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January 2009 - Posts

Recycling Active Directory?

We have had a recycle bin for Windows Files, Mail and many other objects which people delete on their computer for a few years, but for the ITPRO, we have never had the ability to recycle Active Directory Objects. Imagine the situation where you are the Read More...
Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 4:39 PM by neilhut | 1 Comments
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IE8 RC1 is released – Deployment Guidance

Today we launched IE8 RC1. David in the team spoke to Jane Maliouta for EDGE , who is the program manager in charge of deployment and setup of IE8. She talked about what’s new in setup with RC1 and provides inside details on deployment with IE8. David Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:54 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments
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Azure Issue Tracker Demo Released

Last week Ryan in the team released the Azure Issue Tracker sample application.  This demo demonstrates multi-tenant ISV and SaaS solutions using a number of the Azure Services Platform components and is hosted in Windows Azure.  The first release Read More...
Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 4:10 PM by neilhut | 0 Comments

IE8 Application Compatibility Resources

IE8 is currently in Beta and is also the Microsoft supported browser within Windows 7 (currently in beta) which is seeing dramatic uptake in the community. There are a number of excellent improvements which users will clearly want to adopt once it is Read More...
Posted Friday, January 23, 2009 9:59 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments
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Dynamics CRM Demo extended through Windows Azure

Some time ago at the Convergence conference in Copenhagen, Ben Riga on the team showed a demo of our Dynamics CRM product during the keynote. While I do not typically show off demos on here, I thought that this one was really interesting for a few reasons Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:22 AM by neilhut | 0 Comments

Silverlight and the Inauguration

Nice to see that Silverlight is being used to stream live webcasts for the Inauguration. It started with the live stream of President-elect Barack Obama’s speaking in Baltimore’s War Memorial Plaza . Its great to see that so many sites are now starting Read More...
Posted Monday, January 19, 2009 4:31 PM by neilhut | 0 Comments
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Installing Windows 7 from a USB stick on your Netbook

Dennis Chung from Microsoft Singapore has created a great screen cast on EDGE that shows you have you can install Windows 7 from a USB Key disk rather than from a DVD. Clearly this makes it a lot more convenient and a whole lot faster, certainly if you Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 17, 2009 5:01 AM by neilhut | 2 Comments
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Loads of Windows 7 Tips and Tricks

Tim Sneath in the team put together a really detailed list of nice features which you get with Windows 7. He call it his “bumper list of Windows 7 secrets” and is well worth a look. Check at the details here ( http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-secrets.aspx Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:07 AM by neilhut | 0 Comments
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BitLocker in Windows 7 – Protecting your USB Drives

One of easy ways to get your data stolen from your PC is through the theft or misplacement of USB key drives which contain either confidential personal or company information. One of the new features in Windows 7 is the support for BitLocker encryption Read More...
Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 10:58 PM by neilhut | 0 Comments
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What I like About Windows 7

So after the announcement of Windows 7 beta yesterday, here’s my take on the seven things that I just love about the product. Certainly not the official list, but after using Windows 7 on my laptop for about a month, these are the things that stand out Read More...
Posted Friday, January 09, 2009 12:53 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments
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No More Parallel Development Pain : 10-4

The Visual Studio Evangelism team just released a new episode of the 10-4 show ( Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 ), which explains the improvements in branching and merging in Team Foundation Server 2010 which will help eliminate the pain associated with Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:39 PM by neilhut | 1 Comments
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The hidden Gem – Windows Live Essentials

Over the break, I got the chance to look at some software and technologies which I do not typically have time to look at throughout the rest of the year. One thing that I played with was Windows Live Essentials. It all started when my Uncle asked about Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 06, 2009 5:41 PM by neilhut | 1 Comments
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Wikieexplorer running on Windows Azure

Dotnetsolutions, a Microsoft Gold partner from the the UK have just finished porting their “Wikieexplorer” application to run on Windows Azure. Behind the scenes, a set of Windows Azure background processes have re-organized the millions on Wiki entries Read More...
Posted Monday, January 05, 2009 10:04 PM by neilhut | 3 Comments
 
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