Neil Hutson - Focused on Emerging Technologies for Microsoft
I am responsible for the adoption of emerging technology platforms by developers and it professionals at Microsoft
Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - Enhancements and Improvements
Jason Olson links up with Andrew Hall and Brad Sullivan as part of the Channel9 10-4 show to take a...
Author: neilhut Date: 10/29/2009
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Training Kit
Jason just announced the Beta 2 version of DPE’s Visual Studio 2010 Training Kit is now live (you...
Author: neilhut Date: 10/20/2009
Installing Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 :
Brian in the team walks everyone through downloading and installing Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Beta...
Author: neilhut Date: 10/20/2009
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Released
Today we are releasing VS2010 Beta 2 to all MSDN subscribers with general availability on the...
Author: neilhut Date: 10/19/2009
Microsoft Ajax Library ( Preview 6 ) released
We have just released a significant update of the Microsoft Ajax Library (Preview 6). This...
Author: neilhut Date: 10/16/2009
Getting trained on Windows HPC Server
If you want to get trained on how to support, deploy and develop for Windows HPC Server and...
Author: neilhut Date: 10/15/2009
October 2009 Security Bulletin
The Trustworthy Computing security response communications team has just released this months...
Author: neilhut Date: 10/14/2009
IIS Media Services 3.0, including IIS Live Smooth Streaming, has been released!
We just released IIS Media Services 3.0, a set of extensions for Internet Information Services 7...
Author: neilhut Date: 10/13/2009
Can you believe its only 35 days to the next PDC?
Nov 17th seemed to be a long way away…then... Now we are into October and in practically 5 weeks we...
Author: neilhut Date: 10/12/2009
Interesting Commentary into MySQL and why Oracle want to Keep it
Both articles point to an interview which Larry Ellison had with Ed Zander, who was once president...
Author: neilhut Date: 10/02/2009
Web Application Toolkits
Last week we announced a number of Web Application Toolkits on the Web. The goal for the Web...
Author: neilhut Date: 09/29/2009
First Windows 7 Arcade Machine
For all the people that are compelled to get an arcade machine installed in their house, here is...
Author: neilhut Date: 09/25/2009
WebsiteSpark, Web Platform Installer RTM and the Web App Gallery RTM
Today, we announced the RTM of Web PI (Platform Installer) and Web App Gallery. We also introduced a...
Author: neilhut Date: 09/24/2009
Free Windows 7 Boot Camp at the PDC
On the Monday (16th Nov) pre-conference day before the PDC, there is a free Windows 7 bootcamp being...
Author: neilhut Date: 09/23/2009
Stopping User Desktop Services from Starting up in Windows 7
In Vista, I used to use Windows Defender to change ( remove/disable ) some of the User Desktop...
Author: neilhut Date: 09/03/2009
PDC 2009 – More sessions added
Overnight it looks like there are a whole load more sessions which have appeared on the PDC site,...
Author: neilhut Date: 09/01/2009
Windows Azure : Storage API updates
A number of new storage features for blobs has been pushed to the cloud in the latest July...
Author: neilhut Date: 08/13/2009
Windows Azure – Multi-Role Support
New Feature: Multi-Role Support With the July SDK update, the concept of multiple roles...
Author: neilhut Date: 08/12/2009
August 2009 Security Bulletin
This is a quick overview on TechNet EDGE of the security bulletins released by the Microsoft...
Author: neilhut Date: 08/11/2009
White House mulls making NASA a center for federal cloud computing
There was an interesting article last week where the Obama administration was considering NASA as a...
Author: neilhut Date: 08/10/2009
Windows 7 : Windows XP Mode RELEASE CANDIDATE Available for Download
Windows XP Mode is specially designed for small and medium-sized businesses to help ease the...
Author: neilhut Date: 08/04/2009
Its that Time Again : PDC 2009 Registration Launches
Last night we launched the PDC09 registration site, complete with some of the first sessions which...
Author: neilhut Date: 08/04/2009
Migrating to Windows 7 – The full guide
So you are hearing that Windows 7 is a great product, you have tested it and this has been confirmed...
Author: neilhut Date: 07/29/2009
10-4 Episode 26: Creating Extensible Applications with MEF
In the latest episode of the Visual Studio 10-4 show, Jason takes a look at a new library in .NET...
Author: neilhut Date: 07/20/2009
JULY 2009 Security Bulletin
On TechNet EDGE there is a quick video of the security bulletin(s) released by the Microsoft...
