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Breaking News: It’s here! RCs are RTW! (for some)

RCs = Release Candidates RTW = Released to Web “for some” means “for TechNet and MSDN subscribers” You remember several days ago we announced that the RC for Windows 7 would be available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers on April 30th . “Hey, that’s today!” Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:21 AM by KevinRemde | 2 Comments

BIG Breaking News: The Windows 7 RC wait is almost over..

“Huh?!” Yep. Release Candidate 1 (and only, I’ve heard) will be available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers on April 30, 2009. “Says who? All I’ve heard is leaks and rumors of leaks.” Says the Windows 7 team on the Windows 7 Team Blog . “Can I get it now?” Read More...
Posted Friday, April 24, 2009 8:53 PM by KevinRemde | 4 Comments

Important Windows 7 Beta-to-RC Upgrade (?!) Information

Now.. before you kill the messenger, you really need to read and understand this post from the “Engineering Windows 7” blog  in its entirety: Delivering a quality upgrade experience Don’t want to read it all?  Okay.. If you really want the summary Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 12:32 PM by KevinRemde | 8 Comments

Breaking News: Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5 is RTW

(RTW = Released to Web) There’s a new version of the Application Compatibility Toolkit out. ACT 5.5. Download here For those of you not familiar with this toolset, check out the main TechNet Library pages about it. Oddly, that page was updated two days Read More...
Posted Monday, April 06, 2009 5:37 PM by KevinRemde | 1 Comments

Resources and Q-A for TechNet Webcast: Road Map for the Future of Virtualization (Level 300)

Here are some resources relating to webcast I delivered on March 20, 2009, entitled " TechNet Webcast: Road Map for the Future of Virtualization (Level 300) ” This is part 19 of a 20 part series on the many aspects of virtualization . ( Yung Chou blogged Read More...
Posted Friday, March 20, 2009 3:19 PM by KevinRemde | 1 Comments

Breaking News: IE8 Released!

Breaking news: The browser that you are using right now is quite possibly out of date. Today Microsoft released the new version of the Internet Explorer browser. Internet Explorer 8 , or “IE8”. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:22 PM by KevinRemde | 0 Comments

Kevin’s “Connections 2009” Event Resources

Orlando - March 16, 2009 NOTE: My demo scripts are attached to this post. You'll find the attachment at the bottom. E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.com Feedback e-mail to my boss: Harry Caldwell – HarryCal@microsoft.com Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:56 AM by KevinRemde | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): Connections PowerShell Resources.zip

Breaking News: Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Release Candidate Available

Today Microsoft reached another milestone in the release cycle for the next version of Internet Explorer - “IE8”. I’ve been running Beta 2 very happily for quite awhile, and recently gained access to an internal release of Release Candidate 1. Today we’ve Read More...
Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 2:50 PM by KevinRemde | 3 Comments

Breaking News: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 is RTW!

(RTW = Released to Web) If you’re already managing the protection of your data with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 , you’ll definitely want to know that SP1 for DPM 2007 is out and available for download TODAY. (see below if you just want Read More...
Posted Friday, December 19, 2008 3:42 PM by KevinRemde | 2 Comments

Breaking News: Official Name of “Windows 7” Announced

“It is? It’s announced? What’s the name?” “Windows 7” “Yeah.. the product that was codename ‘Windows 7’. What’s the official name?” “Windows 7” “Um.. The official name of what was known as ‘Windows 7’ is..” “Windows 7”! Yep. “I’m confused.” That’s the Read More...
Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 9:26 PM by KevinRemde | 2 Comments

Breaking News: Virtual PC 2007 SP1 RTW Today!

(RTW = Released to Web) Yessir!  VIrtual PC 2007 has an upgrade available.  Service Pack 1 (SP1) for that product was released and made available today. For more information, see the Release Notes .  And also the Virtual PC Web Site . Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:20 PM by KevinRemde | 1 Comments

Breaking News: A big day for updates!

A couple of big switches were flipped at Microsoft today.  And the status of two big updates changed as a result: Windows Vista SP1 - Now available via automatic update. Windows XP SP3 - RTM (Released to Manufacturing) "Hey Kevin.. wasn't SP1 Read More...
Posted Monday, April 21, 2008 9:32 PM by KevinRemde | 5 Comments

Kevin’s LAUNCH EVENT Resources for {you heros}

March-May, 2008 E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.com Feedback e-mail to my boss: Rich Russell– richruss@microsoft.com Future Live, In-Person Event Information TechNet (for IT Pros): http://www.technetevents.com/kevinremde Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:04 PM by KevinRemde | 4 Comments

Why is Windows Server 2008 at SP1 already?

Many of us were baffled by what we saw when we first installed the "RTM" bits of Windows Server 2008 and looked at the winver results: "Huh?  Service Pack 1?" Yeah.  At first glance you may think it strange that a first version Read More...
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 11:34 AM by KevinRemde | 4 Comments

Breaking News: Happy Valentine's Day - Here's your Windows Vista SP1 download!

Happy Valentine's Day! The product team decided to give you TechNet and MSDN subscribers a little Valentine's Day gift by making SP1 available for download. Go to the http://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/default.aspx page.  Notice the "Top Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:53 AM by KevinRemde | 3 Comments
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