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Vista and Office 2007 Technet Deployment - Why and How

Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 2:09 PM by James Senior
If you have a Microsoft licensing agreement * there are resources you already have to help explain why and how you can effectively deploy Windows Vista and Office 2007 in your organisation.  Following on from a successful event last year on this Read More...
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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008

Posted Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:15 PM by James Senior
Microsoft last week made available its set of IT deployment tools and practices called Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008. The solution is designed to help IT personnel install Microsoft operating systems and solutions across servers. It helps IT 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 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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New Solution Accelerators

Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2008 5:27 PM by James Senior
Check these out for tools and guidance on rolling out Microsoft technology in the most efficient and quick ways: New Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) Foundation Certification A new MOF Foundation exam and certification is now available through the Read More...
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USMT gets a GUI wrapper

Posted Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:20 AM by James Senior
The User State Migration Tool (USMT) is what you use to move lots of users from one operating system to another.  It moves files and settings from their old PC to their new one with the minimum of fuss and is a great tool to use when implementing Read More...
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New Deployment training (BDD v3)

Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 11:12 AM by James Senior
We are pleased to announce the new Desktop Deployment Planning Services Readiness (BDD v3) Workshop for partners. · Duration : 4 Days · Cost: £400 · No of Deliveries in H1 – 4 (First date on 25 th September)– with more planned if demand outstrips supply! Read More...
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Learn how to efficiently deploy Vista and Office 2007 in your business

Posted Monday, June 25, 2007 11:45 AM by James Senior
One of the things that I spend much of time talking to partners about is how to use the excellent tools and resources available to them so that they can turn their deployment of Vista and Office 2007 into a efficient, cost effective operation. IT can Read More...
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Calling all web design and web developer students - event to learn about Microsoft's web technologies

Posted Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:15 PM by James Senior
I learnt about this particular event through Mark Johnston's blog and it's a great opportunity for students to learn about Microsoft's web technologies. It's a full day of goodness with two tracks, one for design students and the other for developers. Read More...
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What is MDOP and what's the big deal?

Posted Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:38 AM by James Senior
We've sold 1,000,000 licenses for MDOP since October 2006 - so it must be pretty important right? So what is it? Well, it stands for Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack (you'll need to use Optimization if you want to Live it) and is a set of desktop management Read More...
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How to save $1,000,000 on your IT deployment and support with application virtualisation

Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:58 PM by James Senior
Well, it depends a lot on your individual circumstances as a organisation but the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle have managed to do save $1,000,000. Their IT is quite big with 500 applications across 4,500 desktops and 150 thin desktops and they have Read More...
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Specify which applications you share with the community on ACT

Posted Monday, April 23, 2007 10:42 AM by James Senior
The Application Compatibility Toolkit allows you to specify which compatibility information you share based on the application tested. So for example if you have compatibility information for bespoke, home grown applications that you don't want to share Read More...
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UAC "Split Token" workaround

Posted Monday, April 23, 2007 10:07 AM by James Senior
Older apps weren't designed with UAC in mind and there can be some compatibility problems during the installation and use of software. When developing applications now and in the future, there are some UAC guidelines available but in the meantime you Read More...
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WAIK documentation online

Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 6:32 PM by James Senior
In an all-round smart move, the TechNet folk have published the WAIK documentation online for your deployment pleasure. My favourite bits are where you can customise the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) and configure the Welcome Center and also what the user Read More...
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