Releasing a Planning Poker Application and multi sprint burn down chart
The ALM MVPs were busy today as they released two different tools designed to help agile teams work better. Sprint Burndown+The first tool is a visual studio gallery extension called Sprint Burndown+....
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, and Windows Intune Update...
Today, Microsoft is excited to announce that on October 18th, eligible customers will able to download Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, and the use the latest update to Windows Intune....
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 Available October 18th
Today we are pleased to make several important announcements. We are extremely excited that on October 18th, eligible customers will able to download Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, and...
View ArticleMark your calendars for Windows 8.1!
I know a lot of folks are eager to find out when they will be able to get Windows 8.1. I am excited to share that starting at 12:00am on October 18th in New Zealand (that’s 4:00am October 17th in...
View ArticleMark Your Calendars for Oct. 18: The R2 Wave is Coming!
As some of you may have already noticed, earlier this morning Microsoft announced that Windows 8.1 will be available to consumers and businesses worldwide on October 18, 2013. But before you start...
View ArticleMD5 Signature Hash Deprecation and Your Infrastructure
Hi everyone, David here with a quick announcement.Yesterday, MSRC announced a timeframe for deprecation of built-in support for certificates that use the MD5 signature hash. You can find more...
View ArticleSprint to begin selling Samsung ATIV S Neo on Friday
Sprint’s summer lineup is heating up. On Friday, they launch the Samsung ATIV S Neo, their second Windows Phone 8 smartphone of the year. The phone will cost $150 with a two-year service agreement and...
View ArticleThe Garage Series: Tech analyst and writer Paul Thurrott's 5 favorite things...
Video 13:16. The last in a 6-part special series filmed in New Orleans, host Jeremy Chapman is joined by Senior Technical Analyst and writer, Paul Thurrott, to discuss his favorite things about Office...
View ArticleWhat’s New in 2012 R2: Hybrid Networking
Part 7 of a 9-part series. Today’s post has two sections; the second half will publish tomorrow.One of the foundational requirements we called out in the 2012 R2 vision document was our promise to help...
View ArticleWhat’s New in 2012 R2: Hybrid Networking Innovations
Networking is at the core of everything most of us use in the office or at home. Today billions of connections are made with smartphones, slates, notebook computers and servers. Network diversity is...
View ArticleExchange 2013 Security Update MS13-061 Status Update
Late last night we became aware of an issue with MS13-061 security update for Exchange Server 2013. Specifically, after the installation of the security update, the Content Index for mailbox databases...
View ArticleThe New Outlook Hover Card Explained - Grid User Post
The Grid is full of Office 365 experts that are brimming with great information. The Grid User Post blog series will expose some of The Grid's best content to the entire Office 365 Community. Are you...
View ArticleCross-post from the SharePoint dev blog: Access SkyDrive Pro using the...
On Tuesday 8/13, the SharePoint dev blog published the following post:Access SkyDrive Pro using the SharePoint 2013 APIs.In this post, Yina Arenas and Donovan Follette explain how to access your...
View ArticleAutomation–Service Management Automation–Getting Started with SMA Runbooks
This blog post is going to cover the specifics around getting setup to use Service Management Automation (SMA) as well as how to import our future examples and fire them off in order to review the...
View ArticleWhat’s new in Visual Studio 2013 and InstallShield Limited Edition
We believe it is important to provide Visual Studio developers a no-cost setup tooling solution to deploy applications to the various platforms you target. In Visual Studio 2010 we partnered with...
View ArticleHow the evolution of security threats impacts businesses
Delivering software solutions that can help mitigate and prevent cyber security threats continues to be a top priority here at Microsoft. I shared back in late February that with Windows 8 we made...
View ArticleEverything you need, right from (the) Start
Microsoft is focused on delivering one experience across all the devices in your life. The centerpiece of that strategy and experience are the Microsoft services and apps that come right from (the)...
View ArticleAli Larter #TBT photo kicks off Office “back” to school sweepstakes
With the back-to-school season upon us, it’s time for parents and students to start thinking about what they need to make this year the best yet. And while tools for schools have changed since I--er,...
View ArticleThe mysterious Outlook Outbox
Understand why messages get “stuck in the Outbox folder” in an Exchange environment. This is a taste to whet your appetite. For the complete story, open the attached .PDF file.(Today's post is courtesy...
View ArticleSpice Up Your HTML Client UI With Code (Rohit Agrawal)
Often we wish to personalize the HTML Client in order to either add extra functionality or to give a screen more personal and snazzy look. In this post I will walk you through some ways we can add...
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