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Microsoft approves Blue Monster wine
2007-09-20 14:20:00
I just read this on tech Crunch UK and i wanted to share It?s ironic that, a couple of days after the head of Mozilla Europe castigated Microsoft ?s attitude to Open Source and innovation in a TechCrunch interview, Microsoft today launches its own-label wine designed to promote innovation inside the company. The FT has the story today of how Brit blogger, cartoonist and ?Marketing 2.0? guy Hugh Macleod, and Steve Clayton, chief technology officer at Microsoft?s UK Partner Group managed to convince the higher-ups that the Redmond giant had to start getting a bit groovier. Clayton has been at the forefront of the ?Blue Monster ? movement, which promotes a more open attitude to geeks and tech for Ballmer?s baby. Steve uses the image on his business card and is the administrator of the Friends of Blue Monster Facebook group. To this end they?ve created the Blue Monster Reserve, exclusively for Microsoft and its employees. I understand the pair also had some spiritual support fro...
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Win a ZUNE Player or a Windows Vista In Jordan - Silverlight Contest
2007-09-13 19:40:00
Dear ALL, The Silverlight Contest is now official, and we got all the details for you!   Yup, that's right, Microsoft and  Telerik are sponsoring this event! If you don't already know who Telerik is, here's a quick overview of the company's profile... Telerik is a leading vendor of User Interface (UI) components for ASP.NET and Windows Forms, and .NET Reporting solutions. Building on our expertise in interface development and Microsoft technologies, Telerik helps customers build applications with unparalleled richness, responsiveness and interactivity. Created with passion, Telerik products help thousands of developers every day to be more productive and deliver reliable applications under budget and on time.   Not hooked yet? Well, I'm sure you will be after you check out our prizes!!         ;            ;  You've seen the sponsors, you've che...
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Invitation To Attend : September 12th BizTalk Server 2006 Community Night b
2007-09-08 08:07:00
Dear ALL, Guess who's back! The President of JorDev.. Bander Alsharfi !! And you're invited to attend his Community Night on BizTalk Server 2006! Bander Alsharfi is a Connected System Developer Microsoft MVP and has been specializing in BizTalk Server 2006 and Collaboration Platforms. Next week's Community Night will be a 101 session on BizTalk Server 2006. So if you're still not familiar with BizTalk and wish to learn how to get your business connected, make sure not to miss out on this Community Night, delivered to you by the Pro himself, Bander ALSHARFI!   IMPORTANT NOTE: To register for this event, please click here. For more information or directions to STIC please contact:Ayman Farouk @ 0795727344   We'll be looking forward to seeing you there!  
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The Genuine Fact Files
2007-09-06 20:25:00
Watch all the Genuine Fact Files episodes: Source bink.nu
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Get a Second Shot for Free!
2007-09-06 20:25:00
On September 15th, we will be launching Microsoft's Second Shot offer!  Get a free retake on your next Microsoft IT Professional, Developer, or Microsoft Dynamics certification exam. This is a limited offer so plan now!  If you register for the Second Shot offer starting September 15, 2007, prior to taking any exam, you will receive a free Second Shot exam if you don't pass on your first try. Here's how it works: Step 1: Register for Second Shot on the Microsoft site and receive an exam voucher number. Step 2: Using the voucher number, schedule and pay for your initial exam via Prometrics's web site, call center  or test center locations.  (You must have the voucher number available prior to registering.) Step 3: Take your exam. Step 4: If you fail, register for your free retake exam via Prometric's web site, call center or test center locations using the same voucher number. NOTE:  Please wait one day after the failed exam to register to allow for te...
