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Today, thanks to you, the new Office is officially the best-selling Office edition yet, with more than one sold every second on average since it launched.And if that wasn't enough, in just over 100...
View ArticleWhy Office 365 is right for my family
Guest blogger Suzanne Emberton is a mother of six, full-time IT support analyst, avid Office user, and self-professed geek who is always looking for ways to make her life easier through technology....
View ArticleSkyDrive Pro client for Windows now available
by The SharePoint Product Team We are pleased to announce that the SkyDrive Pro sync client is now available for Windows and can be downloaded here. This standalone client allows users of SharePoint...
View Article11 Ways to Get the Most Out of TechEd North America 2013
Every successful IT pro knows that a well thought out, meticulous strategy is critical to the flawless execution of any plan. So, if your bags are packed and you’re headed toward New Orleans for...
View ArticleNow in the Store: Rayman Jungle Run & Rabbids Go Phone
Two new Xbox games arrived this morning—one for Windows Phone 8 and one for Windows Phone 7.5. Check them out.Rayman Jungle RunRayman, a character first introduced in a 2D platformer back in 1995, has...
View ArticleKB: Restoring a SharePoint default.aspx file in Data Protection Manager fails...
Just a quick FYI on a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where attempts to restore a SharePoint default.aspx file using DPM Item Level Recovery (ILR) fails...
View ArticleOptimizing C++ Code
Introduction Hi, my name is Jim Hogg and I am a Program Manager, working in the Visual C++ compiler team in Microsoft, based on the main campus here in Redmond. More specifically, I work in the part of...
View ArticleNew HOTFIX available: Site assignments do not work in a System Center 2012...
We published a new hotfix today for ConfigMgr 2012 to correct the following issue:Consider the following scenario: You have a Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager site environment. You...
View ArticleImproved Windows Phone App for Desktop now available
Starting today, you can download an improved version of the Windows Phone App for Desktop, a free program that syncs music, photos, and other media between your phone and Windows PC. Part of the suite...
View ArticleMMS 2013 Hands On Labs Available
A few months ago we held the annual 2013 Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas. As in years past, the event sold out quickly and it was a very busy week. To everyone that attended, our sincere...
View ArticleWhat does Windows 8, Surface Pro, and NASCAR have in common?
What does Windows 8, Surface Pro and NASCAR have in common? Come to the Windows area at TechEd June 3rd – 6th to learn how Toyota Racing Development built a mobile solution for its NASCAR racing teams’...
View ArticleExplore the differences between Project Professional and Project Online + PWA
Project Professional 2013 and Project Online / PWA are distinct tools which work together, empowering businesses to deliver winning projects while effectively executing and achieving strategic...
View ArticleRD Gateway Windows Server 2012 Capacity Planning
We have published a white paper that analyzes RD Gateway capacity planning in Windows Server 2012.In Windows Server 2012, Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) enables authorized remote users to connect...
View ArticlePortable HttpClient is now available as RTM
As promised in our last blog post we’re releasing Microsoft.Net.Http as a stable NuGet package today. Yep, that’s right: You can finally start using the portable HttpClient 2.1 in production!Want to...
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View ArticleStage 12: Plan to use refiners for faceted navigation - Part I
This is a blog post in the series “How to set up a product-centric website in SharePoint Server 2013.” In this series, I'll use data from a fictitious company called "Contoso" to show you how to use...
View ArticleThe new Office Garage Series: A look back at the season so far
In this episode of the new Office Garage Series for IT Pros, hosts Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh look back at some of the best moments of season 1, including Xstream installs in air, on land and on...
View ArticleContinuing the Windows 8 vision with Windows 8.1
Before we launched Windows 7, we envisioned what the next version of Windows would need to deliver. We made a bet that the PC landscape and industry would undergo a significant transformation driven by...
View ArticleAdd search capabilities to your apps for SharePoint
With Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012, developers can deploy custom search configurations to a search-enabled site. Custom search configurations include all customized query rules, result...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2012.3 RC2 available
We are getting close to shipping Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2012.3 (Update 3). This week we shipped Release Candidate 2 (RC2). We’re down to fixing just the last few bugs and if you are...
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