My Two Bits

Thank you and goodbye!

After six years at Microsoft Egypt, I’ve decided to move on. I’ve enjoyed writing this blog and...

Date: 06/29/2011

Microsoft to Acquire Skype!

https://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/may11/05-10CorpNewsPR.mspx Just out! Looks like we’ll...

Date: 05/10/2011

Time Zone Update

Update – April 28 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2543367 A hotfix has been released and you may...

Date: 04/26/2011

Lync resources online

Some updates from our amazing Khaled Zeid: “Lync 2010 - Bandwidth Calculator” has just been...

Date: 04/19/2011

Blogging just got better!

I found an email in my inbox today showing me how to share Excel sheets and presentations on blogs!...

Date: 04/14/2011

Lync Readiness for End Users

Hi all, we’ve got some great resources for partners & customers to ready end-users on Lync!...

Date: 04/13/2011

Online privacy

Among some cool features that protect your privacy online, IE9 now offers Tracking Protection Lists:...

Date: 04/11/2011

Hero sessions in March

HERO March Sessions * µ Date Event Presenter Online Registration Link On-Site Registration Link...

Date: 03/22/2011

What motivates us?!

Found a thread at work which shared this video! Loved it!

Date: 03/03/2011

MS lights a LAMP?

Just today I ran into WebMatrix. And as I scratched my head wondering what it was, I had some really...

Date: 02/28/2011

Win Next (8?)?

I’ve heard of Mary Jo Foley. “She’s got the run of the campus,” according to a colleague of mine in...

Date: 02/28/2011

Bread Baking issues resolved

Sorry - this is off topic - it was supposed to be posted to my personal blog. I hope you enjoy it...

Date: 02/18/2011

WP7–I’m excited!

https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209361/Major_Windows_Phone_7_upgrade_to_offer_IE9_cloud_supp...

Date: 02/16/2011

IE9 hits RC– important note for Admins

IE9 will be hitting our automatic updates soon. I’ve been very pleased with IE9 testing this far,...

Date: 02/16/2011

Have I thanked ClearContext enough?

On an internal DL I came across ClearContext. I was intrigued enough to try it out. I’d strongly...

Date: 01/25/2011

Apologies for the mixup on my end. I royally messed up with the links. Thanks for leaving a comment...

Date: 12/21/2010

Intranets–what’s in it?

I keep getting asked this question over and over again. At one point I did a whole bit of research...

Date: 12/14/2010

Organizing oneself, one page at a time

So if you’re a big fan of GTD, you may be interested in managing your work in the way Allen...

Date: 12/08/2010

New customer/partner-ready media content from Microsoft IT

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of four new customer-ready Work Smart...

Date: 12/08/2010

Awesome post on managing the mail monster!

In my last post I’d done a search on minutes writing, and that got me more into thinking about...

Date: 12/04/2010

Meeting Minutes–the why and what of it!

Often, I find myself in meetings where I’m the only one taking notes. It surprise me to no end to...

Date: 12/04/2010

Win Phone 7 Development

Found this in my mailbox today! Free eBook: Programming Windows Phone 7, by Charles Petzold This...

Date: 11/09/2010

Great post on WM7

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/windows-phone-7-everything-you-need-to-know/ Found it a great...

Date: 11/04/2010

BlogMS Updates

https://blogs.technet.com/b/blogms/archive/2010/08/09/blogms-weekly-articles-published-2nd-august-201...

Date: 10/11/2010

A UI Revolution in the making…

Intro to LightSpace! Look what we have here! I’d heard about this project, but now we’re live. And...

Date: 10/11/2010

Try Lync!

Lync RC is available for trial today! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/try-it_lync.aspx What’s...

Date: 10/03/2010

Why use a Director?

An excellent post I came across on an internal discussion today:...

Date: 09/20/2010

Blog MS updates to Productivity software

from:...

Date: 09/20/2010

SharePoint in Hero sessions!

HERO September 2010 Sessions Session Topic Presenter Date Time Location Virtualization - Virtual...

Date: 09/19/2010

Ready your users on SharePoint 2010

Here’s an excellent post by Nate Baum on his blog:...

Date: 09/16/2010

IE9, SharePoint and HTML5

With the release of IE9’s public beta, I decided to look at the impact on SharePoint 2010. Here’s a...

Date: 09/16/2010

More Egypt DST Updates

So, as per official communication we're back to summer time on Sept. 9 and then back to DST on Sept....

Date: 08/29/2010

Productivity with your mouse & keyboard

Has anyone seen his? Looks super-interesting! AutoHotkey - Free Mouse and Keyboard Macro Program...

Date: 08/17/2010

Egypt DST Fix

Hi All, A fix for our Daylight savings time issue is out. To read more click here. If you want to...

Date: 08/11/2010

SharePoint Guides

Upgrading to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Brief Description Upgrade from Windows SharePoint...

Date: 07/12/2010

DNS Namespace planning solution center

DNS Namespace Planning Solution Center Launched – July 1, 2010   Based on customer...

Date: 07/06/2010

Understanding and troubleshooting SharePoint 2010 technology features and services - SharePoint for End Users

Hi All, Found this amazing post on SharePoint 2010 that covers troubleshooting on the 2010 platform....

Date: 07/06/2010

Cool end-user and developer trainings for SharePoint 2010

Point8020 have a great solution called ShowMe for SharePoint 2010. They’ve made available on their...

Date: 06/28/2010

Word Web-App–what are you missing?

I was browsing through some online sources and came across this excellent blog post on comparing...

Date: 06/15/2010

Microsoft Case Studies: Energizer - Battery Giant Brings New Energy to Web Sites for Increased Customer Engagement

  Energizer Battery Giant Brings New Energy to Web Sites for Increased Customer Engagement...

Date: 06/08/2010

User Training Pains?

Microsoft has developed the Productivity Hub to help support your ongoing end user training efforts....

Date: 06/06/2010

Project 2010 Virtualization Support

Technorati Tags: Project,2010,virtualization,hyper-v,hyperv,x64 The official support of virtualized...

Date: 06/01/2010

Our new blogging platform

Welcome to our new blogging platform. I hope you’re enjoying the new look and feel. A couple of...

Date: 05/25/2010

Mai Omar’s blog post… Migrating from SP2007 to SP2010

Mai, an avid SharePointer has recently chosen to blog! She’s written about her experience in...

Date: 05/25/2010

Money for Nothing…

And now that we’ve decided to say goodbye to Money, we’re giving everyone free access to this...

Date: 05/11/2010

IT’s impact on the Environment

I had a chat with a colleague who wanted to understand more about how IT impacts environment,...

Date: 05/11/2010

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