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Screencast: Slipstream Internet Explorer (IE) 8 into Windows Vista

Lately, I have been doing a lot fun work with the IE 8 team.  Look for a TechNet radio interview shortly I did with Jane Maliouta who is a IE Deployment Program Manager.  In talking with Jane she told that she had written a post on how to slipstream

Book of the Month July 2008: It's Called Work for a Reason!

For July and as I begin a new fiscal year at Microsoft.  I thought this no-nonsense book by Larry Winget is the perfect fit to get my new year started: It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success Is Your Own Damn Fault It is a great read, and if

It's Official Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 is now backing up Windows Server 2008

My buddy Jason just let me know that the DPM2007 Rollup Update offering WS08 support is now available for download: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 - Rollup Update - x86 System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 - Rollup Update - x64 You can

Breakout, Silverlight Style!

Happy Friday, check out this fun Silverlight application, by Nikola Mihaylov , there is also a ton of great Silver Light applications on his site here: http://www.nokola.com/   Enjoy!!!!!!! Click the link or the picture: http://www.nokola.com/shock
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New book on SQL 2008: Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

One of my teammates Lynn Langit , just finished a new book on SQL.  Very cool stuff Lynn!  This book covers SSAS (OLAP cubes and Data Mining Structures), SSIS, SSRS and more.  The target audience is .NET and database developers. Learn more
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Microsoft Environment :: Innovating to Improve Our Planet

I recently got on email from, Michael Walsh, in response to some of the postings I did for the imagine cup.  If his name looks familiar you may have read his article.  He wrote on one of my favorite technologies, group policy , can be used to

Where are they now?

With all the articles talking about Bill Gates last day, I found this one from Newsweek very interesting.  The group decided to reconvene.  Take a look at brief and interesting article: Return of the ’70s Weirdos

Announcing some key changes to the way Microsoft supports User Groups

I do not know if any of work directly with Culminis directly, but you may want to check out the recent announcement on Graham Watson's blog: User Groups and Community : Announcing some key changes to the way Microsoft supports User Groups In a nutshell

Hot Off the Presses: New Search Case Study

This case study presents the key decision points, architecture design and definition, and test criteria and results from a scalability and performance test conducted at the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center (MPSC) in Redmond, Washington. It is intended

Lenovo ThinkStation S10 Impressions

Getting to evaluate a FANTASTIC high end workstation like the Lenovo ThinkStation S10 is a one of the great things about working with great teammates.  Even though Keith Combs , will not share his 8GB of memory with me he did send me a very simple

Books of the Month June 2008: Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Okay I admit it, I went through Harry Potter withdraw.  I enjoyed reading the books but no new ones.  So as I was waiting for a flight, and I  wandered into the airport bookstore.  I saw the 4th book The Battle of the Labyrinth , as

A picture is worth 8GB of Memory

My buddy Keith has way too much time on his hands and not too mention way to much memory for his laptop. Keith recently got 8gb for his t61p and he got bored. Take a look at what he did to that poor little laptop, when he loaded Server 2k8 and Hyper V

Available NOW!: Windows Search 4.0 and the Multilingual User Interface

The next generation of Windows Desktop search is now available!  This release signifies a fantastic step forward with common code!  The version will be the same for Vista and XP.  I will have more information on another post on speed and

Windows Technology gives Hugs and Kisses to Caitlin

As I posted last month, we have welcomed Caitlin to our family! Having your 3rd child is as exciting as having the first two and I like my family have fallen in love all over again!  However I do have to admit there is a lot of been there done that. 

Dry land is not a myth....but what about these 15 myths?

I was going through my inbox and someone sent me this interesting article about 15 myths about Microsoft.  The article has some very interesting points about Vista, licensing, Silverlight, Ballmer...etc.   Check out the full article here:
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