Check it Out: Watch the Keynote Opener Video from MMS 2013
If you weren’t at the MMS 2013 opening keynote this morning, you missed a very high energy opening video. Check it out below.This video features Microsoft MVP’s from around the world, and was directed...
View ArticleEnd of Extended Lifecycle Support for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4
We would like to remind all the customers that Extended Lifecycle Support for SQL Server 2000 SP4 ends on April 9th; 2013. Microsoft is ending support for this product as part of our Service Pack...
View ArticleMeet MAT - the MVMC Automation Kit
Introducing the MATMAT, meet the blogosphere. Blogosphere, meet MAT. There, that was easy. In my earlier posts I’ve talked a lot about migration and automation. In my V2V series I covered lots of ways...
View ArticleAnnouncing: SC Advisor Connector for Operations Manager Preview
Today we have BIG NEWS for both Advisor and Operations Manager users!Our team is proud to announce the release of the System Center Advisor Connector for Operations Manager Preview !This connector...
View ArticleIntroducing Office 365 Small Business Premium
Author: Jon Orton_MSFT Originally published to the Office 365 Preview blog.More than 90% of Office 365 customers are small businesses. Small business owners must balance a wide range of priorities...
View ArticleApps for SharePoint Page Patterns
When building your app, there are a few patterns we hope you will use for your pages. In choosing a pattern, you should consider the user scenarios for your app and which pattern would make the most...
View ArticleIs Your IT Vendor Selling You Snake Oil?
My father loves Western movies, so I watched a lot of them growing up. Westerns tend to have “standard” characters that are easy to recognize, like the rough outlaw with a heart of gold, or the damsel...
View ArticleNew Troubleshoot SharePoint portal page in the TechNet Wiki
In an effort to consolidate all of the best information about troubleshooting SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013, I recently published the Troubleshoot SharePoint portal page in the TechNet Wiki. This...
View ArticleTech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat - TBR #winchat
I once had a professor tell me that nothing matters if you don’t have the data to back it up. This has proven to be true in basically every realm of my life. As such, I tend to geek out on surveys,...
View ArticleKB: Completing an edit in the Service Manager console generates "Failed to...
Just a heads up that we just published a new KB article that documents an issue where attempting to complete an edit in the System Center 2012 Service Manager console fails with the following...
View ArticleCongratulations to Wikipedia by Rudy Huyn, Windows Phone Next App Star
Our focus this year is on raising awareness for the amazing apps you develop for Windows Phone. We’ll accomplish through new programs, app promotions, and increased opportunities for app...
View ArticleWikipedia app wins Windows Phone Next App Star contest
An app star is born. After three weeks and more than 600,000 votes, Rudy Huyn of Renne, France and his highly-rated Wikipedia app has won our Windows Phone Next App Star competition, edging out the...
View ArticleActive Directory Considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual...
In the first part of this series on Active Directory considerations in Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks we talked about Hybrid cloud and how you can leverage hybrid cloud to extend you...
View ArticleIntroducing the VivoBook S500 into the ASUS Family
I would like to introduce you to the ASUS VivoBook S500, the latest and largest addition to the ASUS family. If you are looking for a PC with a big, bright screen (15.6” inches to be exact) that is...
View ArticleSlides for the Instructor-Led Lab on Windows Server 2012 Storage from MMS 2013
I delivered an instructor-led lab on Windows Server 2012 Storage at MMS 2013 yesterday (4/8), with a repeat scheduled for tomorrow (4/10) at 2:45 PM. You can find the details on this lab at...
View ArticleApril 2013 Internet Explorer Updates
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-028 - CriticalThis security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code...
View ArticleLightSwitch All Day Training at DevTeach, Toronto in May
Just announced! I’ll be delivering an all-day training at DevTeach again – this time in Toronto on May 25th! This was a huge success when I did it in Montreal so I’m happy to do this again. This time...
View ArticleGravity Guy and three more Xbox titles for Windows Phone are now FREE. Sale...
Start your tapping. Through April 15, four great Xbox games from Miniclip are now free in the Windows Phone Store. Each one usually costs $2.99.These are all great, proven titles. Use your arsenal of...
View ArticleAs Seen at MMS: Scripts and Overviews of All Six Keynote Demos!
My keynote at MMS yesterday featured six separate demos (if you haven’t seen it yet, you can watch it on-demand here), and, as promised on-stage, this post will provide a detailed overview of each...
View ArticleNew Article Summarizes Support for Mobile Devices Across Business...
The newly published article, Mobile Support Across Business Intelligence (BI) Technologies, outlines the mobile devices and mobile operating systems you can use with SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013,...
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