Nick MacKechnie

Hi All, Ensuring your website is ready for Internet Explorer 8 Consistent with our efforts to promote further interoperability across the Web, Microsoft will be releasing Internet Explorer 8 to render content in its most standards-compliant way...

Hi All, As people begin to evaluate XPSP3, some people are striking this issue - After you upgrade a computer that uses a processor other than an Intel processor to Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), you may...

Hi All, The exchange team has put together the following flowcharts that show the likely processes and decision making flow that might be involved in certain disaster recovery situations based on a CCR Exchange 2007 design. These decision matrices do...

Hi All, This article describes the Windows Server 2008 read-only domain controller (RODC) compatibility pack for Windows Server 2003 clients and for Windows XP clients. This update addresses compatibility issues that occur with down-level clients that...

Hi All, Below is a listing of resources to help you prepare for Windows Server 2008.  Whitepapers Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides These step-by-step guides help IT Professionals learn about and evaluate Windows Server 2008. System Requirements...

Hi All, Today Microsoft released Windows XP SP3 to the web. It is available right now for download via: · Microsoft Download Center: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&DisplayLang=en...

The System Center Capacity Planner 2007 Model for Operations Manager 2007 provides best-practice guidance and hardware-specific knowledge to help information technology professionals make solid architecture decisions when planning a new deployment or...

Yesterday at the Microsoft Management Summit 2008, Microsoft announced the public release of Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM) beta now available at http://connect.microsoft.com .  This latest version of the product incorporates all the functionality...

Hi All, IT professionals face increasing pressure from rapidly changing technology, increasing costs and security concerns, and expanding business needs. Windows Server 2008 helps alleviate these pressures by automating daily management tasks, tightening...

Daylight Saving Time changes in Morocco and Pakistan (revised May 23, 2008) Microsoft has learned of a change to the observance of Daylight Saving Time (DST, aka regionally as Summer Time) in Morocco and Pakistan that could impact customers using local...

Hi All, Windows PowerShell V2 CTP2 introduces several significant features to Windows PowerShell 1.0 and Windows PowerShell V2 CTP that extends its use, improves its usability, and allows you to control and manage the Windows environment more easily and...

SEATTLE, Wash., and WATERLOO, Ontario — May 12, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced an agreement to provide Microsoft Windows Live services on BlackBerry ® smartphones. As a result of this collaboration, BlackBerry smartphone...

REDMOND, Wash. — May 21, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. is offering customers greater choice and more flexibility among document formats, as well as creating additional opportunities for developer and competitors, by expanding the range of document...

The final frontier got a bit closer today as Microsoft Corp. officially launched the public beta of its WorldWide Telescope, which is now available at http://www.worldwidetelescope.org . WorldWide Telescope is a rich Web application that brings together...

Messenger for Mac 7 is an integrated communications client that enables you to communicate with contacts within and outside your organization. Messenger for Mac 7 is a Universal application that is built to run on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs...

Hi All, The Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit contains functionality to help administer and manage Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0.  Overview This tool pack is oriented towards helping...

Today at the SSPA Best Practices 2008 conference, Microsoft Corp. announced that it has further enhanced its online self-service and internal support tool, Microsoft Automated Service Agent (ASA), with a variety of new features. Powered by Microsoft’s...

Microsoft is pleased to announce the release of Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0. This new version of MOF has been extended to include best practice guidance for additional phases and activities of the IT Service lifecycle including those all...

Hi All, TechEd is New Zealand’s largest and best education, training and networking event for the IT sector. Held in Auckland over 3 days, the main Tech Ed event will attract over 2,000 attendees encompassing IT Professionals, Developers, IT Managers...

Hi All, Here is a list of all guides and viewers for Office 2003 while you are test and deploy Office 2007 in your environment. 1. Excel 2007 Guide: Excel 2003 to Excel 2007 interactive command reference guide 2. PowerPoint 2007 Guide: PowerPoint 2003...

Hi All, Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP1 customers. For...

Microsoft introduced Volume Activation 2.0 with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. This paper describes how Microsoft IT manages the Volume Activation 2.0 process. Technical Case Study

Microsoft provides a comprehensive set of virtualisation products, tools, and services that span from the datacentre to the desktop. Our offerings cover server virtualisation with Hyper-V, presentation virtualisation with Terminal Services, application...

Hi All, The patterns & practices Enterprise Library is a collection of reusable application blocks designed to assist software developers with common enterprise development challenges. This following application blocks are included: Caching Application...

Hi All, Please find attached the listings of new or updated downloads for the week ending 9th May 2008.  Key ones include: Infrastructure Development & Operations • Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner 2007 Model for Microsoft System...