - Posts

NxgGen UG WPF/E Style

Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:04 AM by James Senior
Matt and I travelled up to Birmingham on Monday night to talk Vista, Office and .NET 3.0 to the Next Generation User Group . One of the things I covered was WPF/E and it got attracted alot of interest from the guys. WPF/E is the little brother of WPF Read More...
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Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:38 PM by James Senior
The Business Intelligence crowd were feeling left out what with all these other conferences going on and they've gone and confirmed dates for the first ever Microsoft BI Conference on May 9th in Seattle. For more information be sure to check out the website Read More...
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Google Hype: Google Maps

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:57 PM by James Senior
I've been asked to do Vista & Office event at Derby University in February and I went on to the University website to find out the location of their campus. Now back in the day, Google were innovative with with their Map service and the University Read More...
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DST Support Update

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 10:19 AM by James Senior
To help customers through this change and in response to their feedback, Microsoft has decided to amend the regular Extended Hotfix Support program to add a new pricing category for extended non-security hotfixes with a wide customer demand. The new pricing Read More...
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i-Mate Momento SideShow Interview

Posted Monday, January 22, 2007 11:05 AM by James Senior
Before Christmas I travelled down to the south coast and interviewed one of the guys from i-Mate about their Momento Sideshow device. They've got a unique selling point when it comes to digital photo frames because they can pull information from Windows Read More...
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Vista, Office and Exchange Webcasts

Posted Monday, January 22, 2007 9:06 AM by James Senior
Windows Vista, 2007 Microosft Office system, Exchange Server 2007 Launch preview for Federal government Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Windows Vista Support WebCast: Windows Vista, its ease of use and what early adopters Read More...
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Windows SideShow .NET Framework Components 1.0 (Beta)

Posted Saturday, January 20, 2007 1:52 PM by James Senior
Wooohoo, the long-awaited managed code wrapper for Windows Sideshow was released yesterday on Beta! Make sure you head over to the download page and pick up your copy of the beta here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=06FA2ACE-A42D-4117-821C-BCE80786F1C4&displaylang=e Read More...
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Windows Vista Tips & Tricks

Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 12:35 PM by James Senior
Today, courtesy of Mr Akrigg , I found out a rather nice trick for Windows Sidebar. if you've got applications open and you want to get access to the Sidebar or any of my gadgets on your desktop just hit Windows Key + Spacebar and voila, all your SideBar Read More...
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BDD Released

Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:21 AM by James Senior
Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007 is THE best practice set of comprehensive guidance and tools from Microsoft to optimally deploy Windows VistaT and the 2007 Microsoft® Office system. BDD 2007 has undergone many changes to significantly ease the Read More...
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Planning the Vista deployment at Microsoft

Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:37 AM by James Senior
We've got a fair few machines kicking about at Microsoft and as you can imagine deploying Windows Vista and Office 2007 is quite a task in itself. In fact, planning such a depoyment is a job in itself. If you're planning your Vista and Office 2007 rollout Read More...
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Become an Office 2007 Solution Partner

Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:24 AM by James Senior
As many of our partners already have found out, Solution Profiler and Solution Finder are fantastic vehicles available to profile your business solutions for customers, partners and Microsoft sales teams. These can then be used to solve business critical Read More...
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CES Sideshow Devices

Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:57 AM by James Senior
If you were (like me) not fortunate enough to visit CES this year, you can check out all the Vista Sideshow devices here: SideLink Remote control for Vista Media Center New SideShow Announcements on on10 (Worth checking out!) Some people are sceptical Read More...
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Longhorn Group Policy Enhancements

Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:13 AM by James Senior
With Longhorn slated for release later this year, administrators will be keen to read about what enhancements it brings to the table - particularly when working with Windows Vista on the client end. Some of the different things you are going to see with Read More...
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Free MCP Practice Tests for Partners

Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:08 PM by James Senior
Do You Work in a Microsoft Partner Organization? Try Free Practice Tests (Worldwide) If you work in a Microsoft Partner organization, then you may be able to take advantage of one of the partner offers through the "Partner Skills Plus" initiative. For Read More...
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Vista sales stronger than expected

Posted Friday, January 12, 2007 4:50 PM by James Senior
First month over and done with and the sales were better than the analysts expected. That's only for business customers too remember, hence why the sales were slightly behind XP's first month. Should be interesting once the public can get there hands Read More...
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Technology Guarantee Programs for Windows & Office

Posted Friday, January 12, 2007 3:27 PM by James Senior
For our valued Windows and Office we have a Technology Guarantee Program available which basically allows people who buy a boxed copy of Windows XP or Office XP during a qualifying period to get a free upgrade to Windows Vista or 2007 Microsoft Office Read More...
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Searching for the next-gen ISVs

Posted Friday, January 12, 2007 11:30 AM by James Senior
Mr Rob Morley who works on the Empower programme at Microsoft has a rather informative blog over at http://blogs.technet.com/empower/ . So what is the Empower programme and why do you care? Well in Rob's own words: "The Microsoft Empower Programme is Read More...
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Daylight Saving Partner Webcast

Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:06 PM by James Senior
Further to my recent post about Daylight Saving updates to Microsoft products, partners are encouraged to join the webcast on this very subject. You can sign up for the webcast here: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032324210 Read More...
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Mobile 5.0 Development

Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:23 PM by James Senior
Interesting Mobile 5.0 APIs are being released - you'll get them in ROM and hence do not have to be deployed to the target by your setup programs. To code against them, you need to download the free Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK which installs the six libraries Read More...
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Office 2008 for Mac OS

Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:02 PM by James Senior
We recently announced that Office 2008 for Mac will be released during the second half of this year which will work on either Intel or PowerPC versions of the platform. Roz Ho, the General Manager of Mac at Microsoft says that the new version of Office Read More...
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Win Zunes and Digital Photo Frames with the DRT Challenge

Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:13 PM by James Senior
Do you think you have what it takes to give the best Windows Vista demoes when placed up against other Partners across the globe? Well let me introduce to you the Demo Readiness Toolkit (DRT) Challenge! We're looking for the most compelling, original Read More...
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The Panel - UniveRSS

Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:04 PM by James Senior
Came across this new MSDN website called "The Panel" today where you can download applications built on the latest platforms that focus on the user experience. The one I particularly like is the a WPF application called UniveRSS which maps all the RSS Read More...
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Windows Vista Phishing Scam

Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:37 AM by James Senior
Watch out for Windows Vista phishing scams You may have seen some variation of an e-mail message that promises that you can download Windows Vista now. This is spam--and a kind of scam known as "phishing" that is designed to steal your personal information. Read More...
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January Partner Action Packs

Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:09 AM by James Senior
The new Action Packs for Partners are being distributed to subscribers and include the following Microsoft goodness: • Windows Vista Business • Microsoft® Office Enterprise 2007 • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 • Microsoft Office Outlook® Read More...
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First of Four Vista Certifications Released

Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 3:46 PM by James Senior
Get yourselves trained and certified on Windows Vista Configuration: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-620.mspx Read More...
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Deployment Interview with Microsoft IT

Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 2:13 PM by James Senior
I forgot to post about my first interview conducted last month for Partner TV! I sat down and talked to Asif Jinnah, Senior IT Manager from Microsoft UK about the rollout of Windows Vista and Office 2007 to users in Microsoft UK. We talk about how they Read More...
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Daylight Saving Changes in the US & Canada

Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:32 PM by James Senior
Just as an FYI, Microsoft are going to be rolling out updates for products that will update them to comply with the new daylight saving changes coming to the US and Canada in the near future. Anyone who works with US and Canadian businesses or partners Read More...
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HD Content for DreamScene

Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:19 PM by James Senior
Woah - these look good when you've got them running on DreamScene! Just some screenshots at the moment - running a 720p video and then recording it using Camtasia doesn't do the fluidity justice.... Download the videos here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/musicandvideo/hdvideo/contentshowcase.aspx Read More...
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Make your apps work with Windows Vista Security

Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:54 AM by James Senior
I got some questions the other day from a Partner who wanted to find out more about making their application work with the new security model in Windows Vista. I pointed them to the following valuable resources which are great for making stuff work with Read More...
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Windows Vista Ultimate Extras

Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:45 AM by James Senior
Check out the new Vista Ultimate website over at http://windowsultimate.com/ . Nice design, in line with Ultimate colours, i.e. black. The site is a bit sparse at the moment (due to CES) but there are some interesting descriptions of some of the new Ultimate Read More...
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World's First Sideshow Laptop Released

Posted Saturday, January 06, 2007 4:30 PM by James Senior
The world's first sideshow laptop has just been announced by Asus. The W5Fe is the production version of the prototype I was lucky enough to get my grubby paws on a few weeks ago to play around with. The specs are pretty impressive too: Intel® Centrino® Read More...
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Once upon a User Interface

Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 10:13 AM by James Senior
Slightly off brand, and that's why I love it - check out the Echanted Office a rather nice website our marketing team have put together. Find out how the new ribbon interface saves the day... Read More...
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Help create a solution to protect data on laptops

Posted Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:34 PM by James Senior
Found this on Microsoft Connect today, might be of interest to some IT admins focussing on security Help us create a solution to protect confidential data on laptop computers! We Need Your Help! The Microsoft Solutions for Security and Compliance (MSSC) Read More...
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Vista Resources for Resellers

Posted Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:04 PM by James Senior
The Microsoft Partner portal brings partners an excellent variety of resources for resellers who are looking to take advantage of the huge Windows Vista opportunity before them. On the portal you can formulate and recommend the appropriate licensing solutions Read More...
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Quick Plug for Vista Webcasts

Posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 3:54 PM by James Senior
Here's a quick plug for Windows Vista webcasts coming up in the near future: Vista Webcasts for IT Professionals Vista Webcasts for Developers Told you it was quick :-) Read More...
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Developer Launch of Vista and Office

Posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 11:26 AM by James Senior
Register for the Developer Launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system: 19 and 20 January 2007, Reading Microsoft's most important product event for years, the launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system, is in Reading Read More...
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