IEAK 10 now available for Windows 7 and Windows 8
Internet Explorer Administration Kit 10 (IEAK 10) now supports building custom Internet Explorer 10 packages for Windows 7 and Windows 8. IEAK 10 simplifies the creation, deployment, and management of...
View ArticlePie in the Sky (March 22, 2013)
So that sneezing I mentioned last Friday? Turns out that wasn't allergies! I'm mostly recovered at this point though, so this weekend should be more enjoyable.Here's some links for your weekend...
View ArticleAutomating Backups of Custom Management Packs in Service Manager 2012
During a disaster recover scenario, it would be nice to know that all of your custom data is backed up as much as possible. While there are a few things within Service Manager that do not get saved to...
View ArticleJoin April 3rd for the Garage Series Live! New Office Real World Adoption...
SAVE THE DATE APRIL 3rd, 9AM PSTJoin us for live discussion and Q&A as we are joined by well-known technology analyst, author and blogger, Paul Thurrott and other special guests including early...
View ArticleDisney Fairies Hidden Treasures now in the Windows Store
I'm posting this on behalf of my colleague Jim Hawk from Microsoft Game Studios who is the Executive Producer of Disney Fairies Hidden Treasures. Your child can transform themselves into the newest...
View ArticleIT Pro Talk: Mobile device management and Windows Phone 8
Last month I introduced you to the business hub for Windows Phone 8, a site where IT professionals can find white papers and info for deploying Windows Phones in the workplace. In this post, I’ll drill...
View ArticleWindows Azure Community News Roundup (Edition #59)
Editor's Note: This post comes from Mark Brown, Windows Azure Community Manager.Welcome to the newest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about...
View ArticleAutomatically Backing up Management Packs
Andrew Barton (he’s a blogging machine actually; we just gave it the name ‘Andrew Barton’ ;) ) is at it again . He has written up a new post on how to automatically and periodically using...
View ArticleIncompatibility Between Provance and Chargeback Management Pack CostCenterDim
This is just a heads up to everyone that we have discovered an incompatibility between the Provance asset management MP and the Chargeback MP. Both MPs define a new CostCenterDim dimension. Each...
View ArticleBrad Anderson on A Real Cloud OS for the Enterprise Cloud Era
Hey everyone,Kevin Beares here... I definitely think you should go check out this latest installment from Brad Anderson. You’ve heard us talk about the Cloud OS before, and, in a new post from the In...
View ArticleVisual C++ Developer Survey
Hi, my name is Sumit Kumar and I am a Program Manager on the Visual C++ team at Microsoft. We are conducting a survey to understand what can we do to make Visual Studio more useful for C++ development...
View ArticleAlternate Data Streams in NTFS
This blog has been a long time coming. There is a bit of confusion about the subject of alternate data streams (ADS) and no small amount of suspicion. So I want to take a few minutes to set the record...
View ArticleOffice 365 ProPlus: Upgrading Customer Preview (4128) Clients to Release...
It's been a while since I have blogged in the Office 365 Technical Blog and if you haven't had a chance, check out our TV-like series of client video blogs at www.microsoft.com/garage. In this post, I...
View ArticleThe Mail, Calendar and People apps are getting better!
Starting tomorrow, you will be able to download an update for the Mail, Calendar, and People apps from the Windows Store. These apps are designed to manage communication seamlessly on Windows PCs and...
View ArticleGartner BI and Analytics Summit Recap: Faster Business Insights for All
Thank you to the nearly 550 attendees from the 2013 Gartner BI and Analytics Summit who visited the Microsoft booth and joined our “Insights for Everyone from Any Data, Any Size, Anywhere” session at...
View ArticleTransforming the Data Center and Hybrid IT
No two enterprise IT departments are the same – but one thing they all have in common is this: They want the components of their IT infrastructure (hardware, software, cloud, apps, etc.) to JUST...
View ArticleNow available: Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration...
Just a quick note to let you know that Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 is now available for download. You can get all the details on what’s fixed as well...
View ArticleNow in the Store: Uber
Getting around town just got easier. Uber, the fast-growing on-demand private car service, released its first app for Windows Phone today. Grab it here. The service, which operates in 30 cities around...
View ArticleJoin us for Tuesday’s webinar: Org Charts in PowerPoint and Visio
Need to create an organization chart? Unsure of whether to use PowerPoint or Visio? In this week's webinar, we'll show you both ways and the advantages of each depending on your audience, plus we'll...
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