Nick MacKechnie

With the Windows Phone Developer Tools in beta and Windows Phone 7 in technical preview , now is the time to build Windows Phone 7 apps in earnest, and we have refreshed our Design Resources for developers and designers to help you build beautiful apps...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Deploying Office 2010 at Microsoft, which discusses how Microsoft IT developed a testing and deployment strategy to deliver Office 2010 to more than 100,000 desktop computers at Microsoft...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Exchange Server 2010 Design and Architecture at Microsoft, which discusses how Microsoft IT replaced Exchange Server 2007 servers with servers running Exchange Server 2010, creating new opportunities...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Enhancing Federation Services for Internal and External partners , which discusses how Microsoft IT uses AD FS 2.0 to provide a rich experience for internal and external partners.  By...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Enabling Self Service BI from EDW using SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2 , which provides an in depth demo on just how easy it is to create reports, dashboards and PowerPivot models...

In case you missed Brandon's post on Monday (US Pacific Time) , the public beta is now available for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1… Today, we announced at our annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) the availability of the public...

System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Servicing Portal 2.0 (SSP), a key component of Microsoft’s cloud strategy and gives you the tools and tested guidance you need to build the foundation for a private cloud infrastructure.  Using SSP, you...

The new Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 is now available for download! MAP 5.0 is an agentless tool designed to simplify and streamline the IT infrastructure planning process across multiple scenarios through network-wide automated...

If you’re making the move to Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and/or Office 2010, you need tools and guidance to help you through the process. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 , a free Solution Accelerator, is designed to fill that need. The...

MOSS 2007 & WSS 3.0 June 2010 CU are now ready for you to install them. WSS 3.0 June CU Full -Server-Package >>> http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=983311&kbln=en-us MOSS 2007 June CU Full -Server-Package >>>...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Enterprise Data Warehouse: A Patterns Approach to Data Integration , which discusses how Microsoft IT uses a set of solution patterns to create a powerful framework for a single commonly...

We are excited to announce the release of the latest version of the Application Compatibility Toolkit, ACT 5.6. As you may remember from our previous posts here and here , ACT is a tool used to analyze applications and hardware, evaluate OS deployments...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Forefront UAG DirectAccess Provides Anywhere Access to Corporate Resources for Mobile Workers , which discusses how Microsoft IT deployed DirectAccess with Forefront UAG 2010 to enable employees...