Author: neilhut Date: 07/17/2009
Ethiopian schools rolling out 250,000 Laptops to school teachers
Ethiopia is rolling out 250,000 laptops to its school teachers nationwide. The system that powers...
Author: neilhut Date: 07/13/2009
An Introduction to Manual Testing with Visual Studio 2010
Brian in the team has just released the next 10-4 show on Channel 9 which is all about some new...
Author: neilhut Date: 06/12/2009
Installing Visual Studio 2010
Brian walks you through downloading and installing Visual Studio 2010 Team Suite Beta 1 and Visual...
Author: neilhut Date: 06/03/2009
Windows Azure SDK Update and New Storage Features
The Windows Azure team have announced a refresh to the Windows Azure SDK and Visual Studio Tools for...
Author: neilhut Date: 05/28/2009
Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 SP2 Released
You can now download the latest Service Pack (SP2) for Vista and Windows Server. The Service Pack,...
Author: neilhut Date: 05/27/2009
Released: Windows Azure Management Tool (MMC)
Ryan in the team has just release the Windows Azure MMC. This tool was created to...
Author: neilhut Date: 05/15/2009
Open Source PHP Project for Windows Azure
I have just been browsing an interesting project on codeplex which will provide PHP developers with...
Author: neilhut Date: 05/14/2009
Getting Personal with Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification
During the Keynote at TechEd 2009, we announced a few new Windows Server 2008 R2 Features that come...
Author: neilhut Date: 05/14/2009
SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit
We have just released the SQLServer 2008 developer Training kit. This kit will help you understand...
Author: neilhut Date: 05/12/2009
TechED US – Day One Wrapup
Adam from Edge provided a 1.5 min update on the key highlights from day one of TechED straight after...
Author: neilhut Date: 05/11/2009
Beta 2 release of “Geneva” Framework, “Geneva” Server and Windows CardSpace “Geneva”
Today we announced the availability of the beta 2 release of the “Geneva” products: “Geneva”...
Author: neilhut Date: 05/11/2009
Get Me Off this Rock
I have just been checking out the latest Photosynth project on the NASA site. If you have kids, they...
Author: neilhut Date: 05/08/2009
Get Windows 7 Here
Windows 7 is available for download this morning. You can go here (...
Author: neilhut Date: 05/05/2009
Announcing the PHP on Windows Training Kit
I want to announced the availability of a “PHP on Windows Training Kit” to the MSDN download...
Author: neilhut Date: 05/04/2009
Windows 7 RC Release
Starting today, MSDN and TechNet subscribers can access the Windows 7 RC release candidate, with...
Author: neilhut Date: 04/30/2009
Migrating 20 Laptops from XP to Windows 7 live on stage @ MMS
Joey happened to be walking through building 44 and met the team putting together the demos for day...
Author: neilhut Date: 04/29/2009
The ID Element
Donovan and Vittorio have been putting together an Identity section on Channel9 called “The Id...
Author: neilhut Date: 04/20/2009
April 2008 Security Bulletin on TechNet Edge
Yep we have patch Tuesday, but what does this really mean? The guys in the Trustworthy Computing...
Author: neilhut Date: 04/17/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 – 5 Minute “HOW TO” Videos
Phil in the team have been recording a pretty extensive set of 5 min Video about developing for...
Author: neilhut Date: 04/17/2009
“Velocity CTP3” Released
Today we release CTP3 of “Velocity” (link). This is a highly scalable in-memory application...
Author: neilhut Date: 04/08/2009
A FACEBOOK World for IT Professionals
Image interacting with Facebook for everything that you do in real life!! Here is a video that the...
Author: neilhut Date: 04/02/2009
Sharepoint Designer becomes Free
Yesterday, Microsoft is announcing that Sharepoint Designer becomes a free product. I think that...
Author: neilhut Date: 04/02/2009
The Fastest Copy of Windows 7
On the partner floor at the recent SXSW show, we found a drag bike which contains two servers which...
Author: neilhut Date: 03/29/2009
How to build a great Silverlight Install User Experience
Laurence in the team published a blog this week which provide a lot of great advise for how you can...
Author: neilhut Date: 03/27/2009
Steve Ballmer maps out Microsoft’s Cloud Platform
Here is an article from the NY Times today which has a doodle from Steve Ballmer which outlines the...
Author: neilhut Date: 03/24/2009