Posted on March 29th, 2007 by Ron Bertino
Microsoft have just released the first public beta of Office Communications Server (OCS). Documentation for the product has also been made available.
Office Communications Server 2007 will be the replacement of Live Communications Server 2005.
This product is a major step forward in terms of enabling Unified Communications within your environment. The deep level of integration […]
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Posted on March 24th, 2007 by Ron Bertino
Hamad Darwish is a photographer who has an extensive portfolio on Flickr.
He did quite a few shots for use in Windows Vista, of which Microsoft chose two.
He has recently made the entire Windows Vista shoot pics available as a free download. These images are all in high resolution (1920×1200).
You’ll find these images at the […]
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Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by Ron Bertino
Windows Vista has a new feature called User Account Control (UAC). The premise is that if you are running as a local administrator of the machine (which is very common) you could have your system compromized by software running under your user context.
Since you’re running as an administrator, then malicious software can completely […]
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Posted on March 21st, 2007 by Ron Bertino
A report was recently released suggesting that user productivity has taken a step back in Windows Vista, when compared to the level of user productivity in Windows XP.
The researcher may be correct in terms of certain functions in Windows Vista being slower than in Windows XP, but the main issue being ignored are the many […]
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Posted on March 18th, 2007 by Ron Bertino
I’m currently preparing for a Microsoft Roadshow conference (to be held in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne), where I’ll be presenting on the new Exchange Server 2007.
In looking around for screenshots to use for my presentation, I stumbled upon a Microsoft developer blog, which had a link to a detailed demo on the new features of […]
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Posted on March 15th, 2007 by Ron Bertino
Microsoft have released Windows Server 2003 service pack 2.
This is a cumulative service pack that includes updates and fixes for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 editions, as well as a few new additions.
Microsoft’s new strategy is that they plan to mainly provide updates/fixes with the release of service packs. Feature packs, […]
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Posted on March 14th, 2007 by Ron Bertino
Microsoft Australia has launched a test to see if they can successfully convince university students to legally purchase licenses of Microsoft Office. In order to do so, they’ve had to make the price extremely attractive.
Microsoft Australia are allowing Australian university students to purchase a copy of Office 2007 Ultimate for AU$25/year or AU$75 […]
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Posted on March 12th, 2007 by Ron Bertino
Video: Longhorn - Windows Server Virtualization
Here’s a sneak peak at the new Windows Server Virtualization technology running under Windows Longhorn, which is due out later this year (hopefully).
The 6 minute video shows:
Windows Server Virtualization running on Longhorn Server Core, managed from another Windows Server Longhorn box
a combination of 64-bit guest virtual machines, 32-bit guest VMs […]
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Posted on March 10th, 2007 by Ron Bertino
Ed Bott has recently posted a tutorial on how to legally get an extended 4 month trial of Windows Vista.
On the other hand, if you’re an IT manager, you should be aware of the fact that hackers have recently cracked the Windows Vista activation. So you may want to keep an eye out for […]
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Posted on March 7th, 2007 by Ron Bertino
Microsoft Live OneCare is a consumer product which provides antivirus, antispyware, and backup facilities. It costs $50 per year to protect upto 3 PC systems.
Windows Defender is mainly an anti-spyware technology implemented by Microsoft.
Although it’s great to see that Microsoft are bundling security tools for free (in the case of Windows Defender), or at […]
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