February 2008 - Posts

Changes in DPE (and a new blog to follow)
29 February 08 02:33 AM

As you may know Sean has moved on to Redmond which means we have a new manager here in DPE New Zealand. Scott Wylie is now the Director of the Developer and Platform Strategy team here in New Zealand.  Scott has been in Microsoft New Zealand for Read More...

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Sharepoint User Group
25 February 08 01:43 AM

I just got an email from Chan regarding the Sharepoint User group in Wellington this week.  There are some nice add-ins to Sharepoint around, and one of them is the Community Kit for Sharepoint - which Zac has been involved in building.  Details Read More...

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A more open Microsoft
22 February 08 03:20 AM

One of the big changes over the last few years at Microsoft has been openness.  That is openness about interconnecting with other systems (i.e. non-MS systems), openness with regards to file formats and openness with regards to working with other Read More...

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End of the road (trip) - Invercargill
19 February 08 05:06 AM

Today we are in Invercargill.  Today is the last day of our Road Trip.  Today is kind of a sad day. We've had a great time driving around the country presenting on Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008.  I think those Read More...

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Day 11 - Dunedin
18 February 08 10:09 AM

Last night JB and I flew down to meet Chris in Dunedin.  In retrospect, we could have gone down this morning, but it translated into a good sleep in this morning, and we are safely in the town we need to be in and not at the mercy of the airlines Read More...

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Day 10 - Christchurch
15 February 08 03:56 AM

This morning we woke up in the middle of nowhere, with no mobile coverage, no telephone and lots of distance between us and civilization - a geek's worst nightmare.  We were of course in Maruia Springs Thermal Resort in Lewis Pass.  Chris is Read More...

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Nelson to Christchurch
15 February 08 12:38 AM

Last night we took the ferry to the South Island at 6:15 (give or take 30 minutes for a delay).  We it was dark when we got to Picton, which meant we got to take some photos during sunset in the sounds which was pretty cool.  When we got to Read More...

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Wellington done - South Island - Here we come!
13 February 08 05:42 AM

  Today the boys did their presentation to our home town of Wellington.  It went well and was generally enjoyed by everyone.  The Paramount was a fantastic venue and we had heaps of capacity so even though we  had hundreds of registrations Read More...

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Day 7 - Palmerston North
12 February 08 01:51 AM

Jeremy and Chris are both really looking forward to Wellington tomorrow - it is our home town, and we are expecting the biggest (and best?) audience at a very cool venue - the Paramount Picture Theatre. Today however, we are in Palmerston North. After Read More...

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Day 6 - Napier
11 February 08 02:45 AM

We started the week at 7am by driving from Wellington to Napier.  It was pouring rain in Wellington - but the rain eased and cleared once we got through the Waiarapa. It was funny driving through my home town, Dannevirke, and pointing out one or Read More...

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Day 5 - New Plymouth
08 February 08 09:37 PM

The road between Hamilton and New Plymouth was interesting.  There is little to no cellular coverage for about an hour and a half - which made us techies feel quite isolated.  We particularly felt for the owners of the petrol station at Awakino... Read More...

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Rotorua and Hamilton
07 February 08 01:22 AM

Wireless (even GPRS) sucked badly in Rotorua, so we were unable to post much.  First thing in the morning Chris and his brother went mountain biking in Redwood forest, while JB and I slept in (I went for a run), got breakfast, caught up on email Read More...

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Day 2 - Tauranga
05 February 08 08:28 AM

We made our way from Auckland to Tauranga today.  No dramas with the location this time (phew!), and we started making stops and taking photos along the way.  We stopped in Paeroa and Waihi to take some photos, grab drinks (you can't not do Read More...

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Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 RTM's
05 February 08 12:29 AM

Today you should be able to download Windows Server 2008 from your MSDN subscription (you do have one don't you?) or TechNet Plus Subscription. This is timely, now we can tell people that they can go get the bits we are using at the road show! Hyper-V Read More...

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Auckland, done, coming your way soon!
04 February 08 08:23 AM

Last night was a bit of an experience.  We jumped on the plane in Wellington to come to Auckland for the first leg of he .Net User Group Summer Road Trip trying to tote 30kg of computer equipment, managed switches and a heap of varying cables along Read More...

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2008 Summer Road trip - here we come
01 February 08 04:44 AM

Hold on - we're heading your way!  The content is prepped, the rehearsal is done, we are on our way! On Monday the .Net User Groups kick off their summer road trip in Auckland.  I'm tagging along, so after Auckland we head down the country until Read More...

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