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Congratulations to Jonathan Noble, PowerShell MVP
Congratulations to Jonathan Noble (@jonoble), who has just been announced as a Microsoft Most...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 07/03/2009
Deep Zoom Michael Jackson Tribute
A Microsoft partner, www.shoothill.com, have produced a Michael Jackson Deep Zoom for MSN, which is...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 07/01/2009
Still on the Windows 7 Beta? You need to move to the RC by 1st July
Starting July 1st, the Beta will start to reboot every 2 hrs and expire Aug 1st. Want to download...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 06/24/2009
Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable: Windows 7 Application Compatibility: Your Questions Answered (Part 1)
Date: Thursday, June 18 Time: 11:00am Pacific Time Location:...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 06/08/2009
Can you Bing it? Apparently, yes you can!!!
It came as quite a shock to me when Bing was announced internally. It seemed...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 06/04/2009
General Availability and RTM Dates for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
Release To Manufacturing (RTM) is an important milestone on the path to GA. We anticipate that we’ll...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 06/04/2009
The Road to Windows 7
Having literally just upgraded from Windows 7 beta to RC, which was a thoroughly pain-free and easy...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 06/03/2009
IT Professional Top Licensing FAQs May 2009
Q) Can I downgrade Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Ultimate purchased pre-installed on a new PC?...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 06/02/2009
Software Assurance Benefits for Volume Licensing Agreements
As much as I tried, there just wasn't any way of making the title of this post more exciting,...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 05/28/2009
TechNet Conference goes Virtual on June 19th
The very first TechNet Virtual Conference will be going live on June 19th 2009. It features a...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 05/26/2009
Download Windows 7 Release Candidate now
The Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) is now available to download for everyone, and is available...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 05/05/2009
The UK Community Council
Over the past few months, the UK TechNet team has been working on a little project which has just...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 05/05/2009
When and where can you get hold of Windows 7 RC?
If you have access to MSDN or TechNet Plus, you will be able to start downloading the Windows 7 RC...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 05/01/2009
AVAILABLE NOW: Business Productivity Online Services Suite (BPOS)
What is BPOS? BPOS provides enterprise-class email, intranet, and instant messaging available via...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 04/30/2009
ITinsecurity
We have just launched a security “quiz” using DeepZoom technology. You have to zoom into...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 04/24/2009
A no-nonsense guide to Software Assurance benefits
In these times, there are several approaches that organisations are taking to ensure survival. One...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 04/07/2009
Citrix iForum 2009 Conference
Citrix and Microsoft joint solutions are based on tight integration of Citrix solutions with Window...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 04/02/2009
Windows 2008 Server Foundation launched
Windows Server 2008 Foundation is a cost-effective, easy-to-deploy, and reliable server...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 04/01/2009
IT Professional Top Licensing FAQs – March 09
IT Pro Top FAQs – February 09 Q) What's the difference between Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/30/2009
4 Technologies to Boost Business in the Recovery
Kishore Swaminathan, chief scientist at Accenture, points out in an article in Computer Weekly that...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/26/2009
ExecTweets
Microsoft sponsors Tweet third party site for business users
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/24/2009
Doing more with less: CIOs disclose their plans
An article today on silicon.com highlights the business and technology priorities The headline of...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/24/2009
The UK Software Management and Licensing Conference
Software Asset Management has a lot of negative perceptions. In fact, we see a lot of customers...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/23/2009
Training and Certification Offers for your Teams
The learning team just shared this information which should be useful for you and your teams:...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/19/2009
Have Your Say - TechNet Virtual Conference Content
TechNet UK will be launching a Virtual Conference in May. There is so much great content to cover...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/16/2009
Microsoft Executives’ views of now and the future
With time as they are, I always find it really interesting to hear from our executives on their...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/16/2009
Do you need a CIO or do you need an IT Director?
Really interesting piece on silicon.com about this topic, including the difference between the two,...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/13/2009
Microsoft Investing in Environmental Sustainability for the future
After settling at my desk this morning and opening up my inbox to review my overnight email, the...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/12/2009
Your Opinion Counts: How you helped changed Windows 7
Something we often get criticised for is that you take the time to give us feedback on beta products...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/07/2009
Windows for your Business blog
Thanks to Alex for pointing the Windows for your Business blog out to me There are several...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/06/2009
5 Things that Might Surprise you from Microsoft
Viral just pointed this out to our team….It’s an article from PC World that highlights 5 web...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/06/2009
3 IT Projects that you can get signed off according to silicon.com
Steve Ranger has done an interesting article on Silicon.com based on IDC’s prediction that IT...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/05/2009
Business & IT Goals disconnected?
I noticed on vnunet.com yesterday that an IT Governance Institute (ITGI). study suggested there are...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/04/2009
Microsoft Vision 2019
I Really enjoyed Mark’s take on the vide that Microsoft have recently released about it’s vision for...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 03/03/2009
CIO Scorecard Fosters Strategic Performance Management Culture
Microsoft IT (MS IT) falls under strict corporate scrutiny to demonstrate its business value and...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/25/2009
Top IT Professional Licensing FAQs – February 09
Q) Can I downgrade Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Ultimate purchased pre-installed on a new PC?...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/23/2009
Invest your way to success with up to 10% discount
Need to start saving money today? Well that's an ovious question and even more obviosu answer. The...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/20/2009
240% Unified Communications Return for Microsoft
Great post from Brett who pointed out the new Microsoft IT Cost Savings whitepaper which outlines...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/17/2009
When Organisations Implement Something that Makes Sense (and even better when its yours)
Microsoft UK is no different from any organisation at present in its attempt to shave off costs...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/12/2009
Tonight: Windows 7 Virtual Roundtable—To the Beta and Beyond
Thought I would blog about this as it’s in keeping with the Windows 7 theme for the week: Later...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/12/2009
Windows 7 through the eyes of a real person – Day 5 (the grand finale)
Huge thanks to Rich for all the time he put into this. Big thumbs up! Realised that I’m rolling with...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/10/2009
Windows 7 through the eyes of a real person – Day 4
Day 4 in the Windows 7 Diary: After talking about it at work, I decided that the “Show Desktop”...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/09/2009
Windows 7 through the eyes of a real person – Day 3
Libraries: Libraries looked like an interesting feature from what I’d seen PDC’ers saying and they...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/06/2009
Windows 7 through the eyes of a real person – Day 2
Here’s the next instalment from Rich’s Windows 7 diary: I’m in! Back from work so time to fire up...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/05/2009
Windows 7 through the eyes of a real person
Alex in my team has been tweeting about Windows 7 a fair amount since she made the leap herself last...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/04/2009