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November 2007 - Posts

Mix UK Videos Up

Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 3:44 PM by James Senior
Woah been a busy past couple of weeks.  Been doing Windows Server 2008 events up and down the country and moved apartment so been up to my eyeballs!  Although I didn't move far it was fairly stressful and I'm now left with a weekend of unpacking.  Read More...
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Forefront Edge and System Center VPC for download

Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:32 PM by James Senior
Matt passed this link on to me today and thought it might be useful to help understand and demonstrate the capabilities in our Edge security offering.  In particular Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) which provides secure access to company applications Read More...
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Media Center Ultimate Install - winner announced

Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:56 AM by James Senior
I mentioned on the blog recently that we were running a competition to find the best installation of Windows Media Center out there and last week we announced the winner of the competition.  CEPro has a detailed account of what went into the Media Read More...
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IT Management from the Desktop to the Datacenter

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 5:07 PM by James Senior
One of things we are currently talking to our customers and partners about is the concept of having end-to-end management of IT products and solutions from desktop all the way to the datacenter servers and all the infrastructure in between. New products Read More...
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Stop hackers from getting on your Wireless network

Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:05 AM by James Senior
In the UK we have this scheme called Get Safe Online that encourages people to take care of their security and privacy on the internet.  Microsoft is one of the founding partners and some of the features in Windows Vista like Network Awareness goes Read More...
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Windows Server 2008 lineup and introducing Hyper-V, it's "cheap as chips"

Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:49 AM by James Senior
Level Set: What is Virtualization? I'm going to use a nice paragraph from a PC Advisor article I found: Virtualisation enables one physical server to host several operating systems, which can be assigned to run certain applications. It means one physical Read More...
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Getting started with Live Services and Virtual Earth

Posted Monday, November 12, 2007 8:46 AM by James Senior
I just finished putting together some info for a partner who was interested in learning how and why to develop their applications incorporating Live Services and Virtual Earth etc. I thought you might be interested, so here it is: Virtual Earth Interactive Read More...
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Leaving Microsoft...

Posted Thursday, November 08, 2007 8:26 PM by James Senior
when this happens.... :-) Read More...
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Windows Essential Business Server - why didn't they just call it Centro?

Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 6:22 PM by James Senior
This was an opportunity for a business product to join the ranks of Silverlight, Zune, Mediaroom and Surface - some of the coolest products we've named recently but instead they've settled on the name Windows Essential Business Server. OK, so perhaps Read More...
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Windows Live Messenger Control and Presence API

Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 6:05 PM by James Senior
Angus has just announced information on his blog about how to incorporate an IM chat window in a website, for example a blog. With this, as a Live Messenger user, you can receive IM's from people that visit your website which is a great way for people Read More...
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Do you know how to deploy?

Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 6:27 PM by James Senior
Who actually uses a DVD to deploy? Do you build PC's and sell them? Are you frustrated? Frustrated by the speed of your deployments? Do you find yourself waiting, brewing tea waiting, wondering if... if there is a better way, a better way to deploy the Read More...
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Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.X Training for Partners

Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:54 PM by James Senior
The Partner Readiness Team are pleased to announce the release of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.x training. The first delivery of this course is on the 10 th December in the MTC at TVP, so please ask your partners to enrol as soon as possible. Read More...
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Partner Licensing FAQ

Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 11:33 AM by James Senior
Here's some more FAQ's that you might find interesting on the back of my post last week about general licensing FAQ . Q) Does a Windows Server 2003 licence allow you to switch between 32 and 64 bit platforms (cross platform rights)? A) It depends on how Read More...
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Resources for Consumer Electronic Installers

Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 1:06 PM by James Senior
At the Vista After Hours events we had lots of questions from companies looking to incorporate Media Centers and Home Servers etc into properties. This is a big growth area for us and as we look to expand our offerings and provide amazing home experiences Read More...
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Windows Partner Solutions - grow your margins by 20%

Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 11:37 AM by James Senior
Infrastructure complexity and fierce competition from value-added resellers (VARs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and other vendors can make it increasingly difficult for you to differentiate your offerings and protect margins. At the same Read More...
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