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Expanded Interoperability Initiatives at Microsoft

Microsoft will apply changes to its technology and business practices, which will cover high-volume business products including Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007 and all...

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 RTM

Here is the press release for Windows Server 2008 RTM and you can find more about Windows Server 2008 here . As you may know, the great thing about this combined release is that Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 share a large portion of their...

Slides & Source Code From the "Practical WCF" Session

I presented the "Practical WCF" session last week where I talked about WCF Endpoints (Addresses, Bindings and Contracts), Hosts, Clients, Behaviours and Inspectors. You can download the materials from my SkyDrive .

Empty Recycle Bin Shortcut in Windows Vista

It seems the first potential security hole in Vista has been identified. This is nothing to do with Windows Vista in particular as speech recognition and voice command have been out there for a while and the only thing Vista is going to change is to widen...
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My.Computer.WindowsExperienceIndex = 5.6

I installed Windows Vista on my "very" new PC yesterday. I think I can live with Windows Experience Index of 5.6! (my last experience was a rating of 1.0 on my 3-year old Dell laptop...). The poorest performer is the CPU, which is an Intel Core 2 Duo...
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Windows Vista on MSDN Subscriber Downloads

Windows Vista is now available for download on MSDN Subscriber downloads. There is a single .iso image containing the following editions: Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Business N Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Basic N Windows Vista...
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Windows Vista RTMs

Windows Vista is released to manufacturing. More here . According to the MSDN Subscriptions web site, Windows Vista and Office 2007 will be available through MSDN Subscriber downloads within 7 days of RTM.
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Dell UK is now offering Free Vista Upgrade

Just noticed the free upgrade offer on the XPS desktops! Update: More information on the Express Upgrade programme for Windows Vista can be found here .
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Combined Launch of Exchange 2007, Vista and Office 2007 (EVO)

Microsoft is holding pre-launch events across the UK from 25 Oct 2006 to 16 Jan 2007 to brief the partners on the release of the biggest single investment ($20bn!) Microsoft has ever made. It is nice to hear that the beta cycles for the products are being...
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Windows Vista RC2 Released

Microsoft has released the RC2 for Windows Vista (available to Technical Beta Testers and MSDN Subscribers). We are now expecting the RTM in few weeks!!! "People asked for it, and here it is, Windows Vista RC2! We wanted you to be the first to get these...
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