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Swype's new keyboard technology
Very interesting new input technology for touch screens. I have always struggled with tapping out on a touch screen interface. This technology could be the answer for me. http://news.cnet.com/1606-2_3-50003669.html I would love to see this on PPC devices! Read More...
Engineering Windows 7
This is a truly awesome blog! and is one that is worth keeping in your RSS readers. The Engineering Team for Windows 7 are going to be open and honest to the community and give you a deep insight to what it actually means to develop Windows. This also Read More...
Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar!
Well I just want to introduce you to a new writer who is gonna come along and help giving you great content on virtualworld! Duane Thomas is one of my buddies and fellow speaker whores :o) within PFE. Duane and I work closely on the Virtualization community Read More...
App-V OpsMgr 2007 MP Now Available on Connect!
The Peps over in Boston Released the OpsMgr Management Pack for testing RC up on connect! To simplify Application Virtualization Server management, the App-V team is excited to make available a RC version of our App-V 4.5 System Center Operations Manager Read More...
Virtual Server and Virtual PC get a bit of an update!
I use both of these application day in and day out. So when these updates products get an update to support new guest with service packs than you just gotta get the update! Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en Read More...
Hyper-V Manager MMC Available
lets get the tough stuff sorted! the downloads are here ; Vista x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=450931F5-EBEC-4C0B-95BD-E3BA19D296B1&displaylang=en Vista x86 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BC3D09CC-3752-4934-B84C-905E78BE50A1&displaylang=en Read More...
MDOP ROI Calculator
I was delivering a chalk and talk last Tuesday to a great team of chaps....they traveled on the way up to TVP (Microsoft HQ in the UK) to have me throw up a few discussions on Citrix/TS and application virtualization, in 4.1 and 4.5.... the standalone Read More...
How to deploy SoftGrid MSI's under Limited User context
This was a nice little post that Ment van der Plas wrote. Its funny cos it helped in a discussion that I was having Matheesha who works in another team but does a similar job! The discussion was around delegating permissions to allow application installations Read More...
SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 and 4.2 HFRU2 Availability
So here we are! That update time again! Hot Fix Rollup 2 for Softgrid 4.1 and 4.2 has been released! I am pleased to announce public availability of SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 and 4.2 HFRU2. This cumulative update for SoftGrid v4.1 SP1 and v4.2 provides the latest Read More...
Using BitLocker under Virtual PC / Virtual Server
I was giving a presentation the other day about SCVMM and our experiences. In the conversation a question was brought up "can you use Bitlocker in a Virtual Environment". Ben Armstrong wrote a nice little article on just how you do this. Up until recently, Read More...
MCS Sequencing Guidelines
So the team has just published the MCS Sequencing guide ! Which is really handy for newbies and re-enforces concept to all the old heads :o) for sequencing. All of us have added one bit or another to the guide so it use to be a helpful internal tool to Read More...
4.5 Beta and Globalization/Localization
I saw this from Shelley Lau on the Application Virtualization Team blog and thought this is actually a really important message. I mean think about it...... how many Windows Platforms dont use English? and what is Softgrids current support policy on non-English Read More...
Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 is Now Available in Beta!
I am getting the odd spot here and there to catch up with old friends! Graham Bell and Patrick Jaspers has been helping on the MDOP stand. On the other hand I have had the pleasure of beating Edwin Yuen on Guitar Hero's many times........ as he has had Read More...
Announcing the Infrastructure Planning and Design Series and New Releases for Virtualization!
As I got home tonight I Saw this great new whitepaper. Architect for Success! New Guidance to Plan and Design Infrastructure for Application and Server Virtualization. Download them Today! This is a really exciting release for the Solution Accelerators Read More...
Error When Sequencing Excel 2007
Bob put a post up on the SG team blog which is a nice post, he has spotted some errors on sequencing Excel 2007. Its a handy FYI post and to be aware of so keep this in the back pocket!! ---------------------- Here's a problem I ran into a few days ago Read More...
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