“Friday the 13th?”No.. I’m talking about the availability of a new Beta ("New Beta?" Yeah, I know.. redundant): System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2.This beta is full of features that coincide with the up-coming version of Windows Server 2008 (Windows Server 2008 R2) and the new Hyper-V therein (also currently in Beta). Many of … Continue reading A Virtually Great Day
“Isn’t that your favorite laptop you’ve ever had?”Yep. This is the model I have two of, that I use for work and for presentations (which are also work). Yes, it’s the best laptop I’ve ever used. You’ll have to pry mine from my cold, dead (or unemployed) hands. And you can win one if you … Continue reading Your chance to win a Lenovo T61p Laptop
This is cool. What was formerly known as “Codezone”, a site for Developer user groups, resources, and events, has now become “User Group Support Services”, supporting both the developer and IT Pro Communities.“Do you really care about user groups, Microsoft?”Absolutely. In fact, Shawn Travers answers that question in his blog, too, along with a good … Continue reading Breaking User Group News: UGSS is LIVE!
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 made that release available for anyone who wants to try it out. “Where … Continue reading Breaking News: Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Release Candidate Available
Good news! The Windows 7 Team Blog announced that they’ve yet again extended the period in which you can download the Window 7 Beta. As you may recall, I blogged about the original extension a couple weeks ago. And now we’re doing it again. You now have until Feb 10, 2009 to start the download. … Continue reading News: Windows 7 Beta Download Period Extended
I need to let you know some GREAT news I’ve heard. As many of you I’m sure experienced, the demand for the public Windows 7 beta was enormous. So much so that it overwhelmed the servers for many of our external sites. Of course, with such great demand, there’s a good chance we’ll quickly reach … Continue reading News: Windows 7 Beta Download Limits?
Microsoft Corp. :: Microsoft Research Helps Novice Musicians Discover Their Inner Songwriters(Title and first link in this blog post are courtesy of clicking the “Blog This” button in my browser, which launches me into Windows Live Writer. That’s the first time I’ve tried that. I like it.) Okay.. consider me once again blown away. I … Continue reading Microsoft Corp. :: Microsoft Research Helps Novice Musicians Discover Their Inner Songwriters
Only 35% left to go on my download of Windows 7 from the TechNet Plus Subscription site. Yes indeed… as expected, SteveB let loose the availability of the first public beta of Windows 7 during his keynote address at CES. And almost to the moment he announced it, the PressPass article went live, and the … Continue reading Breaking News: Windows 7 Beta 1 Availability
(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 the download links)And you probably also want to know that if you’ve … Continue reading Breaking News: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 is RTW!
Breaking News: The IT Manager Community Hub is LIVE! Spread the word!For several months now, I’ve been working with people in the Microsoft BMO on this project, which started because of a recognition that IT Managers – people who lead IT people and run IT organizations – haven’t been served as well as they could … Continue reading IT Managers – This hub’s for YOU!
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