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Sebastian Foss: Coding 4Fun

from blogs.technet.com
Last week on the Coding4Fun blog, Brian Peek posted a fun article on how to build Windows Home Server Add-in that allows you to access your Outlook email via the web using your home server.
Unfortunately there is something about this article that causes certain newsreaders to not show it! Weird. The Coding4Fun folks are [...]

Sebastian Foss: Homeserver.com

from blogs.technet.com - archived by Sebastian FossMicrosoft bought the “HomeServer.Com” domain a year or so ago.  The transaction that involved 3 companies, 4 foreign languages and 3 currencies.  It took awhile to complete, and it is a funny story that I like to tell in person.  But that is not what this post is about …
When [...]

KB938194 and KB938979 for Vista x86 and x64

On next tuesday’s patch day Microsoft will release 2 major updates. The Vista Performance and Reliability Pack and the Compatibility pack - personal tests show that these updates already work perfectly and enhance the speed of file transfers etc. in Vista. The Overall Vista Experience seems much better.
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938979 Vista Performance and Reliability [...]

Hola, Bonjour, Hallo!

Gute Nachrichten - die Spanische, Französische und Deutsche Version des Windows Home Server wurden zum Presswerk weitergeleitet! Somit ist Home Server nun wirklich komplett und bereitet die Verfügbarkeit in verschiedenen Ländern vor - zusätzlich zu den USA. Wir hoffen dass wir in zukünfitigen Versionen auch zusätzliche Sprachen und Märkte unterstützenn können. In einer der letzten [...]

10 Things - Using BitLocker, even without a TPM

 
While you may have heard of BitLocker, what you may not know is that you don’t need Trusted Platform Module to use it on your system.
BitLocker Drive Encryption is a new security feature integrated into the Windows Vista operating system that provides considerable protection to the OS and data stored on the operating system volume. [...]

MSD evolution and leadership

MSD evolution and leadership

Hi, my name is Brad Anderson and I’m the General Manager, leading product development and engineering for Microsoft’s Management and Solutions Division. Many of you have heard that I recently assumed leadership for MSD after Kirill Tatarinov moved over to lead MS Business Solutions Division. Looking back at my four years with [...]

The best kept secret …

Windows Home Server was a secret for a long time. We had over 1,000 internal testers at Microsoft prior to announcing the product at CES 2007, some of these people used the product for over a year without leaking anything about it. I remember the early days when employees asked us - “What [...]

Sting! The biggest software counterfeiting bust in history

Earlier today the Chinese Public Security Bureau and the FBI announced the largest bust of counterfeit software manufacturing or distribution ever. The bust took place in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong and includes arrests that took place over the last couple of weeks. While the value of the software actually seized is [...]

Windows Server 2008 component poster available

 
“As Andrew pointed out, TechNet magazine just released an updated Windows Server 2008 component poster for download (pdf).

Part of the poster is the new hypervisor layer codename Viridian. Here’s a screen scrape of that component.

Enjoy.

Patrick”
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10 Things - Maximizing Sidebar Gadgets

Many PC OEMs ship Windows Vista computers with Windows Sidebar enabled, usually only displaying the simple clock, photos and RSS feed gadgets.  You may’ve found that they install their own home-grown gadgets to show off additional features or apps installed on the PC, or as sales tools for other products.  You may even have turned [...]