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TechCrunch50 – Day 0

2008-09-08T06:32:25Z

I’m pretty damned stoked about TechCrunch50 . I spent most of today setting up the Microsoft lounge area at the venue. The idea for the lounge started when I was sitting with the Qik team brainstorming ways in which we could partner to do some fun things Read More......(read more)

That Next Big Thing - Tag Your It

2008-09-08T05:27:49Z

My team continues to make progress working with start ups, entrepreneurs and ISVs. We recently licensed out a technology called World Wide Media eXchange (WWMX). WWMX enables the indexing of a large volume of geotagged photographs and Read More......(read more)

Qik announces support for more Windows Mobile devices

2008-09-07T08:38:48Z

The mobile-based video streaming company, Qik , has announced support for even more Windows Mobile devices. Over the last few days, Bhaskar and Jackie announced support for the following devices: AT&T Tilt HTC Touch Dual HTC Touch Diamond HTC Touch Read More......(read more)

We'll miss you, Patrick.

2008-09-05T22:30:00Z

Patrick Tisseghem , long time SharePoint MVP and co-founder of U2U, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, suddenly passed away on September 3rd evening in Gothenburg, Sweden due to heart failure. He is survived by his wife, Linda, and daughters, Anahi and Read More......(read more)

Shiny Chrome Often Used to Cover Up Ugly Realities

2008-09-05T19:18:24Z

When I saw the ValleyWag blog title "The 5 most laughable terms of service on the Net" -- (and knowing how much of a beat-down Microsoft often gets in the Valley) -- I thought for sure that 4 out of 5 examples would be from my own company. I Read More......(read more)

TechCrunch50 actually over 200 startups

2008-09-05T18:33:32Z

TechCrunch50 is going on all week in San Francisco. Over 1,500 people have registered, and there will be over 200 startups. There will be 50 new startups on stage, and another 150 in the demo area. Microsoft is a major sponsor and many people from the Read More......(read more)

Exchange 2007 PrepareAD could interfere with Exchange 2003 mailflow when e-mail address space is ambiguously nonauthoritative

2008-09-05T13:48:00Z

We've recently encountered a small handful of customers who reported mailflow problems shortly after running Exchange 2007's /prepareAD, or after they installed their first Exchange 2007 role (which auto-launches the pre-requisite prepareAD process Read More......(read more)

Securing Exchange Data from Unapproved Mobile Devices (or how to block a phone or service from taking data out of your Exchange Server)

2008-09-05T13:20:00Z

Many companies and users consider mobile access to Exchange data an essential feature. Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) is very popular as it allows this access and many devices have licensed and implemented EAS (including Windows Mobile). Some companies use Read More......(read more)

Exchange Server Documentation Updates - September 2008

2008-09-04T11:38:47Z

The Exchange Server documentation team is pleased to announce updates to the Exchange Server content. To see what content has changed for Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1, take a look at Exchange Server 2007 Documentation Updates . To see what Read More......(read more)

Green IT and The Future of Collaboration

2008-09-04T04:06:00Z

Whenever “Green IT” is invoked, it’s usually about reducing the energy consumption of IT equipment or manufacturing/powering them with renewable resources. Which is a pity. Because the really Big Green Opportunities out there are about applying IT to Read More......(read more)

Windows Server support for Amazon EC2 - coming soon

2008-09-03T22:49:34Z

At Amazon Web Services’s Startup-Tour here in San Francisco, Jeff Barr just announced the AWS roadmap and it included “support for Windows Server”. Jeff says that Amazon has received “several requests” for Windows Server support for EC2 and while he couldn Read More......(read more)

Building a Lab with Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008 Using PowerShell

2008-09-03T15:53:38Z

Hi from Alabama, This is a follow-up to my last post , which was about building a lab with Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2003 using a PowerShell script. This post is about building the same lab using Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on Windows Server 2008. Read More......(read more)

Just Published! WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 SDK 1.4 Download and Online MSDN Library

2008-08-30T00:00:06Z

[Cross-posted from Randall Isenhour's blog .] Hello SharePoint Developers! We are excited to announce the availability of the latest updates to the online MSDN Library + the downloadable SDKs for both MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0! In our never-ending efforts Read More......(read more)

Announcing the SharePoint Best Practices Series

2008-08-29T16:51:41Z

Over the last few months, the SharePoint product team has released a number of resources, updates and made supportability announcements to help our customers and partners deploy SharePoint solutions. Recently, we released the Infrastructure Update that Read More......(read more)

The Blind Men and the Cloud

2008-08-29T06:14:00Z

Hilarious poem by Sam Charrington highlighting the difficulty of nailing down a definition of cloud computing. The Blind Men and the Cloud It was six men of Info Tech To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Cloud (Though all of them were blind Read More......(read more)