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On Word & Outlook 2007...
19 January 07 11:14 AM | michaelaffronti | 6 Comments   
In past versions, Outlook actually used two rendering engines – IE’s for reading content, and Word for editing when you were composing messages. What this meant was that if you were replying or forwarding HTML emails, previous versions of Outlook would Read More...
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new blog from the Vista Shell team
20 September 06 12:27 PM | michaelaffronti | 7 Comments   
The Windows Shell Team has a new blog entitled " Shell Revealed ". From the site… Welcome to shell:revealed, the home of the Windows Client team. We're the folks that build the core user interface for Windows and we love every minute of it! shell:revealed Read More...
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RSS in Outlook - upgrading from Beta 2 to B2TR
18 September 06 10:01 AM | michaelaffronti | 8 Comments   
With the Office Beta 2 Technical Refresh now live on the web , I wanted to take a few minutes and talk about the best way to get your RSS feeds up and running after you upgrade. The B2TR installation is actually a patch that installs on top of the original Read More...
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IWCenter podast
17 September 06 10:37 PM | michaelaffronti | 2 Comments   
About two weeks I did a great interview with Shawn Murrary for his podcast on the IWCenter . Shawn's site is a fantastic source of information on Office 2007 and how many of the new features across all of the products will change the way information worker Read More...
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Paul Thurrott review of Office B2TR
14 September 06 01:40 PM | michaelaffronti | 1 Comments   
Another great review by Paul Thurrott over on the Windows SuperSite: http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/office2007_beta2_tr.asp . He's got some great information on Outlook and talks specifically about the new Instant Search functionality. Read More...
Top 10 Ways to Motivate a Geek
18 July 06 08:46 AM | michaelaffronti | 2 Comments   
I couldn't resist posting about this article . It's a decent read and highlights some of the issues I see affecting us here at Microsoft every day. It's my first visit to the Retrospector's blog and I've already subscribed; another good read is the linked Read More...
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so it begins...
30 June 06 09:35 AM | michaelaffronti | 0 Comments   
9:36am, just ran into Hans (former Outlook PM now Walter Cronkite apprentice) and am sitting in the main room of the conference. We've got a Windows Live booth outside of the conference room that's got a few Vista demo machines and it's also where Joe Read More...
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Gnomedex 6.0 baby!
29 June 06 01:52 PM | michaelaffronti | 0 Comments   
Gnomedex 6.0 starts tonight! Last year was a blast and I'm looking forward to attending this weekend. I'll be there with a bunch of other folks from Microsoft representing Office, XBox, Windows Live, Vista, and a bunch of other teams. We'll have a little Read More...
Ready, Set, Publish! Internet Calendaring in Outlook 2007
06 June 06 01:44 PM | michaelaffronti | 9 Comments   
Internet Calendar Publishing in Outlook 2007 I talked about Internet Calendar Subscriptions in Outlook 2007 in an earlier post. I would now like to talk a bit about actually publishing Internet Calendars. Internet Calendar Publishing in Outlook gives Read More...
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Internet Calendaring: Q&A time...
18 May 06 08:00 PM | michaelaffronti | 8 Comments   
There were some great questions in the comments to my previous post about Internet Calendar Subscriptions in Outlook 2007. I wanted to answer those before I go on to talk about Internet Calendar Publishing in Outlook 2007. - Can "However, the downloaded Read More...
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Blogging from Word 2007
12 May 06 10:18 AM | michaelaffronti | 1 Comments   
My friend and colleague Joe Friend over in Word 2007 land (actually just upstairs from my office) has released the details of some awesome new functionalty enabled in the Word 2007 Beta 2: http://blogs.msdn.com/joe_friend/archive/2006/05/12/595963.aspx Read More...
Internet Calendar Subscriptions - Part 1
10 May 06 04:35 PM | michaelaffronti | 23 Comments   
This post is coming to you courtesy of Can Comertoglu, our Outlook PM in charge of our Internet Calendaring experience. The new Internet Calendar functionality falls under the Sharing experience for Outlook 2007, so I've asked Can to take a few posts Read More...
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Check out Bill & Kurt's keynote @ the MS Office Developers Conference
16 March 06 04:30 PM | michaelaffronti | 0 Comments   
Bill Gates and Kurt DelBene will be keynoting at the Microsoft Office Developes Conference on Tuesday, March 21st here in Redmond, WA. It's going to be an exciting presentation that focuses on the 2007 Office system and the major investments made in all Read More...
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The Name
17 February 06 10:03 AM | michaelaffronti | 4 Comments   
It's here... finally! We've closed on the new name for our product, and I'm pumped to announce it as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. No logos to show you guys yet, but stay tuned. The official name of the entire product line is the 2007 Microsoft Office Read More...
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Technorati is so cool...
05 January 06 04:55 PM | michaelaffronti | 2 Comments   
I think one of the coolest parts about having a blog is being able to see who communicates about it around the web, and Technorati is awesome for that. I regularly click on the "who blogs about me" link ( http://www.technorati.com/search/http://blogs.msdn.com/michael_affronti?cc=hwnjjtb5rc Read More...
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