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Softgrid Licensing Implications

Another one of the questions I was probed with at a Windows Server 2008 event the other was about...

Author: james Date: 12/05/2007

Windows Server 2008 Presentation Slides

Off the back of the Bytes Windows Server 2008 tour I've been doing in November and December up and...

Author: james Date: 12/05/2007

Hyper-V feature comparison with other Virtualisation offerings

I had a question today at a Virtualisation event about a feature by feature comparison of Hyper-V...

Author: james Date: 12/04/2007

NBA.com gets the Silverlight treatment

Now those who know me well will be familiar with my love for three sports; Golf, Basketball and...

Author: james Date: 12/01/2007

Software + Services: edging toward reality

I was speaking at the 2007 West Midlands ICT Conference a couple of weeks back about Microsoft's...

Author: james Date: 12/01/2007

Mix UK Videos Up

Woah been a busy past couple of weeks.  Been doing Windows Server 2008 events up and down the...

Author: james Date: 11/30/2007

Forefront Edge and System Center VPC for download

Matt passed this link on to me today and thought it might be useful to help understand and...

Author: james Date: 11/21/2007

Media Center Ultimate Install - winner announced

I mentioned on the blog recently that we were running a competition to find the best installation of...

Author: james Date: 11/21/2007

IT Management from the Desktop to the Datacenter

One of things we are currently talking to our customers and partners about is the concept of having...

Author: james Date: 11/20/2007

Stop hackers from getting on your Wireless network

In the UK we have this scheme called Get Safe Online that encourages people to take care of their...

Author: james Date: 11/14/2007

Windows Server 2008 lineup and introducing Hyper-V, it's "cheap as chips"

Level Set: What is Virtualization? I'm going to use a nice paragraph from a PC Advisor article I...

Author: james Date: 11/13/2007

Getting started with Live Services and Virtual Earth

I just finished putting together some info for a partner who was interested in learning how and why...

Author: james Date: 11/12/2007

Leaving Microsoft...

when this happens.... :-)

Author: james Date: 11/08/2007

Windows Essential Business Server - why didn't they just call it Centro?

This was an opportunity for a business product to join the ranks of Silverlight, Zune, Mediaroom and...

Author: james Date: 11/07/2007

Windows Live Messenger Control and Presence API

Angus has just announced information on his blog about how to incorporate an IM chat window in a...

Author: james Date: 11/07/2007

Do you know how to deploy?

Who actually uses a DVD to deploy? Do you build PC's and sell them? Are you frustrated? Frustrated...

Author: james Date: 11/06/2007

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.X Training for Partners

The Partner Readiness Team are pleased to announce the release of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET...

Author: james Date: 11/06/2007

Partner Licensing FAQ

Here's some more FAQ's that you might find interesting on the back of my post last week about...

Author: james Date: 11/06/2007

Resources for Consumer Electronic Installers

At the Vista After Hours events we had lots of questions from companies looking to incorporate Media...

Author: james Date: 11/05/2007

Windows Partner Solutions - grow your margins by 20%

Infrastructure complexity and fierce competition from value-added resellers (VARs), original...

Author: james Date: 11/05/2007

Apple Leopard insecure?

A firewall that is off by default? No granularity to the user settings? Sounds like Leopard might...

Author: james Date: 10/31/2007

Improve customer satisfaction

One of the common causes for customer dissatisfaction is lack of understanding about Microsoft's...

Author: james Date: 10/31/2007

Windows Live ramping up

Times certainly are exciting for Scott and the boys over at the community site for all things Live -...

Author: james Date: 10/29/2007

Configuring Firewalls for Windows Meeting Space

Windows Meeting Space is an application that comes with Windows Vista that allows you to facilitate...

Author: james Date: 10/24/2007

Competition: Win a RF Remote for Windows Vista Media Center

Off the back of the ever successful Vista: After Hours tour last month, I've been supplied with a...

Author: james Date: 10/23/2007

Changes to the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription

What is the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription? The Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS) is a...