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Windows Live Suite Download
2007-09-06 20:25:00
The Windows Live Wire blog this morning published an entry from Chris Jones, Vice President, Windows Live Team, announcing the Windows Live suite. Included in the suite, which will allow for a single installation of any or all of these Windows Live services, are: Windows Live Mail (the desktop client) Windows Live Photo Gallery Windows Live Writer Windows Live OneCare Family Safety Windows Live Messenger (8.5) and more (??) get it from here http://get.live.com/wl/all or download the installer directly from herehttp://g.live.com/1rebeta/en-us/WLIns taller.exe
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A Microsoft Service for Sharing Useful or Artistic Office Documents
2007-08-31 09:55:00
Microsoft today unveiled a new social website for Microsoft Office  users where they can upload Word Documents , PowerPoint Presentations or Excel Spreadsheets. Known as the Art of Office, this place is not another Scribd or eSnips - it's basically for people to share Office documents that may either be useful to others or have an element of art in them. Official description is slightly unclear - Art of Office is a place for people to submit artistic and/or useful content made using Office applications (Word, Excel, or PowerPoint).While the Office site is a creation of the Mac team at Microsoft Office, it accepts content created with either Windows or Mac Office programs. Any can download Office documents from Art of Office and use them in their own presentations / spreadsheets.Visit Art of Office.Continue At Source   Source: labnol.blogspot.com
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Invitation to attend : Windows Workflow Foundation - August 29 Community Ni
2007-08-24 18:56:00
You have been invited to join us for another night of learning and fun at the upcoming Community Night! Mohammed Zayed is a Information Worker Specialist and has been a member of JorDev for the past 3 years. During his session, he will introduce Windows Workflow Foundation , give an overview of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, demonstrate how to build custom Workflows using both SharePoint Designer 2007 and Visual Studio 2005, and finally discuss how Information Workers and IT Professionals can benefit from using SharePoint Products and Technologies 2007 to automate business processes and enhance team collaboration and efficiency. This Community Night will target Developers, Information Workers, IT Professionals, and Business Consultants. If you or your organization is interested in Windows Workflow Foundation and SharePoint Products and Technologies 2007, make sure to attend this session, as it promises to be a great one! IMPORTANT NOTE: To ensure yo...
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Windows Live Hotmail gets update - 5GB inboxes for free, 10GB for Plus
2007-08-15 06:17:00
Yes the Hotmail team has been quiet for a while since their v1 launch, however they've just launched a small but feature-packed update. As well as offering free accounts the new storage size of 5GB, paying customers (Hotmail Plus or MSN Premium) now get 10GB. Ellie over on the Hotmail team has blogged the full list of changes, here's a few we're glad to see released: Improved contact management lets you merge duplicate contacts. This is a personal favourite, so nice work by the Contacts team. Auto-away messages, useful for when you go on holiday Account forwarding, so now you can forward your Hotmail account to Gmail or Yahoo. Why you'd want to do that I don't know ;) As is usual with the Hotmail updates, features will be rolled out to the various bays in order to minimise any potential problems. We'll keep you updated on how this progresses   Read More in omar Shahins Blog
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Visual Studio 2008 Express Beta 2!
2007-07-28 19:33:00
Today Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions Beta 2.  This release continues the Microsoft tradition of offering simple, fun and easy to learn tool suite for causal developer, hobbyist, gamer and students for free.  Get started by downloading this new release.Continue At Source Source: blogs.msdn.com

Office Communications Server 2007 Web Scheduler
2007-07-27 22:09:00
Web Scheduler is a resource kit tool for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. It provides a Web-based alternative to the add-in for the Microsoft Outlook messaging and collaboration client for the purpose of scheduling a meeting using Office Communications Server 2007. It also provides a browser-based conference management experience that includes operations such as: Scheduling a new Live Meeting conference or conference call. Viewing and modifying details of an existing conference. Listing all existing user schedules of a Microsoft Office conference. Deleting an existing conference. Sending an e-mail invitation to conference participants by using a configured SMTP mail server. Joining an existing conference. Download At Source Source: www.microsoft.com

Silverlight 1.0 RC1 is Here!
2007-07-27 22:09:00
As indicated in a previous post, we're homing in on the launch of Silverlight 1.0, and today marks another milestone with the launch of the first release candidate. Since the beta we released at MIX, we've fixed approximately 2000 bugs and work items and we're now feature complete with the final JavaScript-based API. This version of the runtime is vastly more stable than the beta release: our stress test runs show improvements of two or three orders of magnitude in many cases, and the product demonstrates the polish one might expect from a near-final release. Along with the 1.0 RC1 release, we've also refreshed the 1.1 bits. We've not exposed any significant changes in the .NET extensions, but the 1.1 "alpha refresh" includes the same core runtime as 1.0 RC1. A note on installation: if you have the beta release on your machine, there's no need to uninstall - simply run the RC1 installer and it will overwrite the existing binaries on your machine.Download At Source ...

