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September 2008 – UNPLUGGED TechNet Update: Internet Explorer 8

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:03 PM by nmercer
Come and get an overview of the new features and capabilities of Internet Explorer 8. IE8 has plenty of exciting new features for web developers, consumers and IT Professionals. Leading the charge is a brand new rendering engine engineered from the ground Read More...
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:34 AM by nmercer
We’re excited to release IE8 Beta 2 today for public download. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 . Please try it out! You’ll find versions for 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server Read More...
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Get Insights into the engineering behind Microsoft Windows 7

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:00 PM by nmercer
An official source of Windows 7 information - Steven Sinofsky and Jon DeVaan have started a new blog called Engineering Windows 7 .  If you’re interested in Windows 7, you should probably add this blog to your RSS reader. Not a lot of detailed information Read More...
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Remote Desktop Client (RDC) 6.1 now available for XP SP2 users

Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:57 PM by nmercer
We have received a lot of feedback from customers about the need for the Remote Desktop Connection client 6.1 to be made available as a standalone install for Windows XP SP2 to ease deployments of Windows 2008 Terminal Services. In response to this feedback, Read More...
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SkyDrive now Live in NZ

Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 10:38 AM by nmercer
Just announced this morning, the Windows Live SkyDrive service is now available in New Zealand (as well as 37 other countries around the world)   And now also has five times more space than was previously available — 5GB of free online storage Read More...
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Update on future Windows releases: Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 update

Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 1:47 PM by nmercer
Overnight Microsoft announced availability dates for several key product updates including Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista, Service Pack 3 for Windows XP and the release to manufacturing of Windows Server 2008. Together these releases are a good example Read More...
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NZ Daylight Savings briefing sessions

Posted Monday, August 27, 2007 2:52 PM by nmercer
A law change earlier this year extended Daylight Savings which will now start one week earlier (2:00 A.M. on the 30th September 2007) and will end two weeks later than in the past (3:00 A.M. on 6th April 2008). This change will have a significant impact Read More...
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Presentation decks from 2007 Tech Briefing online

Posted Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:59 PM by nmercer
Now that the Microsoft New Zealand 2007 Technical Briefing's are over, the slide decks are available for download Check them out here from the MSNZ Events site My Vista Deployment deck is still jumping through hoops getting uploaded onto the site, in Read More...
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New Zealand Prime Minister Tablet PC-ing in Redmond

Posted Sunday, March 25, 2007 5:13 PM by nmercer
The Rt. Hon. Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, met with Microsoft’s senior executives at the company’s headquarters in Redmond. The group exchanged a broad range of ideas around technology solutions designed to create opportunities for New Zealand’s Read More...
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Making the best Desktop ever ... (free training in NZ)

Posted Sunday, March 25, 2007 3:46 PM by nmercer
We have a handful of seats available for some Windows Vista training, this week in Auckland and next week in Wellington. Read on for details, BTW this is free: You are invited to come along to one of a very limited number of two day interactive technical Read More...
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Windows Vista Launch Event in NZ

Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:50 AM by nmercer
Well thanks to out timezone New Zealand was the first country to officially launch Windows Vista and Office 2007 My colleague Nigel Parker was up in Auckland and the main event at midnight last night. See the cool video he put together here The rest of Read More...
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Microsoft @ CES

Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 11:42 AM by nmercer
The 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is about to start in Las Vegas at the moment. Bill Gates is doing a keynote this afternoon NZ time and its available as a live stream, or ondemand tomorrow. If you're watching live this afternoon, Read More...
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Windows Vista & Office 2007 Roadshow: New Zealand

Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 5:49 AM by nmercer
Windows Vista and 2007 Office System sales and technical readiness. Coming to a region in New Zealand near you during October The Reseller Roadshow is a half day event running from 1pm-6pm and will cover sales and technical training for these exciting Read More...
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Tablet PC User Group is tonight (Wellington)

Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 4:33 PM by nmercer
TUG Meeting Tomorrow The next meeting of the Tablet PC User Group will be held on August 3rd. This is a little later than it should be but we wanted to get the best speakers for the topics. We are over half way through the year now and suddenly Office Read More...
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Windows Vista Beta 2 is now available

Posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:56 PM by nmercer
Windows Vista Beta 2 is now available for IT professionals and developers with MSDN and TechNet subscriptions. In the coming weeks, Microsoft will start the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program (CPP) for developers and IT professionals who are not members Read More...
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