Nick MacKechnie

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Microsoft CIO and CES Lead Environmental Sustainability Efforts , which discusses how Tony Scott and Rob Bernard work in partnership to achieve Microsoft’s environmental sustainability objectives...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Project Carnation: Reducing Energy Consumption through Data Center Storage Consolidation , which discusses Microsoft IT migrated 211 storage fames to reduced energy consumption through Data...

ADMT v3.2 is an out-of-band tool available as a free download (in 8 languages: English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish) to enable customers to deploy Active Directory in the following scenarios...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Results of the Green IT Datacenter Pilot: Consolidating Data Centers Using Virtualization , which discusses a green IT initiative for data centers. In 2009 MSIT proposed a Green IT initiative...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of How Microsoft IT Approaches Organizational Change Management , which discusses how Microsoft IT drove organizational change management.  Understand how Microsoft IT created an organizational...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Reducing Costs and Improving Systems Management with Hyper-V and System Center Operations Manager , which discusses how Microsoft IT used Hyper-V and System Center Operations Manager to reduce...

The latest beta releases from the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) team will provide organizations with the resources to apply MOF guidance to Microsoft products and technologies. This collection of reliability workbooks, diagrams, and companion guides...

Exchange CXP team has released Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 RTM (KB 982639) to the download center. KB 982639 lists all the fixes included in this rollup. Here are some of the product improvements and critical bug fixes we'd like to call out...

Exchange Server 2007 SP3 is available online in 11 languages and on two platforms (32/64bit). The accompanying documentation includes: Release Notes and What's New in Exchange Server 2007 SP3 . Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) has been...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of The Power of ECM2: Enterprise Content Management Using SharePoint 2010 , which discusses a new way to manage content. Content management is all relative, or is it? Discover the new document...

This combination of resources—designed to facilitate organisational improvement—builds upon the guidance offered in MOF 4.0, providing specific examples of the application of MOF concepts. Download new MOF resources: Continuous Improvement: A MOF Companion...

SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 include many technologies that can be used to minimize downtime and maximize data protection so that database administrators can ensure smooth operation, continuous access to business critical data, and meet availability...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Upgrading Active Directory Domain Services to Windows Server 2008 R2 , which discusses how Microsoft IT enhanced and streamlined the way it manages identities.  The management of identities...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of How Microsoft IT Virtualized Their Infrastructure for Microsoft.com, which discusses how Microsoft.com created an agile private cloud. Microsoft virtualization technologies and SAN-based...

Microsoft has developed the Productivity Hub to help support your ongoing end user training efforts. The Hub is a SharePoint Server 2007 site collection that serves as a learning community and is fully customizable. It provides a central place for your...

We are pleased to announce the availability of Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Beta. As we shared in Yes Virginia, there is an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 in April, Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Beta incorporates a number of feature updates including: archiving and...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Microsoft IT Reduces Identity Management Costs , which discusses how Forefront Identity Manager saves IT costs and increases IT and end-user productivity.  Microsoft Forefront Identity...

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/business/archive/2010/06/07/virtualization-updates-at-teched.aspx Today, at TechEd in the US, we are pleased to announce that by the end of July we will be releasing the public beta of Service Pack 1 for Windows Server...

Please find below details of an upcoming IT Professional webcast on Windows 7 deployment, and helpful published articles around Windows 7 deployment topics. Also, towards the bottom of thi, you will find productivity guides and helpful information for...

We have published a Virtual Machine running Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, OCS, Web Applications, FAST Search, Project Server, Project Pro Plus 2010, Visio, Project, SQL Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010.  This download contains a two Windows...

Hi All, This is another reminder regarding the End of Support (EOS) on July 13, 2010 (US Pacific Time), for Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2, and the change in support phase for Windows 2003. For more information on the Microsoft Support Lifecycle, see...

Checkout the new Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster !   Similar to the Windows Server 2008 R2 component poster , the Hyper-V poster is a great visual tool to help in the understanding of the key features and components. It highlights key...