Microsoft products roadmap for FY08 and beyond
2007-07-27 22:09:00
Oh boy, a Microsoft roadmap, haven?t seen one of these in a while. This is extracted from Steve Ballmer?s Powerpoint presentation at Microsoft Show and Tell (Financial Analyst Meeting) 2007 yesterday. I?m surprised Mary Jo Foley or Todd Bishop haven?t picked this up earlier. I?ve noted some of my items of interest with a red asterisk. Operating Systems Windows Server 2008Windows Small Business Server Code name "Cougar"Windows Server Code Name "Centro"Windows Vista SP1*Windows Server 2008 Update Release*Windows Server 2008 SP1* Security Forefront Code Name "Stirling"Forefront Client SecurityForefront Security for Office Communications ServerForefront Security Management ConsoleIntelligent Gateway Application 2007Forefront Security for Exchange Server "14"Forefront Security for SharePoint "14" IT Operations System Center Operations Manager 2007System Center Virtual Machine ManagerSystem Center Essentials "v2"System Center Service ManagerSystem Center Configuration Manager 2007...
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Microsoft Secure Content Downloader July 2007 CTP
2007-07-27 11:29:00
Microsoft Secure Content Downloader is a peer-assisted downloader for downloading select Microsoft CTP'sThe Microsoft Secure Content Downloader (MSCD) is a peer-assisted download manager capable of securely downloading specific files. MSCD is intended for consumers who are downloading from a home PC, or business users whose computers are not behind a corporate firewall. If you use MSCD from behind a corporate firewall, you may be unable to download content, and may adversely affect other clients' ability to download content.Main features of the MSCD are: Secure content description Each file available for download has a secure description, ensuring the content you download is exactly what the publisher published. Scalable performance MCSD is a peer-assisted technology. Each client downloads content by exchanging parts of the file they?re interested in with other clients, in addition to downloading parts from the server. No matter how great the internet?s demand for the file...
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Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is now available and includes a "go live" license
2007-07-27 11:24:00
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, including Team Foundation Server 2008, is now available for download.  As mentioned in Soma's post, Beta 2, unlike beta 1, includes the "go live" provision in the license, meaning that you can use it in production.  We've been using TFS 2008 beta 2 on our main internal dogfood server now for the last two months (well, it's close to being the same as beta 2 -- it's actually an very early snapshot).  You can check out the stats in Brian's post. When Beta 1 was released, I put together a list of links about the Team Build features in Orcas.  If you are looking for a list of links related to TFS 2005, you can find those here (and Jeff has posted links to the TechEd 2007 presentations). Here's my updated list of links about Team Build features in TFS 2008 (check out Brian's post for a list of all TFS 2008 features).  If you have questions or feedback about anything in beta 2, please let us know ...
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Getting Started: Windows Home Server
2007-07-24 17:25:00
The Microsoft® Windows ® Home Serve r operating system helps you centralize and connect your digital things, enabling you to share, store, access, and automatically protect your most important pictures, videos, music, and files. Windows Home Server provides the following:? Automated backup and simple restore of your home computers.Windows Home Server provides you with the peace of mind you want by automatically backing up your home computers and your important files every night, making it easy to restore an entire home computer or just a file to a previous point in time.? Access and share everything from anywhere.Windows Home Server enables you to easily and more securely access your files and home computers from inside and outside your home. You can use Windows Home Server to store your important files in a central location, for access anytime and anywhere.? A server that grows with you.Windows Home Server grows with you to meet your needs, today and into the future. It is incredibl...

Announcing Family.Show 2.0
2007-07-20 19:06:00
Three months ago, we launched Family .Show , our first end-to-end reference sample for WPF. Family.Show is a genealogy program that demonstrates the usage of WPF for a complex, realistic scenario. If you're a fledgling WPF developer who wants to pore over some code that demonstrates best practices for application construction, there's nothing better out there today. In the intervening months, we've had many thousands of downloads of both the binary and the source code. We've had several offers to localize the application into languages ranging from Spanish to Russian, many people have sent in feature requests, and we've had some great feedback about the application itself. Here's a few examples: "This is incredible application. So nice and powerful. That is exactly what I am searching for in applications: Simplicity, Power and Beauty... You cannot imagine how many people was impressed by it, including myself." "This is just a gorgeous program.  The graphics are extremely ...
