Microsoft Higher Education Tech NE

OLW - Help your study group make the grade (or any group project)

Matthic — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:01:00 GMT

There are many ways Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta can make your life easier. Today, we’ll show you how to use a workspace for your next group project. A workspace gives you a single online place where your group can store notes and schedules, and...(read more)

Baking FCS into your image

Matthic — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:56:00 GMT

Here’s some reache we did to help customers deploy Forefont Client Seurity via imaging process. 1. If you want the FCS clients in managed mode (go to your WSUS for updates and report to your MOM console: Install FCS via the command line to the image:...(read more)

Microsoft Unified Communications (MUC) User Group

Matthic — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:34:00 GMT

We are pleased to invite you to the first meeting of the Microsoft Unified Communications User Group for Educational Institutions. This is an independent group that encourages communication between users of (and people interested in) Microsoft Unified...(read more)

Windows 7 - XP Mode (XPM)

Matthic — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:25:00 GMT

This is cool stuff for Windows 7 Application compatability efforts. http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/business/archive/2009/04/24/coming-soon-windows-xp-mode-and-windows-virtual-pc.aspx...(read more)

Happy Earth Day - green IT articles

Matthic — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:42:00 GMT

TechNet Magazine published this special online-only Green IT issue for IT Pros earlier this evening. The issue features a strong collection of new and archived articles, including: · Framework for Building a “Hyper-Green” Virtual Server System · Planning...(read more)

Boston Virtualization User group

Matthic — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:18:00 GMT

Virtualization Group - Boston . Their initial charter is to hold monthly meetings in Waltham Ma on the fourth Thursday of each month. They had an initial membership drive event in which they pulled in plenty of new members, numerous sponsors and new board...(read more)

MOSS as a LMS?

Matthic — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:23:00 GMT

One of our partners - AppointLink did a nice job customizing SharePoint at Yale Law School. Essentially they were able to replace Backboard LMS with SharePoint functionality. This may not supplant all of your LMS needs but in many cases its good enough...(read more)

New Case study - Leveraging IAG and AppV for distance learning

Matthic — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:20:00 GMT

We published a new case study recently. It highlights how IAG and App-V can be combined to build a distance-learning or remote access solution in the Education sector. http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003808...(read more)

Microsoft Virtualization Event in Waltham 4/29 (Waltham, MA)

Matthic — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Server and desktop virtualization is one of the most significant technology advancements in IT environments today, as a key enabler of the next generation data center. With the introduction of Microsoft®, Hyper-V™, server virtualization becomes truly...(read more)

IE8 RTW very soon

Matthic — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:22:00 GMT

IE8 is going to release to the web very soon. It wil not come down via Windows Update for several weeks. Just like IE7 there is a blocker toolkit for when it does. Contact matthic for more information. IE8 launch is coming soon. Get your public site ready...(read more)

Live Search Credits program for Edu

Matthic — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:15:00 GMT

This program is called Search@Work and the basic idea behind it is in return for using Microsoft’s Search Engine www.live.com you will receive service credits that you are able use towards support training and more. Below is additional information on...(read more)

Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Training - Waltham 3/18 10-4 MPR B

Matthic — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:43:00 GMT

I worked with Lee Grant a High Performance Computing Specialist to put a customer HPC training class in the Waltham Office. Hope to see you there! Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Deep dive Daylong training covering an overview of Microsoft Windows HPC...(read more)

Windows HiEd conference registration open

Matthic — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:14:00 GMT

The registration site for the HiED conference is now available. Space is limited so if you want to attend, please register right away. http://www.microsoft.com/education/events/hied2009.mspx...(read more)

Academic Analytics and Strategic Planning - Make critical decisions with confidence - Farmington 2/25 1:30-2:30

Matthic — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Most institutions are facing a series of difficult decisions and have had to review their budgets (again and again). Most institutions are unaware of 1) The power of the MS BI Platform and Tools and 2) they already own most of it. SQL Analysis Service...(read more)

Academic Analytics and Strategic Planning - Make critical decisions with confidence - Waltham MTC 2/24 1:30-2:30

Matthic — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:57:00 GMT