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After several years of work and thousands of hours of labor, we shipped FTP for IIS 7.0 to the world earlier today! It is now available from the following URLs: Microsoft FTP Publishing Service for IIS 7.0 (x86) http://www.iis.net/go/1619...

The www.IIS.NET site has had a massive update and relaunched in conjunction with the release of Windows server 2008! Check it out!

I'm so far behind on my blog posting! There has been so much news of late that's worth sharing or talking about! It's hard to miss the Yahoo offer in the press and there a couple of nice opinions by the folks over at Liveside . All I can say it...

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Overview This white paper introduces the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) new features related to the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration version 4.0. In particular, it addresses key features in anywhere access...

Overview ISVs and Hosters can use this MPS SDK to develop applications that are enabled for multi-tenancy capability. Create providers and namespaces specific to provisioning and hosting that allow your applications to be used by many users simultaneously...

Awesome post by Kanwaljeet on the registry keys that IIS 7 uses and their description! http://blogs.iis.net/ksingla/archive/2007/12/30/list-of-registry-keys-affecting-iis7-behavior.aspx

I wanted to bring you a quick update that the downloads for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 are now available for customers and partners.  This is the English language version, more to follow soon. The downloads can be found at the following links: Server...

Check out Gianpaolo's blog on MSDN for the latest release of LitwareHR v2 which talks to S+S architecture guidance! http://blogs.msdn.com/gianpaolo/archive/2007/11/21/litwarehr-v2-from-saas-to-s-s.aspx Awesome stuff

I came across this info on the bandwidth requirements for Communicator and OCS 2007 server. Hardware and software requirements for Communicator 2007 from the OCS 2007 deployment guide: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=f1d1a947...

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=356263#356263 Posted by dunnry // Tue, Nov 13, 2007 2:09 PM In this screencast, we configure our IIS7 server for remote administration and delegation.  The remote administration service in IIS7 is a new...

We have released the update to HMC 4.0 that includes guidance to use System Centre Operations Manager 2007 (Or for those of you who think that product name is way to long SCOM 2007) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B530C99-C4D1...

Time for some self promotion! I am presenting at IP07 next week at Earls Court with a couple of colleagues. Come on down! http://www.ipexpo.co.uk/page.cfm/action=Seminars/SeminarID=87 http://www.ipexpo.co.uk/page.cfm/action=ConfSpeaker/SpeakerID...

Check out these upcoming webcasts on IIS 7. Please note these are US Pacific times making these in the early evening UK time!   What's New in Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0 for IT Professionals Tuesday, October 02, 2007 11:30 AM Pacific...

So how are people going on their HMC 4.0 deployments? The Migration toolkit for HMC has been out for a while now and hopefully many of you HMC hosters – aspirational or live, will be looking to upgrade your platforms to get the benefits of Exchange...

Windows Server 2003, Service Pack 2 and the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration Update! - September 2007: Windows Server 2003, Service Pack 2 Hotfix for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration A hotfix for the compatibility issue...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/audsel.mspx Get downloading and evaluating!

Check out the availability of the new edition of Windows available for the hosting community http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/8/5/785d2dfb-cf33-4c55-83dc-e82e4745ced0/Windows_Server_2003_Web_Edition_Enhanced_overview.zip Windows Server 2003...

Get up to speed with IIS 7 and Windows Server 2008 Check out the info on the Go Live program on http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=7&subtabid=79 that will enable you to get early access to the Beta bits for hosting scenarios. Gavin

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/23/Google-Apps-no-replacement-for-MS-Office_1.html I have had an increasing number of conversations with enterprise customers and partners who are looking at consuming various components of their IT estate as...

Browsing the Alexa site I see that Live.com has moved up above Myspace.com

So not Hosting related but this topic is close to my heart at the moment... and Mark offers up a great article on Vista and Mac. At least some food for though! http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2007/05/get-a-mac-maybe-but-windows-vista-offers-a-more...

I had not posted this before but it's important information: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/serviceproviders/hmc_sp2_news.mspx Warning! - August 2007 Installing Windows Server 2003, Service Pack 2 (SP2) on servers running the Microsoft Provisioning...

I am pleased to announce that the Microsoft® Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration version 4.0 Migration Kit has been published and released today. Live URL : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=636571AA-6582-49D6-B59E...

I am pleased to announce that the Microsoft® Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration MPS SDK has been updated for July 2007 has been published and released today. Live paths to files in this release are: http://download.microsoft.com/download...