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JorDev - July 28th Community Night! - Introduction to Microsoft Silverlight
2007-07-20 11:22:00
  Dear All, You've been invited to join us for a night of learning and fun! Make sure to save a spot on your schedule for next week's Community Night ! Bander is a Technical Consultant and has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for 2 years now. He is also the President of JorDev. So make sure not to miss out on next week's Community Night, which promises to be a learning experience to remember! For more information or directions to STIC please contact:Ayman Farouk @ 0795727344 We'll be looking forward to seeing you there!
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Free Microsoft Office 2007 Professional VHD
2007-07-20 11:00:00
This VHD contains both the 30 day edition of Windows Vista Enterprise Edition and an evaluation of Office 2007 Professional which includes Publisher, Excel, Outlook, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, and Word. See how with these new platforms can simplify how people work together, find information and improve business insight, help protect and manage content, and reduce IT costs and improve security. Test drive today to experience how Windows Vista and Office 2007 work better together!Download At Source www.microsoft.com
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MSN Cartoon Beta: Create smileys & animation cartoons from pictures & photo
2007-07-17 15:57:00
It looks like Microsoft?s China development is more active than anyone else. Earlier, there was a version of Windows Live Messenger for Nokia S60 available for download only through MSN China. This time, they have released a new web based tool called MSN Cartoon Beta that allows users to create smileys & cartoons from photos & pictures uploaded to the site by converting them using facial recognition technology. Once you upload a photo to the website, it will be converted to a cartoon. Later you can select a hair style for the animation and a facial expression (happy, sad, angry, winking, etc) based on the emoticons that are available in Windows Live Messenger. The website is in Chinese so you might need to walk through this video created by Microsoft blogger Sukesh to navigate the site better. When you visit the website for the first time, it will prompt you to install a software which is compatible with Windows XP, 2003 and Vista only.   source
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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Software Development Kit (SDK)
2007-07-13 23:51:00
The Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, and references to guide you in developing solutions based on Windows SharePoint Services as a platform. The SDK includes information about the following technologies: Web Part Framework   Create, package, and deploy Web Parts on SharePoint sites. Server-side object model   Work with individual lists and sites or manage an entire Windows SharePoint Services deployment. Web services   Use default Web services, or create custom Web services, to interact with Windows SharePoint Services from external applications. Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML)   Customize the schemas that define lists and sites, define queries for use with members of the object model or Web services, and specify parameters for use with methods in Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol. Master Pages   Specify all of the shared elements ...
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Windows Live OneCare 2.0 beta for download
2007-07-12 06:23:00
Today Microsoft released Windows Live OneCare 2.0 beta for download. The beta version is available at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=74 137 . Windows Live OneCare delivers all-in-one PC care with powerful protection and simple PC maintenance for consumers and small businesses. Specifically, OneCare makes it easy to manage multiple PCs, adds new options for data backup and provides enhanced security for your home or small office.  Windows OneCare 2.0 beta offers several new options to help keep PCs and networks safe, reliable and performing well. In addition to multi-PC and home network management, Windows Live OneCare 2.0 offers the following new features: · Printer sharing support. Makes it easy to connect printers to local networks so all users in the vicinity can use the same printer. · Proactive fixes and recommendations.  As part of the tune-up process, OneCare also looks at the configuration of the user?s system and makes proactive fixes and recommendations ...
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Breaking News - Windows Server 2008/SQL 2008/ Visual Studio 2008 Launch Dat
2007-07-11 21:47:00
It has been a little quiet around here lately!  Too quiet!  Why?  Well it is summer and even IT Pro Advisors get holidays, but we are also in full planning mode for the next set of tours that are kicking off in September.  I heard this little bit from the WWPC and just had to share it! February 27th, 2008 is the worldwide launch date for for Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008.  I am not going to use the phrase biggest launch in Microsoft history but.......  Now we haven't announced our dates, cities or plans just yet - that will come in time - but I did want to get something out there now because.... We want to hear from you!  Rick and I introduced you to Longhorn Server (that's another 50 cents!) Windows Server 2008 on the Future of your Server Room tour last May. You have access to the Beta 3 bits. If you are a TechNet Plus or MSDN subscriber - the June CTP bits have been released for DL a...
