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Focus on your business, not IT Security

Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 4:42 PM by James Senior
The Smart Business Newsletter is full of useful tidbits this month!  I've been having internal conversations with people at Microsoft arguing that small businesses can have mature IT practices and fit on the IO model - in addition to using Small Read More...
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Vista Incentive for Partners

Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 1:23 PM by James Senior
We've just launched a great incentive for our partners to drive the conversations with their customers on the business value of Windows Vista.  Using the Windows Vista Business Value Assessment tool you can build a really good case for upgrading Read More...
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Vista Power saving stats

Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 1:12 PM by James Senior
Andrew in my team forwarded an interesting article from Infoweek which has the following nuggets of information relating to the power savings of Vista.  For companies that are looking to be more "green" and environmentally conscious this Read More...
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Make sure Vista can install future updates and service packs

Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:10 AM by James Senior
System Update Readiness Tool (KB947821) When SP1 came out some people experienced issues with installing it with problems like looping reboots.  This tool that was released Tuesday checks to make sure that your copy of Vista is susceptible to such Read More...
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MDOP Training - Configuring and Supporting MDOP for Medium Sized Companies

Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:29 PM by James Senior
Summary This Microsoft® Desktop Optimization Pack training is a two-day course to provide an in-depth Instructor Led Training environment for IT professionals to become capable of successfully engaging mid-size organizations (50-500 pcs) in projects Read More...
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Vista bonuses for Partners

Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:18 PM by James Senior
The sales opportunity – Customers who purchased OEM XP and Vista in 2007 Where you have customers who have purchase new PCs with OEM XP or Vista in 2007, for a limited period, you can attach SA to these licences (The usual limit is 90 days after Read More...
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EasyBCD 1.7.2 Released

Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:11 PM by James Senior
I noticed via the Neosmart blog that a new version of EasyBCD is available.  EasyBCD allows you to edit setup the boot options for Windows Vista (and other OS) very easily without having to modify any text files etc. Get the latest version here Read More...
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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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Customer Satisfaction with Vista

Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:21 AM by James Senior
Every year we do customer satisfaction studies to see how the market feels about Microsoft and its products and services.  One of the things we ask them about is Windows Vista and there are some interesting results to take note of. When we asked Read More...
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Windows Vista - still undecided?

Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 1:51 PM by James Senior
Springboard Series- Still Undecided About Windows Vista? Microsoft Technical Fellow and IT guru Mark Russinovich hosts a panel of top independent industry experts to drive an open discussion around Windows Vista adoption and deployment, and demystify Read More...
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Answering questions about Windows Server 2008

Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 12:43 PM by James Senior
Last week I presented at an event on Windows Server 2008 down in Exeter.  Despite my jetlag the event went very well and the dialogue with the audience was great with lots of good questions.  Here are some of them: Which applications are going Read More...
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Comparing Windows to Linux

Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 10:44 AM by James Senior
I came across these new comparison webcasts and podcasts that take a look at the same roles on Windows and Linux and what the main differences are.  Worth taking a peek if you are considering linux as an alternative operating system. Windows UAC Read More...
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Windows Vista SP1 Available

Posted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:12 PM by James Senior
Windows Vista SP1 is now downloadable via Windows Update.  Get the full story from Nick on the Vista Team Blog . Read More...
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Vista After Hours video released

Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:37 PM by James Senior
Looks like the video that we showed at last year's Vista After Hours events got released.  They've changed some of the captions but the essence is still there. Enjoy and remember - "it's your digital life, go live 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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