There is life before (and, I'm sure I'll find one day, after) Microsoft. It's important to remember that and appreciate the little things from our time before MSFT that made an impact. This is one of my favourites. How appropriate I should note this in...

After getting through the initial set of current Microsoft products , we come to the true beginning of the alphabet. Actually, we'll start with punctuation: with the "dot" as in .NET.   The .NET Framework to be exact . This is the...

It's not intended to be a five year mission, but given the long list of products in our ballywick (or is that "bally wick"?) in the effort to address the a question on every one of our products… Next up is Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office...

Next on my list customer and partner challenge or issue per day is FAST, which Microsoft acquired in April of 2008… FAST Search & Transfer, to be specific… "Today, Enterprise Search from Microsoft offers best-in-class technologies and cutting...

Last Thanksgiving, I talked with my friend, prolific blogger/ Twitterer Beth Blecherman (aka techmama on Twitter) in Silicon Valley about the move in our house away from cable to a system that would allow us to get our TV entertainment programming using...

Going to Mix10 in Las Vegas, from March 15 - 17 ? Check out my helpful hints on surviving tradeshows and finding restaurants in Las Vegas As you may already know, Microsoft's Mix10 Conference begins this week in Las Vegas. Yes, today is when we Spring...

OMG… what time is it? what time is it? I have a webcast to do… Beth? Paul? Rich? Where's the post on the updates? Oh, sorry… flashback to 2007 . I'm reminded that next time you'll change your clocks for daylight saving time (aka DST) is this Sunday...

Just in time for SXSW and Mix10, courtesy of Amybeth Hale at Mashable is her list of 12 iPhone Apps for Surviving Conference Season … "As conference season is upon us (including SXSW , of course), I began thinking about all the things one might...

As I continue my five year mission (no, not really) on covering our current products ( my product support challenge of the day ), today, we're up to Fable: The Lost Chapters for the PC . Based on the best-selling award-winning Xbox title Fable , Fable...

Next on my list customer and partner challenge or issue per day , today, it's about Engyro Product Connectors for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 and System Center Operations Manager 2007. What is Engyro you say? Engyro provides software solutions to...

Added 031210: @Microsoft : Tag #sxswHaiti on Twitter, @PayPal & @Microsoft will donate $0.25 to @SavetheChildren : http://bit.ly/918YAk Pls RT! Looking for something to do? Check out the list of nearly 700 SXSW side parties http://bit.ly/aO6zkS...

Continuing my effort to cover at least one customer and partner challenge or issue per day , today, it's about Duet for Microsoft Office and SAP . (Also, info is available on Duet here on our main website.) Duet is a solution from Microsoft and SAP that...

Heading down to SXSW this year? Long flights? Worried about not finding a power outlet when your devices are running on low? I have to recommend the Energizer XP8000 Rechargeable Power Pack . (And no, I'm just an energizer customer, not shilling for Energizer...

Another interesting find in my effort to cover at least one customer and partner challenge or issue per day … Over the weekend I did a little spring cleaning and came across a number of old application floppies (yes, applications used to come distributed...

From Daniel… timely in my effort to cover at least one customer and partner challenge or issue per day … "I read the news today… EBS2008 [Windows Essential Business Server] was discontinued… what are my options?" The news in question is from...

Today I continue the effort to cover at least one customer and partner challenge or issue per day … Turns out I wasn't far off in my estimate of current supported products. Thanks to Jared I have the current list of in-support products we have today,...

Keith asks today… "I am still running Vista on my home computer. It works well for me. How do I get service packs on it? I want the latest version!" Glad you asked. For our operating systems, every now and then we distribute what we call service...

Diane asks… "Will you answer questions on any Microsoft product? How long do you [I assume she means Microsoft] support the products?"  Sure, I'll try to provide answers and of resources available for the product line. This is not a replacement...

"Beware the Ides of March " Not actually said by Caesar (in Julius Caesar Act 1, scene 2) but to Caesar by a soothsayer in the crowd. And though often noted at the beginning of the month, the Ides are the fifteenth of the month. Whatever the...