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December 2006 - Posts

Small Business Technology Assessment Toolkit

Posted Saturday, December 16, 2006 6:04 PM by mattmcspirit
That was a mouthful! This is a great tool for small businesses, and I'm sure many of you out there will already know about this, but, if you don't, it's your lucky day! Essentially, the Small Business Technology Assessment Toolkit is a step-by-step guide Read More...
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Office 2007 - Random Filler Text

Posted Saturday, December 16, 2006 4:01 PM by mattmcspirit
Ok, so slightly random, but useful all the same. Hat's off to Susanne for pinging this over to me :-) It's taken from ' The New Paperclip ' which is a great resource for tips and tricks around Office 2007 and this particular tip focuses on inserting random Read More...
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The Vista Boys hit the NxtGenUG...

Posted Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:43 AM by mattmcspirit
The Small Business Server (SBS) User Group and NxtGenUG team up to bring you an evening of Vista! Myself and James Senior have been invited along to the event which is to being held at: iCentrum Birmingham 9 Holt Court Aston Science Park Jennens Road Read More...
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Vista: Shadow Copies

Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:31 PM by mattmcspirit
Whenever I demo Vista to Partners and Customers, one of the areas I talk about is around Shadow Copies, or in other words, Previous Versions, and one of the common questions I get back is 'How much space does this consume on my machine??' Well, let me Read More...
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MS Partner? Security Competency? Can you crack 'The Vault'?

Posted Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:24 PM by mattmcspirit
Are you a Microsoft Partner? If so, do you have the Security Competency? If you do, this is your lucky day! Over the next 8 months, Microsoft will be giving you the opportunity to win one of hundreds of fantastic prizes from within The Vault , ranging Read More...
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A real gem for Small Business - Office Live

Posted Monday, December 11, 2006 1:07 PM by mattmcspirit
I blogged about this a few weeks back, but now that it has been released, I thought I would talk about it again, and hopefully you will gain an idea of how much value this could bring to a small business. In our last team meeting, my gaffer, Steve Clayton, Read More...
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Exchange, Vista and Office Certifications

Posted Monday, December 11, 2006 12:09 PM by mattmcspirit
My partner-in-crime, James Senior (of Vista RTM Sounds fame...) blogged about this a while back, so no doubt 2/3's of the world's Internet using population have read it, but hopefully this will prove useful to those who may not have seen his blog. You've Read More...
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Take a VHD for a test drive...

Posted Sunday, December 10, 2006 7:27 PM by mattmcspirit
A what? A Virtual Hard Disk! Earlier in November, we announced the VHD Test Drive Program (link), that essentially enables you as Microsoft Partners, and your customers, to confidently evaluate mainstream enterprise software from Microsoft and Partners Read More...
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VXplore Roadshow 2007

Posted Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:37 AM by mattmcspirit
Now a couple of months back, I was asked to attend, as a keynote speaker, a VXplore Roadshow event, being held in Jersey. The event was aimed at bringing together a number of companies from various Virtualisation spaces, whether it be application virtualisation, Read More...
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Vista even makes me laugh...

Posted Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:18 AM by mattmcspirit
Now, as you'll probably have guessed, I love Vista, and it genuinely has changed the way I work, for the better, but every so often it does something which makes me laugh, and although this happened to a colleague of mine, and not me, I thought I'd share Read More...
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Halo 3 - TV Ad - Are you ready to Finish the Fight?

Posted Saturday, December 02, 2006 1:19 PM by mattmcspirit
If you haven't heard of Halo by now, where have you been? I mean, come on, Halo 2 took $125 million at retail in it's first 24 hours! OK, I suppose not everyone will have heard of it, but let me tell you, when Halo 3 launches for Xbox 360, you will hear Read More...
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Upcoming Microsoft Events - Register Now!

Posted Friday, December 01, 2006 5:39 PM by mattmcspirit
There are a whole host of TechNet events coming over the next couple of months, covering a variety of different topics. These events are free and are not meant to be sales-focused: they are technical 'how-to' sessions. One thing I will say around TechNet Read More...
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Presenting....The Windows Vista Security Guide

Posted Friday, December 01, 2006 4:33 PM by mattmcspirit
That's right folks, the final version is here, for you to download and peruse at your leisure . The security guide provides best practices and predefined security configurations to further harden Windows Vista against real-world security threats such Read More...
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Yo Microsoft Partner - Need MCP's? It's your lucky day!

Posted Friday, December 01, 2006 4:11 PM by mattmcspirit
Passing MCP's isn't the easiest thing in the world now is it? Especially 70-293 and 70-291, which are complete pains in the... Anyway, achieving your Microsoft certificate just got easier. Microsoft Certified Learning Solutions Partners are exclusively Read More...
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