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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:54 PM

Zune HD and Zune 4.0 Launched!

Wow, what a ride it's been so far. I've been really enjoying my new position on the Zune Services Team, and as many of you know by now we just launched Zune 4.0. :) Here's what you should do (you don't need a Zune device): Visit http://www.zune.net .
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 1:28 PM

Coming soon- Zune on Connect!

I've had a little project cooking on the side since I started with the Zune Services Team last month. One of the things that many of the Zune folks do is help customers out in the Zune Forums with issues they have, answering questions and the like. Sometimes
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 1:16 PM

Cool tool: Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder

For those of you who have or are going to be getting Windows 7, you have a great tool built into the OS. I was playing with it earlier, and I have a strong feeling this tool will play a very significant role in product support scenarios. It's going to
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Monday, June 29, 2009 4:50 PM

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Greetings! I know I've been somewhat quiet of late, but there's a good reason- I've been transitioning to a new position here at Microsoft! I've just joined the Zune team, working on catalog services. It's a very exciting change and a great position-
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Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:24 PM

Microsoft Connect Offline

Hi folks- we're currently experiencing some problems with the Microsoft Connect site ( http://connect.microsoft.com ). It is offline, and our support team is fully engaged in getting it restored ASAP. There is apparently a problem at a data center, but
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Friday, January 09, 2009 10:37 AM

Connect and Windows 7, Other Beta Programs

Hey folks- just a quick note on the Windows 7 Beta. Many people have been filing feedback or making comments, votes, etc to existing feedback on the Connect connection- at http://connect.microsoft.com/Connect . The Connect Connection is meant for filing
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Monday, January 05, 2009 11:17 AM

Happy New Year!

Greetings, Programs! I've been extraordinarily busy both at work and away from it and we've all been working hard on the next major version of Connect- 4.0. Apologies for not having more content here lately, but as a New Year's resolution I'll update
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Monday, June 02, 2008 9:54 AM

Still Here, Yes

First, apologies for not keeping my blog up to date. It always seems like there's some fire to put out, and blogging keeps taking a back seat. Well, no more. So, on to current events. If you haven't yet seen the new Connect Site , you should check it
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Monday, December 17, 2007 11:30 AM

Connect 3.0 Beta- first impressions?

So I'm curious what people think of the new look and feel of the Connect 3.0 beta site . We've seen some activity and a few suggestions/bugs filed (thanks!), but I'm interested in general feedback on the site. What do you like, not like, etc?
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:47 PM

Connect 3.0 Beta- Check it out!

The new Microsoft Connect site, which we've been working at for months, is now in public beta at http://connectbeta.microsoft.com . Head on over and check out some of the new features: A Dashboard showing all your activity (across all your connections)!
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Monday, July 30, 2007 11:45 AM

Recent Connect Stability Issues

Recently there have been a number of short, isolated outages with Connect. These have occured at generally random times of day and have usually been short, less than 10 minutes. We've been working hard to isolate the problem. I can't go into specific
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Monday, July 30, 2007 11:29 AM

Coming changes to Connect's development team

With the recent release of Connect 2.4, the Connect team is beginning a phase of more regular releases, in a hopefully dependable rhythm that we can continue to rely on. The Connect team has grown somewhat as Connect has grown. The Connect team is reorganizing
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Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:43 PM

ZOMG Connect was down!

Sadly, it's true. At about 9:30 AM Pacific time, the Connect site and our internal management tools for it began having problems, and shortly after went down. We've added some new monitoring tools and process to the system recently, and they informed
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Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:52 AM

Connect 2.3 QFE 1

Hey there! Last night we deployed the first set of patches to Connect 2.3. Nearly all of these were what would be termed "backend" fixes for problems we encountered with the new user profile store. I did work out some changes for issues like this one
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Saturday, June 02, 2007 4:00 PM

Connect 2.3 is up!

After what I understand was a very uneventful upgrade procedure, the Connect site is back up at http://connect.microsoft.com . Please take a look. Also be sure to check out http://connectbeta.microsoft.com for a look at our upcoming 2.4 release!
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