Ignite Plus: Office Partner Launch and Readiness
"The new, modern Office will deliver unparalleled productivity and flexibility for both consumers and business customers. It is a cloud service and will fully light-up when paired with Windows 8."...
View ArticleThe Most Popular Posts of 2012
Hey y’all, Mark here again. Another year has come to an end, the Mayans were wrong and we started to look back on what our most popular post of the last year were. For you long time readers (AD MVP...
View ArticleWant more free time?
In anticipation of the new Office becoming available soon, we want to hear from you. How you will you make the most of your free time in 2013? Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey...
View ArticleADAMSync + (AD Recycle Bin OR searchFlags) = "FUN"
Hello again ADAMSyncers! Kim Nichols here again with what promises to be a fun and exciting mystery solving adventure on the joys of ADAMSync and AD Recycle Bin (ADRB) for AD LDS. The goal of this post...
View ArticleVM Depot delivers more options for users bringing their custom Linux images...
Happy New Year Windows Azure community! One of the first pieces of 2013 Windows Azure news is something that I am particularly excited about. Some of you might know that I was recruited to Microsoft...
View ArticleDPM 2012 SP1 and Azure Backup and Recovery – Steps from start to finish
Hi everyone, Shane Brasher here, and today I’m going to walk through configuring Data Protection Manager to perform backups and recoveries using the Azure cloud.Note: This article assumes that you have...
View ArticleRenaming your Team Foundation Service account
We’ve seen a growing cadre of people who created Team Foundation Service accounts and have decided they don’t like the name they chose. So far this has required that you contact our support...
View ArticleNew Windows Azure Mobile Services Getting Started Content
Editor's Note: This post was written by Nick Harris, Windows Azure Technical Evangelist.It’s been less than five months since we introduced the first public preview for Windows Azure Mobile Services...
View ArticleCES: Cool new PCs make a lot of sense for business
2013 just started and as usual, the Consumer Electronics Show has us off to a busy start. CES is in full swing in Las Vegas and our OEM partners are showing off a whole bunch of great new devices. You...
View ArticleWinners of our festive holiday Windows Phone Photo Challenge
Last month, we asked you to send us photos that in some way communicated “Happy Holidays.” The Windows Phone photos that you sent in beautifully conveyed the emotions, the celebrations, and the weather...
View ArticleReal Scenario: folder deployment scenarios with MSDeploy
Hi everyone Sayed here. I recently had a customer, Johan, contact me to help with some challenges regarding deployment automation. He had some very specific requirements, but he was able to automate...
View ArticleLL COOL J shows off Boomdizzle’s Liquid MyConnect Studio app for Windows 8
Yesterday at CES, LL COOL J did the first-ever live demo of Boomdizzle’s upcoming new Liquid MyConnect Studio app exclusively for Windows 8. For the demo, LL COOL J recorded a song live in real-time...
View ArticleNuGet Package(s) of the Week #12 - Accessing Google Spreadsheets with GData...
Sometimes I write apps for charities on the side. Recently I've been doing some charity coding on the side for The Red Pump Project. They are a non-profit focused on raising awareness about the impact...
View ArticleResearch: Multi-Hypervisor Usage Shows Need for Consolidated Heterogeneous...
I’m seeing an interesting trend taking hold in organizations, which is the increasing implementation of multiple hypervisors within IT infrastructures. The reasons you, as decision makers in IT,...
View ArticleIgnite Webcast – What’s New in Exchange 2013?
To sign up for this webcast please download and save the attached calendar invite below where you will find the Webcast Meeting information. Ignite Webcasts are online sessions led by Microsoft Office...
View ArticleUsing the VM Depot
Yesterday, Microsoft Open Technologies announced a complementary service to Windows Azure VMs - the VM Depot. The depot is a community-driven catalog of open source VM images. This lets you create and...
View ArticleYour top 10 favorite Outlook posts of 2012
Email is all about communicating with people--whether you're sharing a photo, or scheduling a meeting or phone call. Some of last year's most popular posts about the new Outlook show you how it's been...
View ArticleXDT (web.config) transform engine released on NuGet
We have just released the XDT transform engine on NuGet, with a license which allows you to redistribute the assembly with your own product. . If you are not familiar with XDT it is a XML...
View ArticleThe Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) team is hosting a live online Q&A on...
Hey everyone,Please take a minute to block some time on your calendar next week for this live online Q&A. I have been working with Joey and Rick for a long time and for anyone who has attended any...
View ArticleAnd the winner is….these 6 Windows Phone apps for award season
Oscar buzz kicked into high gear today with the announcement of this year’s Academy Award nominees—go Argo!—all part of the excitement of what’s casually become known as award season. From the Golden...
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