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Friday, March 27, 2009 12:59 PM

“I guess I'm not kewl enough to be a Mac person”

  This ad and video is pretty funny.  Lauren, you rock!!!
Posted by Keith Combs | 14 Comments
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:11 PM

Windows 7 Screencast on DirectAccess – the killer Enterprise feature

Remember when you jumped from dial-up to DSL or a cable modem?  You know what I mean.  Those technology jumps that just make you smile really wide?  Well, I have news for you.  There’s another one coming that is going to rock your
Posted by Keith Combs | 7 Comments
Monday, March 23, 2009 9:26 PM

World’s Fastest Server?

Matt Hester recently attended the geek portion of SXSW in Austin, Texas.  He ran across “ The Worlds Fastest Server ”.  What the heck am I talking about?  Here’s the excerpt from their website: “The World's Fastest Server is hard to categorize
Posted by Keith Combs | 1 Comments
Sunday, March 22, 2009 7:42 PM

RichCopy bulk file copy tool released – get it here

People have been asking me for years in my presentations what that icon on my desktop called “RichCopy” was.  I would of course tell them all about it.  That was always followed by a request for the utility.  Well, it only took nine years
Posted by Keith Combs | 31 Comments
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Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:07 PM

Internet Explorer 8 Ships !!! – download the released product now

See http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx for all of the information.
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:25 AM

Windows Server 2008 FTP Service 7.5 – now available for download

Microsoft has created a new FTP service that has been completely rewritten for Windows Server 2008. This new FTP service incorporates many new features that enable web authors to publish content better than before, and offers web administrators more security
Posted by Keith Combs | 3 Comments
Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:21 AM

Windows Server 2008 IIS 7 Admin Pack – now available

The modules of the Administration Pack are a toolset to help you be more productive when using IIS Manager. Functionality varies from increased configuration editing capabilities to configuring FastCGI settings on your server. Configuration Editor - The
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:14 AM

Windows Server 2008 PHP Training Kit – now available

The PHP on Windows Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content including demos and hands-on labs to help you understand how to build PHP applications using Windows, IIS 7 and SQL Server 2008 . The March RC1 release includes the following:
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:15 PM

Windows 7 “Tiki Tour” – registration open for the east coast

Get ready for Spring and join our local TechNet Events team to discuss the Windows Client OS Roadmap - Why Windows Vista is an important foundation for Windows 7. We’ll discuss security and application compatibility, as well as look at the new features
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Monday, March 16, 2009 8:00 AM

Interop Road Show – registration now open

Is your IT Infrastructure fully dedicated to just one technology solution? Chances are you work in a heterogeneous environment that includes a variety of technologies from Microsoft®, Linux, MySQL and Apple. Integration becomes vital in order for your
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Sunday, March 15, 2009 3:40 PM

Palm Treo Pro now available at Sprint.com

The Windows Mobile CDMA version of the Palm Treo Pro is now selling at sprint.com . I have one on the way and it will be here tomorrow. I plan to switch from my Palm Treo 800w to the Treo Pro to gain the additional battery life. What else am I looking
Posted by Keith Combs | 2 Comments
Friday, March 13, 2009 4:16 PM

SCVMM 2008 R2 Beta – now available for download

The beta software is now available for download on Microsoft Connect. To download, simply go to our site on Connect and sign in with your Live Id. Call to action : Download either the Full Software install or the pre-configured VHD from https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=799
Posted by Keith Combs | 1 Comments
Friday, March 13, 2009 12:58 AM

Microsoft Online - Migration Whitepaper now available

I am considering setting up some hosted Exchange accounts. So I was interested in the new whitepaper that just came out that describes the various supported migration scenarios. Here’s an excerpt from the paper’s intro: Microsoft® Online Services supports
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Friday, March 13, 2009 12:43 AM

Interop Road Show coming soon

You might have noticed I’ve been a little MIA in the past couple of weeks.  Well, it’s been busy in my world as we are putting the finishing touches on the content demos, slide decks, etc. for the Interop Road Show we start in a few weeks. 
Posted by Keith Combs | 0 Comments
Friday, March 06, 2009 12:28 PM

Windows 7 – Turning Features On or Off

I’m sure many of you read the blog by the Windows 7 product group and early this morning they posted an extremely interesting article about the Release Candidate (RC) milestone changes that are coming.  Here is an excerpt from the beginning of the
Posted by Keith Combs | 12 Comments
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Monday, March 02, 2009 8:00 AM

Windows 7 Rocks Screencast Contest – creative types apply here

Time to have some fun! Once again Matt Hester and Keith Combs would like to invite you to demonstrate your mad skillz in the form of a screencast. This little contest at first brush sounds like it’s going to be pretty easy, but I have a feeling there
Posted by Keith Combs | 1 Comments
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