A couple of weeks ago I was at Teched in Atlanta, where I was working the Active Directory booth, with Brian Desmond and a few of the Active Directory product group. It was an interesting week with all kinds of interesting questions, but nothing that had not been asked before and a couple of questions [...]
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Microsoft is back in the US for another Springboard Series Tour
April 12, 2011
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May 2 – Toronto | May 4 – Detroit | May 6 – Chicago | May 9 – Indianapolis | May 11 – Dallas | May 13 – Columbus The Springboard Series Tour is back! This 6 city tour brings the top product teams from Microsoft to you. We understand the questions and issues that [...]
Read moreTeched Europe 2011 is not happening.
April 6, 2011
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According to Microsoft: “Based on your feedback, Microsoft is excited to announce we’re shifting Tech·Ed Europe back to the summer timeframe, resuming in 2012. Mark your calendars: the next Tech·Ed Europe will be held the week of June 25, 2012 at the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre in the historical and picturesque city of [...]
Read moreFree Event: Windows Server User Group. AD-RMS, AD-FS and the Cloud.
February 24, 2011
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Myself and Mark Wilson together run the Windows Server User Group; we’ve not been very active for a while (long story), but after a small hiatus the user group is back and we shall be once again hosting regular events, some will now be online but hopefully most will be in the regular format of [...]
Read moreWindows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals
December 7, 2010
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This handy Excel spreadsheet (All 19785 lines of it) provides a Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals, it details software applications that have met Windows 7 Logo Program testing requirements for compatibility with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7. In the spreadsheet these products are identified with the compatibility status “Compatible – Windows [...]
Read moreTeched Europe 2010 : My story so far.
November 9, 2010
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This week I find myself in Berlin for Teched Europe, this is my first Teched in Europe since Amsterdam in 2004 (I usually attend Teched North America, as the dates usually fall better in my diary) and this is the first that I find myself working. For approximately half the week I am working the [...]
Read moreWindows 7 Springboard Series Tour – Hits the UK on 1st November.
September 29, 2010
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Are you looking to plan, pilot or deploy Windows and Office? The Microsoft Springboard team from Redmond will be in the UK en route to TechEd Europe (Berlin) on Monday 1st November, they will be delivering a five hour workshop on: Office 2010 IT investments. Key deployment strategies for Windows 7 and the Microsoft Desktop [...]
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