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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 6:59 PM

So glad its over...

As Steve said, lots of servers (3 actually Steve - we had a backup) 650Gb of Virtual images, quad proc servers, 8Gb ram, 7 Virtual machines spun up at the same time (thanks to the Unified Communications demo!), 14 demo gurus, and me.... And the logistics
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 10 Comments
Monday, December 11, 2006 3:56 PM

Small businesses go live - for free...

There's been lots of excitement about Office Live recently, the newswires have been buzzing , since it came out of beta. We've been talking about this for some time, as the impact on small businesses is going to be huge. If you're in a small business,
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 2 Comments
Thursday, December 07, 2006 2:12 PM

Get protected - use Forefront

We've released some betas of Forefront for you to try. Here's a selection. Microsoft Forefront Client Security - Public Beta Microsoft has released a public beta of Forefront Client Security, a new product that helps to protect business desktops, laptops,
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 0 Comments
Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:05 PM

Cool way to add contacts

Jason was bragging to me about just how organised he is. So, just where does he get all of this stuff from? Have a look at this neat little tool called Anagram to get all your contacts into Outlook with two easy keystrokes: Aargh! it's so simple. I wish
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 1 Comments
Friday, November 24, 2006 8:27 PM

The same look and feel

I noticed Cows blog today was talking about the Office UI licensing that we've announced . You know this is one of the most significant things about Microsoft I've seen all year. We're actually granting rights to our Intellectual Property to developers
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 0 Comments
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 5:04 PM

Office Webcasts for December

Microsoft Office System Webcast: A First Look at the 2007 Microsoft Office System: Five Useful New E-mail and Collaboration Features (Level 100) Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time Evan Archilla, Senior Training Specialist, Projectline
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 1 Comments
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:56 PM

Sharepoint Webcasts for December

TechNet Webcast: An In-Depth Look at Windows SharePoint Services and Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200) Friday, December 01, 2006 - 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time Keith Combs, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032317841&Culture=en-US
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 1 Comments
Monday, November 20, 2006 6:48 PM

Atlas AJAX - Getting a richer experience for your users

I'm not a developer as you know, but I fully appreciate the amazing things that well developed and executed code can do. I'm aware of most of our developer offerings at a high level, but wouldn't be able to deliver any presentations or demos. Well I noticed
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 1 Comments
Friday, November 17, 2006 8:41 AM

Download Vista and Office

John always has to be the first to announce whenever things get released, launched, become available. (You haven't changed a bit I see...) So of course he had to be the first to blog about Vista RTM becoming available. Office 2007 has been available to
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 8 Comments
Thursday, November 16, 2006 6:14 PM

The next User Group meeting

Both Nathan and Arthur have been nagging me recently. Nathan has a bit more influence at the moment as he's out here at ITForum and nags me everywhere I turn. Arthur, who runs the Unified Communications User group has a list of up and coming events, including
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 3 Comments
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:25 PM

Come to the launch of Exchange, Vista and Office

I'm in trouble. I've been going on and on about the launch of Vista, Exchange and Office for ages, but I haven't actually given out any links for you to register. It was only when my personalised email arrived inviting me to the launch, that I thought
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 4 Comments
Monday, November 13, 2006 4:19 PM

the nights at the Roundtable

I really like the idea of this roundtable audio videoconferencing offering that we're working on. We intend to ship this in 2007. The chance to see all of the meeting at once seems quite cool. The news in especially interesting considering we announced
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 1 Comments
Friday, November 10, 2006 6:28 PM

Share your calendar with Office Online

I'm pleased that the 2007 Office system has finally been released to manufacturing . We've re-jigged the Office Online site too. We've spent a year on the project to redesign and re-architecture all of the Office content. Some of then new features include:
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 2 Comments
Wednesday, November 08, 2006 6:24 PM

Don't work late.

I like this tip about leaving the office on time. I got it from the Microsoft at work newsletter that I subscribe to. Christian writes an excellent newsletter (and blog too by the way). I feel strongly that we should all get into the habit of working
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 2 Comments
Wednesday, November 08, 2006 12:30 PM

Wiki's - changing your interaction with Microsoft

I love Wiki's. They're an amazing collaboration tool, quicker and lighter than Sharepoint. the document you have is the "definitive" final document. When we're planning the roadshow, or the next set of Technet events, we use a Wiki. we all put our ideas
Posted by Eileen_Brown | 2 Comments
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