Dec 14 2006
A new beta version of Google
’s toolbar for the Firefox browser has brought integration of Google’s Docs & Spreadsheets service to your desktop. What this means is that you can double-click on an Excel or Word document and have it open directly in your Google Docs site.
Dec 12 2006
Dec 11 2006
Have a look at this amazing video – I’d love to know how long it took them to get this right.
Dec 09 2006
Just picked this up via the TechNet blogs feed:
Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is now available for download on Microsoft Connect http://connect.microsoft.com . BDD 2007 provides end-to-end guidance and automation for large scale deployment of Windows Vista and the 2007 Office System.
BDD 2007 RC1 is feature complete and has been updated to support the released version of the User State Migration Toolkit (USMT) 3.0. BDD 2007 RC1 includes a new version of the standalone task sequencer derived from System Center Configuration Manager 2007. Documentation is now complete and has also released to web at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/bdd/2007/default.mspx.
This release supports Windows Vista and Windows XP imaging and deployment. For more information, please see the Release Notes included with BDD 2007 RC1.
Where to Find BDD 2007 : BDD 2007 RC1 is available as an open beta download, visit http://connect.microsoft.com and navigate to the Downloads page for the “Business Desktop Deployment 2007 (RC1) for Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system” program. Dependent tools such as the Windows AIK and USMT3 are downloaded from the Workbench.
Source: BDD 2007 Release Candidate 1 disponible
Originally published on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:53:00 GMT by fabricem
Dec 09 2006
Great news… This just in from the EHLO blog:
This morning, we signed off Exchange 2007 for release to you!
We’ve bet the company on this product. Here at Microsoft, we have over 120,000 mailboxes running in production on Exchange 2007 – exceeding our SLA of 99.95% availability. Likewise, over 200 Technology Adoption Partners and Rapid Deployment Partners have over 55,000 mailboxes in production operating within their enterprise SLA’s.
In addition to taking the time to ensure this software was rock solid for you, we’ve invested more time in documentation and deployment guidance than we have for any other release previously. Please do check it out and let us know if we’re missing something you need.
Thank you for all of your support, feedback, and patience during this journey by our team. We are committed to working with you on successful deployments in the coming months and years.
On behalf of the entire Exchange team, thank you for choosing Exchange.
Source: Signed off!
Originally published on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:32:57 GMT by Exchange
Nov 29 2006
More Exchange 2007 stuff from Microsoft… Here’s a bunch of case studies for migrating to Exchange 2007 – they cover a wide range of businesses and scenarios, so they should be applicable to all sizes of environments.
http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/search.aspx?ProTaxID=1267
Nov 29 2006
The latest edition of Microsoft’s free, downloadable, TechNet magazine is now available. There’s lots of good Exchange 2007 stuff in there so it’s worth checking out.
Nov 29 2006
Microsoft have just RTW’d (released to web) version 6.0 of the RDP client which can be installed on Windows XP SP2 machines. This new version supports all the new RDP features that have been introduced with Vista and Longhorn. You also get a lot of new performance options so that you can now disable many of the Windows effects while connecting.
If you use the RDP client a lot, this is definitely worth getting. Link here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/…
Nov 29 2006
I’ve just been reading a good blog post from the MS Exchange team (You had me at EHLO) detailing some recommendations for your Exchange 2007 hardware requirements. Here are the links:
Nov 27 2006
ASB have released a new service in NZ called pago (lower case intended) which allows you to make payments for goods using your sms with your mobile phone or by email. The site is clearly targeting a younger audience, even encouraging you to use your TradeMe or MySpace username as your pago login name. There’s even a ‘cool’ beta logo in the top corner. What’s worrying to me is that this service doesn’t seem too secure as if someone steals your mobile phone or gets access to your emails they will be able to steal your money and you won’t be able to do anything about it.
If this doesn’t sound like a good thing to you, be sure to read the terms and conditions to highlight how dangerous this service is. Note how many times it’s stated that if you lose money, you will not be refunded!
For example, you want to pay your friend $20 towards dinner, but you mistakenly enter their username wrong – you lose your money. No refund. No help from ASB. I really don’t think they are making the risks clear enough here, and I guess they are hoping that the younger crowd are more naive and that they won’t read the terms and conditions.
ASB needs to sort this out quickly.