Author: james Date: 10/23/2007

Silverlight Streaming SDK has new home

Just wanted to let you know that the Silverlight Streaming SDK has up-sticks and wandered on over to...

Author: james Date: 10/22/2007

Windows Vista Backup - questions answered

There were a lot of comments in my post about Windows Vista backup I made in the summer and I wanted...

Author: james Date: 10/22/2007

InkSeine: Find Your Stuff With Ink

I got an internal email come through at the back end of last week which talked about a technology...

Author: james Date: 10/09/2007

Forefront Security 3 day Technical Bootcamp

Can you tell I'm going through my training emails at the moment? :-) Next up is the 3 day technical...

Author: james Date: 10/09/2007

Microsoft Security Product Training for Partners

We've got some plans afoot for LAR and Disti Partners regarding Security training and getting your...

Author: james Date: 10/09/2007

Source Code for the .NET Framework - wow

I did a double take when I read this on Mike Harsh's blog today. We're releasing the source code to...

Author: james Date: 10/04/2007

Dell does Vista SideShow

SideShowdevices.com gets all the scoops on SideShow - well I guess they would with a name like that...

Author: james Date: 10/04/2007

Here at the Future of Web Apps

I'm hear today and tomorrow at the Future of Web Apps in London. If you fancy meeting up give me a...

Author: james Date: 10/03/2007

Editing the host file in Vista

Nothing like a good bit of Host file editing to while away the Tuesday afternoon, except I couldn't...

Author: james Date: 10/02/2007

Expression Around the Clock

Auckland – Seoul – Bangalore – Moscow – Cairo – Milan – Zürich - Sao Paulo – Toronto - Mexico City...

Author: james Date: 10/01/2007

Windows Vista special deals

Roll up roll up, there are special deals afoot when you buy Windows Vista at some of these fabulous...

Author: james Date: 09/27/2007

Core Infrastructure Optimisation Training

My Core IO partner in crime - Matt McPhirt - has been beavering away preparing these hot potatoes of...

Author: james Date: 09/27/2007

Windows Server 2008 MCPs : Get your transition on!

Windows Server 2008 is now scheduled for release to manufacturing in the first quarter of 2008...

Author: james Date: 09/27/2007

Vista After Hours in Newcastle

Matt and I have just finished the event in Newcastle we had a great time doing the event and there...

Author: james Date: 09/26/2007

DNA Art, Pharming, Emails and Voicemails

I'm writing this as I travel up to Newcastle for the second of our "Vista After Hours" events which...

Author: james Date: 09/25/2007

IO? BPIO? APO? WTF?

Welcome to the wonderful world of Infrastructure Optimisation. Optimisation, or Optimization as the...

Author: james Date: 09/21/2007

Vista After Hours in Manchester

I'm just about to catch my train back down south to Reading and I wanted to say how pleased Matt and...

Author: james Date: 09/21/2007

Office Live Store Manager Private Beta

Office Live Store Manager is currently in private beta with a few of our select small business...

Author: james Date: 09/17/2007

Win: Copy of Using Vista Media Center book

In celebration of the upcoming Vista After Hours events we are running across the country over the...

Author: james Date: 09/17/2007

Photo stitching at Mix UK 07

I'm just prepping a demo for tomorrow and am going to include the new panoramic photo feature in...

Author: james Date: 09/12/2007

Interactive Media Manager Demo - very cool

I blogged about the IBC 2007 conference the other day and James Clarke just posted a very nice demo...

Author: james Date: 09/10/2007

Silverlight, Mediaroom partnerships, Interactive Media Manager at IBC 2007

Jon Harris (Expression demigod), following the announcement about Silverlight 1.0 Release is demoing...

Author: james Date: 09/07/2007

Change the Windows Vista Logon screen

I've just stumbled upon this nice utility from Object Desktop that changes the image displayed at...

Author: james Date: 09/05/2007

Silverlight 1.0 Released - and Linux support coming

Scott Guthrie just announced the release of Silverlight 1.0! He's written an excellent post on his...

Author: james Date: 09/05/2007

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