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Windows Vista SP1 Beta 1 Next Week
2007-07-11 16:35:00
 It?s official: We are now in the under-promise and over-deliver era at Microsoft.Just when Microsoft had customers, partners and competitors all believing that it was going to delay the first service pack for Vista ? not releasing a first beta of it until just before year-end ? the company is set to deliver Beta 1 of Vista SP1 in mid-July.Word (from various sources who asked not to be named) is Microsoft is gearing up to drop Vista SP1 some time the week of July 16. And despite what Microsoft seemingly led Google, the U.S. Department of Justice and other company watchers to believe, the final version of Vista SP1 is sounding like November 2007.(November 2007 is also the release-to-manufacturing target for Windows Server 2008, sources say. Microsoft won?t provide an RTM date for Windows Server 2008, other than to say it is still on track to RTM before the end of 2007.)If Vista SP1 is released in November, the Windows client team will be sticking to a schedule company officials ...
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Windows Server 2008 launch set for February
2007-07-11 16:16:00
Confirming what many had expected, Microsoft announced on Tuesday that the next version of its server operating system, Windows Server 2008, won't formally launch until next year. Microsoft said it will launch the product, which it has said will be finalized before the end of the year, at an event in Los Angeles on February 27. The company will also launch Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 at the same event. The company made the announcement at its Worldwide Partner Conference here. The new operating system, formerly code-named Longhorn Server, includes the PowerShell scripting language, role-based deployment options as well as network access protection features. Update: A Microsoft representative said Tuesday that the code for Windows Server 2008 is still set to be finished by the end of the year.Continue At Source News Source: news.com.com
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Microsoft SharedView Beta
2007-07-10 19:25:00
Microsoft SharedView is a Windows Live beta that offers an easy-to-use, collaborative online workspace. With SharedView, you can connect with up to 15 people in different locations and share with them the information that is on your screen. The other participants in the session can also review and update the shared documents in real time. Starting a new SharedView session is easy - you just choose "Start New Session" from the launch options and enter in your Windows Live ID. To invite others to join, you can use one of several options - an invitation can be sent via email, or you can quickly send a SharedView invitation using the "Activities" menu in your Windows Live Messenger conversation window. If you are already speaking to your participants on the phone, you can choose the "phone" option and be provided with a session name and password to give to them, as well as instructions so you can explain how to join the session. In addition to the online collaborati...
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Microsoft set to launch Windows Vista SP1 beta 1 in mid-July
2007-07-09 17:07:00
Just when Microsoft had customers, partners and competitors all believing that it was going to delay the first service pack for Vista ? not releasing a first beta of it until just before year-end ? the company is set to deliver Beta 1 of Vista SP1 in mid-July. Word (from various sources who asked not to be named) is Microsoft is gearing up to drop Vista SP1 some time the week of July 16. And despite what Microsoft seemingly led Google, the U.S. Department of Justice and other company watchers to believe, the final version of Vista SP1 is sounding like November 2007. (November 2007 is also the release-to-manufacturing target for Windows Server 2008, sources say. Microsoft won?t provide an RTM date for Windows Server 2008, other than to say it is still on track to RTM before the end of 2007.) Continue At Source blogs.zdnet.com
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Help Your (Virtual) Earth
2007-07-06 17:27:00
If you love your Virt ual Earth like I do you?ll help make it even better by spending a few minutes filling out a quick survey so the good folks in product and marketing know what you think.Continue At Source News Source: blogs.msdn.com
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Come to a Silverlight Lab in Redmond
2007-07-06 17:27:00
From time to time, we run development labs in Redmond where folk can bring their applications in and work on them in a secure lab environment, with hands-on support from ourselves and other members of the product group. The next one is taking place on three days commencing July 23rd. These are not training labs - there won't be a full agenda of sessions. Instead, they're issue resolution labs, this one focused on Silverlight 1.0. We'll have some early release candidate builds available for testing and porting beta code; you'll have a private office with multiple machines already set up (plus the ability to bring in your own machines), along with an Internet connection, telephone, and plenty of food and drink available throughout the day. You can work as late as you like - the facility is open until you leave the building. We'll provide great support and technical assistance - you can have someone sit down alongside you to help you with your questions; if you've got a thorny b...
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Counterfeit Microsoft Software Gallery
2007-07-06 17:26:00
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