The Windows 7 build delivered to developers at PDC 2008 has generated quite a few questions about what exactly is contained in the Enterprise edition that are not in the other editions. I'd like to point out that the final lineup of editions has yet to...

Well, maybe you should be using standby. But often people just don't want to use standby, whether it is a laptop with a small battery, or maybe a desktop that you want to eliminate all power being fed to the device. Check this paper from the Windows Fundamentals...

This Codeplex project is SO cool. Imagine being able to use your webcam to direct your computer. Just make gestures in the air with known object. Kind of like Surface for the rest of us, I guess? Here's a video of it in use: http://www.youtube.com...

Some IT Pros are under pressure to consider skipping Windows Vista altogether and making the next company-wide upgrade Windows 7. Those that are under this pressure should take a deep breath and understand that this is crazy talk that doesn't have much...

In the Windows Automated Installation Kit, you have all the tools you need to create customized maintenance operating systems. Many people have asked how to optimize the boot time and size of these mainenance OSs. I thought I would point out a few of...

Over and over, people trying out the virtualized desktop infrastructure (VDI) approach to enterprise computing (Xen Desktop and such) notice a distinctly poor user experience compared to the traditional rich Windows client desktop. It seems that taking...

The easiest Software+Service product to use right now is the Asset Inventory Service (AIS) in the Microsoft Deskop Optimization Pack (MDOP video here ). In fact, a thorough step-by-step guide ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb964349.aspx...

Many in the technology industry now agree that Microsoft's Software+Services approach will gain many followers as the killer rich client software applications use the services in the cloud to make the complete experience more valuable and pleasurable...

Starting today, Steven Sinofsky (leading the Windows group), Jon DeVaan (leading Windows engineering) and the Windows Engineers are co-authors of a new blog that is specifically focusing on the coming wave of client technology in Windows 7. It is a...

Hello readers, welcome to Joel's new blog! After years of publishing technical content in an offline newsletter where distribution was more controlled, I have moved to blogging this content to disperse this information more quickly and in a wider scale...