Archive for May, 2009
When you go for a “comfort break” the last thing you expect is to pickup a very useful, yet neglected feature of Office 2007. That was not the case when I last visited the Microsoft HQ in Dublin, whilst I initially thought the sight of loo technology tips was strange it actually worked out well! One extremely useful tip […]
Overview Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 R2 is a stand-alone product that provides a reliable and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs. With the addition of new features such as live migration and expanded processor and memory support for host systems, it allows organizations to consolidate workloads onto a single […]
Just spotted a post over at Nick Whittome’s Blog that mentions Steve Riley has been hit by the second round of Microsoft layoffs. I met Steve back at last year’s Strategic Architecture Forum (SAF), he presented on “Privacy in the Digital Age” – deck here. I also managed to have an excellent debate with him and […]
Welcome to Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) testing. We’re on our way to Windows 7, and if you like trying out pre-release software, now’s your chance. You get to see what’s coming, and we get to see if our changes and fixes from the Beta testing are working correctly. How do you test the software? […]
A while back I was looking for a plug-in application to assist with adding Outlook 2007 contacts, remember how Outlook Express had this type of functionality enabled out of the box? Anyways I spotted a post over at Channel 10 and knew immediately that my prayers had been answered! It seems an application called “gwabbit!” semi-automates […]
A few updates over in the Communicator and OCS Blogs worth paying attention to! Firstly an April edition of available updates for OCS 2007 R2 here and secondly a rundown of Deskphone-OC Integration in R2, a major bugbear of mine in R1 was that only USB enabled Catalina devices permitted desktop integration – this is now […]
