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Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:05 PM

Want my Twips? Follow me at twitter.com/keith_combs

Today we released a massive array of products in an equally massive number of languages.  Today was quite possibly the biggest milestone release Microsoft has ever had.  It will of course be eclipsed on May 5th when we make all the binaries
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 4:02 PM

Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate and WAIK – now available

With all the fuss around Windows 7 and Windows Virtual PC, I thought a friendly reminder about a certain server operating system might be in order.  Yes, today marks the RC milestone for Windows Server 2008 R2 and as you are hopefully aware means
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:50 AM

Windows Virtual PC for Windows 7 – product site goes live

There has been a lot of interest in the next version of Virtual PC, now known as Windows Virtual PC.  The product site just went live at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx .  The download is supposed to be on the technet.microsoft.com
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:53 AM

Here’s my desktop theme for Windows 7 RC

Keep your desktop clean or else…
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:05 AM

Office 2007 Security Guide – now available for download

The 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide provides prescriptive Group Policy setting and security configuration recommendations to help strengthen the security of computers running the 2007 Microsoft Office release on computers that run Windows Vista or
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:56 AM

Office 2007 SP2 is now available for download

Today the availability of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for the 2007 Microsoft Office system was announced. The service pack includes major performance enhancements for Office applications, most notably Microsoft Office Outlook, as well as Microsoft Office SharePoint
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:15 AM

Talking About Windows

Check out the new website at http://talkingaboutwindows.com/ .
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:04 PM

Install Open Source Software (OSS) on Windows the easy way

Some of you have attended the Interop Road Show events we are currently delivering across the USA.  At those events you have seen us install Apache, MySQL, PHP, Drupal and Wordpress on Windows Server 2008.  Astute observation will reveal some
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:52 PM

IIS Media Services 2.0 – now available for download

IIS Media Services is a set of media-related extensions for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 that provides an integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform. IIS Media Services 2.0 contains three extensions: Smooth Streaming – on-demand adaptive
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Thursday, April 16, 2009 9:43 PM

It was only a matter of time… the Apple platform becomes a target

Unfortunately it appears all of those Macs that have been procured are going to need to pay more attention to security matters, really soon. The days of not having to worry about a virus, worm or any other security matter are coming to a close. Heck,
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Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:29 AM

Anyone notice who wrote the April TechNet Magazine cover story?

For those of you that get TechNet Magazine , you may have noticed the April cover story was written by none other than Matt “ Mongo ” Hester.  The article is of course about Internet Explorer 8 , and as usual Matt did a great job of describing many
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:33 PM

Exchange 2010 product and beta details announced

In addition to this swanky new logo, the Microsoft Exchange team has announced information about the new product.  Exchange 2010 will help organizations reduce costs, protect communications and delight e-mail users with capabilities to do the following:
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:12 PM

Wired is still in – My next mouse

My peers always look at me funny when I whip out my wired mouse from my backpack.  Then again I always laugh when they try to get Bluetooth working with Windows Server.  Well, they won’t be looking at me funny in a few weeks when I whip one
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Monday, April 13, 2009 3:46 PM

Imitation is the best form of flattery

I was heading over to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11 forum area at novell.com when I stumbled across a contest link.  I clicked the link and it took me to the webpage at http://howdoyoulinux.com .  Right off the bat I said to myself
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Sunday, April 12, 2009 11:52 AM

Testing the Sprint U300 3G/4G wireless card

Sometimes it’s fun to get out on the bleeding edge of technology. Sometimes not. It’s decision time for the Sprint U300 I have. Keep it and hope Sprint updates Sprint SmartView to work with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, or return it now and revisit
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Sunday, April 12, 2009 2:59 AM

Here Comes the Hammer

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Saturday, April 11, 2009 12:36 PM

Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.5 for Windows 7 RC now available

The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.5 helps customers understand their application compatibility situation by identifying which applications are compatible with the Windows 7 RC and Windows Vista® operating system and which require
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Saturday, April 11, 2009 11:44 AM

There’s a meter on your ISP connection

What if your cable, DSL, or fiber optic internet provider decided to create some data tiers and set some arbitrary caps? Well, be sure and check out the latest news on the subject. How would this affect you? I know in my case, there could be a dramatic
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Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:00 AM

Windows Client Road Show Featuring Windows 7, R2 and Internet Explorer 8

Spring brings not only rain and flowers (you know, April shows and May flowers), it also brings our spring technical events. And this time our technical events are taking on a slightly different form. Okay, to be completely honest, we are still calling
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:26 PM

US Central TechNet, MSDN and ArcReady Events Announced – register now!!!

Session 1 : Windows Server 2008 R2 – Optimize your Time Get a jump start on your peers with Windows Server 2008 R2 by joining us for this no nonsense technical session, where we will discuss the critical improvements in the next version of Windows Server.
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 12:01 AM

Pixels, Quizzes and Fun – ServerQuest II launches

Ok, get your geek on at http://www.microsoft.com/click/serverquest/ or click the pic above.  Fun infotainment.
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Sunday, April 05, 2009 3:46 PM

Interop Road Show – Texas events this week

Don’t forget we just started the Microsoft Interop Road Show and there are events in Dallas and Houston this week. The event in Dallas is actually at our office in Las Colinas, Texas (also known as Irving). Confused? Don’t be. See all of the information
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Sunday, April 05, 2009 12:30 PM

IIS Smooth HD Streaming Tech Overview – now available for download

Smooth Streaming dynamically detects local bandwidth and CPU conditions and seamlessly switches, in near real time, the video quality of a media file that a player receives. Consumers with high-bandwidth connections can experience high definition ( HD
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Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:00 AM

IT Manager Community Talks coming up – Virtualization and BI

Kevin Remde and his colleagues at IT Management Community are doing a series of chat sessions they call “talks”.  Find out how Microsoft products and technologies address your issues, and engage with your peers to share best practices. These chats
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Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:42 AM

System Center Data Protection Manager - virtual labs go live !!!

If you’re like me, you might have declined to setup DPM thinking you don’t have adequate hardware to do some testing and learning.  Well, now you don’t have to.  Jason “ All Backed Up ” Buffington has informed me that his motley crew has just
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:55 PM

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V – Security Guide now available for download

This Solution Accelerator consists of a security guide and an overview packaged in a .zip file format. The security guide is a Word document intended for IT and security professionals. It includes three chapters that discuss methods and best practices
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