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Virtual Earth

Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:14 PM by James Senior
Loving this video.  It captures the essence of Virtual Earth and all you can do on this world leading platform. Read More...
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Windows Server 2008 Security Guide

Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 6:43 PM by James Senior
The Windows Server 2008 Security Guide is now out - essential reading this.  Go download. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc264463.aspx Read More...
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BigSnapSearch.com

Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:23 PM by James Senior
The Live Search team in the UK have come up with a cool promotion where you can win stuff by searching using Live Search - I've not won anything yet but I'm still trying! Check it out on on BigSnapSearch.com Read More...
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WorldWide Telescope Video

Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:52 AM by James Senior
I'm off tomorrow to California for a few weeks of holiday and also off to Mix 08 in Vegas next week.  If you're in the Bay area or the valley and want to meet up for a coffee then drop me a note at james@microsoft.com . I'll be checking in with the Read More...
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Video demo of NAP + Forefront

Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:31 AM by James Senior
Spotted this little gem on the Enterprise Networking Group at Microsoft which shows off the combined power of Windows Server 2008's NAP (Network Access Protection) and Forefront Client Security - very nice!  Get more details here: http://blogs.technet.com/nap/archive/2008/02/22/exclusive-nap-forefront-client-security-fcs.aspx Read More...
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Get to a Windows Server 2008 Launch Event

Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:03 AM by James Senior
Yesterday we launched Windows Server 2008 - congrats to the whole team!  Now you have the opportunity to find out all about it at a TechNet event at venues up and down the UK.  Here are the details: TechNet 2008 Launch Roadshow Following the Read More...
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Vista: less support required than XP

Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:02 PM by James Senior
Found an interesting quote from IT Pro today : For customers who do switch to Vista, there are fewer issues than with XP; fewer users are calling Microsoft or the OEMs for Vista support compared to the first 90 days of XP and the call volume is decreasing Read More...
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Vista makes deployment and management easier

Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:20 PM by James Senior
Today sees the launch of Windows Server 2008 and the campaign we're pushing out into market is one of turning IT guys and girls into heroes within their companies.  Don't get it? Imagine turning the perception of your IT department as a cost centre Read More...
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Free Live Meeting Licenses for Partners

Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:55 PM by James Senior
What is Live Meeting? Microsoft Office Live Meeting is a hosted Web conferencing service that connects and engages audiences in online meetings, training, and events through a reliable, enterprise-class hosted service. With meeting attendees participating Read More...
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Forefront for Exchange on SBS 2003

Posted Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:19 PM by James Senior
I received a question today on whether you can run Forefront for Exhchange on SBS 2003.  Turns out it's tested: “Whilst Microsoft haven’t yet made any public statements about the Forefront server Products – we can confirm that Microsoft Read More...
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How to tell when a computing paradigm is on the mind of a lot of people

Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 5:29 PM by James Senior
When Dilbert covers it of course...  http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20080212.html Read More...
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Will I get down to 0?

Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 5:04 PM by James Senior
  Today was admin day. This morning I started with around 200 emails that needed actioning. With under an hour to go until the weekend I've promised myself to clear my inbox - I've never seen my inbox this empty it feels great!  Read More...
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Still undecided about Vista?

Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 4:19 PM by James Senior
Microsoft Technical Fellow and desktop guru Mark Russinovich will be hosting an interactive virtual roundtable—broadcast LIVE over the Internet on Wednesday, March 5 th . The subject? Windows Vista adoption and deployment. On the panel with Mark Read More...
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System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Training

Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:29 PM by James Senior
Day 1: · Intro · System Center / Microsoft Management strategy System Center Configuration Manager: Overview & Deployment · Introduction · What’s new · Prerequisites · Typical Deployment · Deploying Site Systems Read More...
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System Center Operations Manager 2007 Training

Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:25 PM by James Senior
At the completion of this 2 day training, you will leave with knowledge, tools, and hands on experience to deploy and configure System Center products such as Operations Manager 2007 confidently and predictably. The content covered in the boot camp is Read More...
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Mix 08 Excel Timetable

Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:50 AM by James Senior
Long's just posted about the Mix timetable on the site which he says is way too confusing.  I can't confirm either way but still thought it was worth mentioning that he has published an Excel Spreadsheet version of the timetable for your download Read More...
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Windows Server 2008 Training

Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:23 AM by James Senior
Take advantage of these limited time Launch offers from the Microsoft Readiness Team: Windows Server 2008 Accelerated Learning Course - 6 Days Technical Training Windows Server 2008 Upgrade Skills & Certification. Academic, strategic and hands-on Read More...
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DreamSpark - Free software for students

Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 7:42 AM by James Senior
Bill Gates has just announced free developer, designer and server products for Students.  DreamSpark allows students to download Visual Studio, Expression, XNA Game Studio and Windows Server for free.  Here's the Channel 8 interview with Bill. Read More...
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Virtual Earth at Realcomm

Posted Monday, February 18, 2008 11:15 AM by James Senior
  Today I had the pleasure to talk at the Realcomm Europe conference in London.  Realcomm is the main conference for everyone in the property industry and talks about how you can apply technology in this particular industry.  Talking about Read More...
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Loving Palm's smartphone adverts

Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 11:30 AM by James Senior
Thanks to Jason for this .  Not many people realise all the extra servers/services/costs of running a Blackberry environment.  With Windows Mobile it's much easier (and cheaper). This great diagram from Palm's site is really fun: Read More...
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Busting Vista Myths

Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:54 PM by James Senior
I'm at a Microsoft Partner office today where the team are talking to customers about Windows Vista.  There was a customer on the phone earlier who said he didn't want to upgrade to Vista because of the following myths: “I can’t manage Read More...
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Upgrade your 2003 MCSE to 2008

Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:55 AM by James Senior
Upgrade Your MCSA or MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 Certification (Worldwide) If you are currently an MCSA or MCSE on Windows Server 2003, you are eligible for a special opportunity to transfer your skills to Windows Server 2008 before Read More...
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Office Live Small Business Launches

Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:18 AM by James Senior
Microsoft Office Live Small Business is the award-winning, easy-to-use suite of Web-based software and services designed to help small businesses affordably take, promote and manage their businesses online. Used by nearly 600,000 customers worldwide, Read More...
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The Diskless PC and Vista Enterprise Centralised Desktop

Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:52 PM by James Senior
What's the beef here then?  Well in a nutshell Diskless PCs and Vista Enterprise Centralised Desktop open up new methods for IT departments to roll out and manage their desktop estate.  These new methods introduce different benefits so allow Read More...
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Sequencing applications in Microsoft SoftGrid

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:38 PM by James Senior
The more partners I talk to the more they tell me that customers are showing hunger for information on our Application Virtualization technology aka Softgrid.  One of the common questions I'm hearing is how do you "sequence" which means Read More...
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Windows Live Platform Services Training

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:07 AM by James Senior
The Partner Readiness team is pleased to announce the release of the Windows Live Platform Services course. This 1.5 day deep dive covers the core technical aspects of Windows Live Platform Services including: Overview of Windows Live Silverlight Streaming Read More...
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Demos for Partner use

Posted Friday, February 08, 2008 8:12 AM by James Senior
Chris has got info on new product demos featuring System Center and Business Intelligence: The Microsoft Partner Demo Showcase download has been extended to include Deep Dive/Product virtual environments which are available to ALL Microsoft partners, Read More...
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BlogTalk Radio covers Windows Essential Business Server 2008

Posted Friday, February 08, 2008 7:56 AM by James Senior
Listen to a recording of the January 25, 2008 Small Business IT Radio show on BlogTalk Radio and learn about EBS 2008, its capabilities, and the numerous partner opportunities it presents.  Arlin Sorensen, President, Heartland Technologies and Stuart Read More...
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Vista Backup Errors and apologies

Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 4:38 PM by James Senior
I've been waiting for a long time to write this.  Last year I posted about the Vista Backup team being available for a Live Meeting and chat with customers .  I received a large number of comments to that post with people talking about their Read More...
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Me and Surface - best buddies

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 5:54 PM by James Senior
Last week - what a week! I was up and down the country doing events and speaking to customers and partners about a vast range of Microsoft software and solutions.  I also turned up at the Royal Lancaster hotel very early to help setup Microsoft Surface Read More...
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See you at Mix

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 5:33 PM by James Senior
I'm fortunate enough to be visiting our Mix conference this year in none other Las Vegas.  Mix is our 72 conversation with developers and designers who have a focus on the web.  With the current climate around because of the Yahoo and Microsoft Read More...
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Virtual Earth Partner Day!

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:14 PM by James Senior
I was honoured to be invited to come along to the Microsoft Virtual Earth Partner today in beautiful Sonning on the banks of the Thames.  Today I'm going to be talking, well actually more demoing the following things. My goal with the 25 mins I was Read More...
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Video from Bill Gates at IoD

Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 4:32 PM by James Senior
Following on from my post about how to present like Bill Gates - I thought you might enjoy the footage of him presenting. You can get the video here: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/business/businessvalue/billGatesInstituteofDirectors.mspx Read More...
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