http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/microsoft Subnet - Microsoft bloggers en http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43261 As many of you who support PCs are aware, PC Magazine bit the dust earlier this year and is now online-only. Computer Shopper, another one that I enjoyed from time to time, is likewise departed from the physical magazine space. My favorite microcomputer journal ever, Byte, has been off the magazine racks for many years. And while these publications sometimes live on via the Internet, you can’t read... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43261#comments Microsoft books computer industry magazines periodicals publications Server 2008 Good thing or bad thing? Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:48:42 +0000 Glenn Weadock 43261 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43258 I'm really glad Beth Schultz wrote this article for ComputerWorld about context-aware applications. It's actually one aspect of some product R&D I've been engaged in over the past year, and I was beginning to consider what things to write about on the topic. We often think of context-aware applications as location-aware apps, integrating GPS information into apps such as tracking delivery trucks, or... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43258#comments General discussions Google Microsoft SMB Software VoIP / Convergence Wireless / Mobile context-aware Gartner GPS location-aware search We're just at the forefront of how applications are changing Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:55:35 +0000 Mitchell Ashley 43258 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43254 I am running the Windows 7 Beta and I can't help noticing that many of the new features or enhancements are items Admins couldn't care less about.  It takes a deeper look to find the reasons Admins will want to bring Windows 7 to their users. Of the "who-cares?" items, here's my top four: Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43254#comments Microsoft Microsoft Windows 7 Windows Administration Windows Server 2008 R2 Here's a deeper look at the reasons Admins will want to bring Windows 7 to their users. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:27:41 +0000 Bryan Sullins 43254 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43253 I can't tell you how many people I train who don't have a defined method for passing Microsoft Exams. With my background as a trainer and a Microsoft Test-taker (I've taken 17 total Microsoft Exams, over nine years), I have developed a method that I know can help anyone. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43253#comments Microsoft certification how to Microsoft Exams Studying Tips Test-Taking While no method can guarantee you’ll past your next cert test, this process is sure-fire for increasing your chances of passing. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:51:17 +0000 Bryan Sullins 43253 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43247 The sharks have been circling for awhile and now it looks like it's official. Response Point, Microsoft's SMB VoIP platform, is dead. Earlier this summer Microsoft announced its first substantial layoffs in memory and with it purged most of the Response Point team. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43247#comments Microsoft VoIP / Convergence Microsoft MSFT OCS Response Point UC unified communications VoIP Response Point is Dead, Long Live OCS Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:52:23 +0000 Alex Lewis 43247 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43246 Last week, I had a chance to get a demo of a cool product for designing and maintaining taxonomies for SharePoint sites called MetaVis Architect. The tool is designed for information architects – people who have the responsibility for designing an information taxonomy for a SharePoint site. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43246#comments Microsoft Information Architecture SharePoint Design and migration tools for SharePoint Information Architects Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:54:12 +0000 Susan Hanley 43246 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43243 Today marks the end of the public beta of Windows 7, introduced early in 2009 with even earlier bits available to attendees at PDC 2008. As beta's go I think most would say the Windows 7 beta was an overwhelming success. Lets look at the things Microsoft did right with the Windows 7 beta.   Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43243#comments General discussions Google Microsoft SMB Software PDC 2008 UAC Windows 7 Windows Vista Paying attention to the little things made all the difference Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:24:02 +0000 Mitchell Ashley 43243 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43240 I spent much of yesterday with a case of nausea after viewing the Internet Explorer 8 vomit ad, which was thankfully, pulled from distribution today. I went so far as to call for Microsoft to fire its advertising executives. My colleague Keith Shaw, writer of the Cool Tools Happy Blog has proven my point. He compiled a list of the nine worst Microsoft ads ever, complete with YouTube versions. Read... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43240#comments Microsoft IE8 ad Microsoft advertising Microsoft YouTube videos worst Microsoft ads Cool Tools Happy Blog has proven my point that Microsoft ad executives should be run outta town. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:54:28 +0000 Microsoft Subnet 43240 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43210 A couple of weeks ago, I learned about a very interesting technology project that was going on in Africa. In short, the Ethiopian government was trying to improve the quality of life for their citizens by advancing the effectiveness of their education system. One of the paths they had chosen was to deploy laptops to all of their primary and secondary school teachers and to find a means to both centrally... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43210#comments Microsoft AppPortal Azure FullArmor PolicyPortal How FullArmor, Microsoft, and the Ethiopian government came together to use technology to improve lives. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:09:43 +0000 tyson.kopczynski 43210 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43204 With nearly no explanation, Microsoft sent out an alert notifying customers that it was removing download information for 10 security patches "because Microsoft Java Virtual Machine is no longer available for distribution from Microsoft." The revised bulletins are rated as critical and affect patches from the years 1999 through 2003. The affected patches are: MS03-011, MS02-069, MS02-052, MS02-013,... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43204#comments Microsoft Java Microsoft Java Microsoft security advisories Microsoft versus Linux Microsoft versus open source Oracle Sun acquisition Microsoft pulls old patches down that distributed the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:56:15 +0000 Microsoft Subnet 43204 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43203 Today System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 Unleashed was shipped to the printer. Final page length is 1224 pages. Availability on Amazon is anticipated for early August. And I'm very happy to announce that two of the contributors to this book - Jason Sandys and Jannes Alink - received the MVP award for Configuration Manager today. Way to go - Jason and Jannes! You definitely earned it! http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43203#comments Microsoft ConfigMgr MVP ConfigMgr Unleashed SCCM MVP SCCM Unleashed Newest System Center book in Unleashed series shipped to printer Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:13:50 +0000 Kerrie Meyler 43203 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43201 In the past week, Microsoft has unleashed five service packs for its enterprise class security software. These service packs include the beta 2 of its identity management framework "Geneva," the SP3 of Forefront Security for SharePoint, the SP2 of Forefront Security for Exchange Server and trial versions of Antigen Spam Manager for Exchange and Antigen for SMTP Gateways. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43201#comments Microsoft anti-virus Antigen antispam Antivirus AppLocker Forefront Geneva Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Forefront Microsoft Geneva Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft unleashes five service packs for Geneva, Forefront, Antigen Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:28:41 +0000 Microsoft Subnet 43201 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43198 Welcome to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed Blog! Next week we plan to start sharing some topics of interest around Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services with our readers. In a meanwhile we would like to welcome you to our blog and if you are located in the US wish you happy 4-th of July! Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43198#comments Microsoft Reporting Services 2008 SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed ssrs SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:52:56 +0000 SQL-author-experts 43198 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43197 Microsoft offers free Nickelback track for IE8 and debuts commercial featuring a woman throwing up Are Microsoft's latest tactics to get folks to download Internet Explorer 8 funny, disgusting, obnoxious or effective? On the one hand, you have the rather pleasant idea that if you download a copy of IE8 you get a never-before released track from rocker band Nickelback. On the other, you have an ad... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43197#comments Microsoft IE8 IE8 ad Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft Ad Microsoft advertising Microsoft offers free Nickelback track for IE8 and debuts commercial featuring a woman throwing up Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:41:17 +0000 Microsoft Subnet 43197 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43185 Firefox released their 3.5 version update for download today and so far it seems to be a pretty good release, including some new additions and some catch up features. Probably the biggest change, though not classified as a new feature, is Firefox 3.5's use of the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine. Whether you love all the interactivity or the slowness it can impose, we're relying on the interactivity JavaScript... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43185#comments General discussions Google Microsoft Security SMB Software FireFox Google Chrome Internet Explorer 8 JavaScript Mac OS X Snow Leopard TraceMonkey And It's Great That Everyone's Finally Focusing on Performance Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:37:32 +0000 Mitchell Ashley 43185 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43164 A few years ago, I sprung for some 15,000 rpm SCSI drives to run my HP engineering workstation. That’s still a high water mark in terms of spindle speed. Even today, the most common speed for workaday drives seems to be 7200 rpm. So it was pretty interesting for me to notice that some mainstream hard drive vendors are actually slowing their drives down! Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43164#comments Microsoft 5400 rpm green drives Hard Drive power savings Server 2008 storage An interesting trend in hard drive design Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:15:57 +0000 Glenn Weadock 43164 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43161 Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader (entry form can be found here), and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed, (entry form can be found here). Deadline for entries is July 31. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43161#comments Microsoft giveaways green data centers SQL Server Web 2.0 July Giveaways include free training, free books on SQL Server, Web 2.0 and green data center Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:10:36 +0000 Microsoft Subnet 43161 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43146 Probably the most stressful part about making a decision whether to move to Windows 7 or not is wondering what it really has to offer. For those of us who make our living writing, testing and training this is all we do, so it is not so bad. But I remember when I was in the trenches daily as an IT Director trying to test all the ins and outs of Vista. Doing that meant losing time on something else…mostly... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43146#comments Microsoft J. Peter Bruzzese Webinars Windows 7 Free webinar to get you up to date on whats new in WIndows 7 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:56:42 +0000 Ron Barrett 43146 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43136 Microsoft's set to bring online two new data centers, one in Chicago and the other in Dublin with 700,000 and 300,000 square feet of space respective. One of the things that's been talked about quite a bit, and that I also find fascinating, is Microsoft's use of cargo like containers. Just like you and I slide a new blade into a blade server, Microsoft's doing that at a container sized level, each... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43136#comments Data Center General discussions LANs / WANs Microsoft SMB Software data center Google Live Framework Live Mesh Live Services Microsoft Bing Ray Ozzie SaaS Windows Azure New Microsoft Cloud Data Centers Means Moving A Lot Of Dirt Here On Earth Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:37:39 +0000 Mitchell Ashley 43136 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43124 So I’m dutifully studying up on Server 2008 R2 and reading on Microsoft’s website about how Terminal Services is so good now, that we really can’t call it Terminal Services anymore. In fact, we need at least three new names to describe it. Trouble is, they all seem to mean the same thing. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43124#comments Microsoft Remote Desktop Services remoteapp server 2008 r2 terminal services virtual desktop architecture Server 2008 R2 and the Naming-Go-Round Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:32:22 +0000 Glenn Weadock 43124 at http://www.networkworld.com/community