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Windows Azure + Virtualization = A Lab (in the Clouds) for Every IT Pro
"The Cloud" is here to stay.Businesses continue asking questions to their IT departments and wondering out loud:"Are we 'Cloud-ready' and if not, when will we be?" "What apps can we port to The Cloud...
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Support for international users and multiple languages in the new Office
Julian Parish is the Senior Product Planner in Office International, responsible for coordinating language and market strategy across Office products and services. He is based at Microsoft's EMEA head...
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How to connect to TF Service without a prompt for LiveID credentials
Normally when you connect to the Team Foundation Service you are presented with a web page to log in with your Microsoft Account (aka LiveID). When you log in you can choose to have it remember you and...
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Join us for Tuesday's webinar: Spell Check and Proofing your Word doc
In this week's webinar, we'll explore Word tools like AutoCorrect and Proofing options that help you polish your documents and make them shine. We start our Office 15-Minute Webinar at 9:15 am Pacific...
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From Data to Insight & Impact: Using Power View to Review Manufacturing...
In this latest series of From Data to Insight & Impact blogs and videos, we share another real-life scenario where we leverage Microsoft BI to discover insight from our data through the amazing...
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What is RaaS? Is That a Real Acronym?
I hope you enjoy the blogs we provide at AskPFEPlat. We love sharing our passion for Microsoft Technologies. But, believe it or not, we do have day jobs. As Premier Field Engineers we spend most of...
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Your top 10 favorite Word posts of 2012
We looked at the year-end numbers to discover which things--so far--interest you most about the new Word and which posts about the current version you find most useful. Check out the year in review...
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New build of git-tf required for use with Team Foundation Service
Yesterday’s update of Team Foundation Service requires a new build of git-tf, which is now available for download. Using a version of git-tf prior to the update will result in repeated prompts for your...
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Huawei joins the Windows Phone 8 family with the Ascend W1
I didn’t make it to CES this year in Las Vegas, but Huawei’s first Windows Phone 8 device, the Ascend W1, did! The Ascend W1 a 4” device that packs a 480 x 800 display, a dual-core 1.2 Ghz Snapdragon...
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Git-TF 2.0.1 Released
Today we shipped a new binary release of the Git-TF tools. We did a deployment of the Team Foundation Service yesterday and one of the things that changed was the way that we do basic authentication....
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PHP 5.4 Available in Windows Azure Web and Worker Roles
One of the things that may have slipped past you in the holiday madness was this: PHP 5.4 is available in Windows Azure Web and Worker Roles. This is just a quick post to bring you up to speed on this...
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VS/TFS 2012 Release Candidate expiring
I’m starting to receive mails from a number of people observing that their installs of the 2012 Release Candidate are approaching expiration on Jan 15. That’s just over a week away. I’m being asked...
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What’s Your Favorite Feature of SQL Server 2012?
PASS Summit in November was a perfect opportunity to catch up with SQL Server community members to ask them about their favorite features of SQL Server 2012. We caught up with many of them at a local...
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Predictions and the January 2013 Bulletin Release
At the end of each year, some folks take a moment to jot down predictions about what the coming year has in store. I, on the other hand, do not do predictions. I am neither prognosticator, seer,...
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Dual Mode Sockets - Never create an IPv4 Socket again
The Problem:If you’ve worked with network programing in recent years you’ve probably had to grapple with the IPv4 vs. IPv6 issue at some point. In short, IPv6 is a great new technology for the future...
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Security Bulletin MS13-003: Vulnerabilities in System Center Operations...
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS13-003. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft websites: Home users:...
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Web Services and Extensibility for Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Hi, I’m Mike Chen, program manager for the Windows Server Essentials team, and today I would like to share with you the extensibility story for Windows Server 2012 Essentials.I’ll start with an...
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Essential indie games for Windows Phone (January 2013)
Last month I spotlighted a clutch of games created by independent—or “indie”—developers that had either caught fire among Windows Phone owners or impressed the folks here who review apps for a living...
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Now available: Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
Issues that are fixed in Cumulative Update 7 Cumulative Update 7 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 fixes the following issues: Console performs poorly when User Roles are used to scope...
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Virtual Networking in VMM 2012 SP1 – Part 1
Welcome to the New Year and to a series of blog postings that will cover how to define, configure and manage Virtual Networks in VMM 2012 SP1. Over the next six months, we plan to cover the following...
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