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February 2009 - Posts

Quite a Week of News if You are an ITPRO

Joey from Edge, highlighted on quite a big week in ITPRO land. http://edge.technet.com/Media/A-Big-Week-of-Announcements/ In addition to this, Steve Ballmer mentioned a new “Foundation” SKU of Windows Server 2008 and a roadmap for the release of Windows Read More...
Posted Friday, February 27, 2009 11:56 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments
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Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Today we announced the final availability of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 RC to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. SP2 RC is an update to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 that, along with improvements delivered to users via Windows Update Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:43 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments

Windows 7 : BitLocker To Go !!

How do you secure your business critical information when it is stored on a USB Drive? Research suggests that more sensitive information is lost on these devices than in any other way.  Fortunately there’s a new Windows 7 feature that might just Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:52 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments
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SQL Server 2008 SP1 Public CTP

Today we released SQL Server 2008 SP1 Public CTP . The bits can be downloaded from here The team is focused on keeping service packs contained and focused on essential updates only, as well as fixing issues reported through the SQL Server community. These Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:21 AM by neilhut | 3 Comments
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Windows 7 : Booting from a VHD

Adam from EDGE talked to Jeremy Chapman about how you can boot from a VHD in Windows 7 ( or Windows Server 2008 R2 ). This is clearly a very cool technology for users that have to take on dual roles or need to be able setup particular environments for Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:21 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments
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Latest pictures of Windows Mobile 6.5

CNET have a number of shots of the new Windows Mobile 6.5 interface which were taken at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Click here to take a look. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 2:53 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments
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Windows 7 and DirectAccess

Every wanted to connect from home or from the coffee shop to your corporate network without having to dial in through remote access (RAS) to the VPN? I do on a daily basis, and I am sure that many people get emails from people that point to internal sites Read More...
Posted Monday, February 16, 2009 8:50 PM by neilhut | 1 Comments
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Azure Services Training Kit – February Update

Want to know how to architect applications for Windows Azure and the rest of the Azure Services Platform? Need to get detailed training on all these Azure technologies? Well here goes…. We have just released an updated version of the Azure Services Training Read More...
Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 6:38 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments

Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder

Keith Combs has just published a screen cast on EDGE about an really excellent tool in Windows 7 which allows users to record and document errors they are finding with applications running on Windows 7 called the Problem Steps Recorder . In the case Keith Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:39 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments
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The Windows Client Profile

Jaime Rodriguez in the team put together a detailed view of the Client Profile a while back, which is a subset of assemblies already contained within .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. With all the noise about Silverlight, this hidden gem seemed to get Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 01, 2009 5:54 PM by neilhut | 0 Comments
 
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