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John Ramminger ( @johnram ) from Abel Solutions piped up during a discussion of the downloadable Microsoft HyperV SharePoint 2010 image and mentioned that the WinImage tool can be used to convert the HyperV machine to a VMWare .vmdk. As a lover of VMWare, I can’t wait to try this out!
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Do you work with documents? Maybe Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and/or OneNote documents? Would you like to be able to create and edit these documents without having to pay for new versions of Microsoft Office and without having to worry about upgrades and security patches? Have you ever want...
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Microsoft is driving around the US and Canada in a giant tour bus to advertise Windows 7 and Office 2010. The bus is coming to Atlanta on June 4th (we’re the last stop on the tour) and everyone should come out to see what they have to say. Check the website to get details on the agenda MicrosoftBusTour...
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Thanks to a year's worth of hard work and some fantastic support from my family, friends, and colleagues, I have been reselected by Microsoft as a SharePoint Server MVP. This acknowledgement is extremely gratifying and encouraging as it is in recognition of countless SharePoint focused Twitter posts...
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The Next Generation of Windows® is almost here! Microsoft has released a video blog called Talking About Windows. This video blog provides insight on Windows 7 from the Microsoft engineers who helped build the product. www.talkingaboutwindows.com Check out what those who have used the product have...
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The IT Pro Evangelist in Atlanta will be hosting a Windows 7 loadfest at Microsoft in Alpharetta on June 11th at the Microsoft office. Come Join! https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032410648&culture=en-US
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Notes Online I’m a major MAJOR fan of OneNote, but it doesn’t really have an online interface which makes it tough to use when you’re really mobile (meaning you don’t have access to YOUR machine). Google has a Notebooks offering and there are wikis galore, but now Live Labs at Microsoft has release...
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First – I’m not going to be breaking the NDA I signed which enabled me to attend this event – you won’t be learning about any specific details about Office 14 from me in this blog entry. What I did want to convey was my general impression of excitement. What I saw in the past few days from the...
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I make not secret of the fact that I'm a Microsoft fanboy. I use a Microsoft Zune. I have several Xboxes (I kept 1 and gave 2 away). I use a Windows Mobile phone. This morning, my Microsoft Life got updated. I fired up my Xbox 360 and downloaded the new Xbox Experience - an entirely new dashboard...
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Figure 1 - SkyDrive home page Windows Live SkyDrive is an online file storage and sharing system which can be used to replace a traditional FTP server. http://skydrive.live.com Sign in with a Windows Live ID (you can create one if you don’t already have one). Your Windows Live ID can be used for a multitude...
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Register today and getVIRTUALnow. Atlanta event November 17, 2008 https://www.getvirtualnow.com/usevents/CitySelect.aspx Find out how Windows Server 2008® with Hyper-V™, Microsoft System Center--including Virtual Machine Manager 2008—and Microsoft Desktop and Application Virtualization can help you virtualize...
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If you have Windows Vista SP1 and would like Free Support until 18 March 2009 check this out. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background Free, unlimited installation and compatibility support is now available for all worldwide customers using Windows Vista...
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.NET University http://www.dotnet-u.com/ is the event series that gives you a practical overview of the latest .NET technologies that is not only great to learn from, but also freely available for you to share and present to your peers. The first course introduced the .NET Framework 3.0, and other courses...
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This week has been a busy week and it is only half way over. The IE team announced today that they had the first check in of code for Internet Explorer 8 passing the Acid2 test. http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/19/internet-explorer-8-and-acid2-a-milestone.aspx I hope this will mean better standards...