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• Windows Mobile Smackdown

  I've been following Jason Langridge's blog for some time now, and it was great to get to finally meet him at TechEd this year. I went to a few of the sessions he was conducting, one being "Windows Mobile Smackdown", which is a public... Posted Jun 16 2008, 05:58 PM by Aubrey with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Mobile

• New Exchange Troubleshooting Tool

  For those of you wanting to test out a new Microsoft tool for Exchange issue diagnosis, go to https://testexchangeconnectivity.com . As the presenter emphatically emphasized at TechEd today, this tool is a prototype and has not been run through the normal... Posted Jun 12 2008, 01:00 AM by Aubrey with | with no comments Filed under: Exchange, Microsoft, TechEd 2008

• TechEd Exchange Backup Announcement

  Those of you who have deployed Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008 may be aware of an issue involving the backup software that Microsoft includes with Windows Server 2008 where it no longer supports streaming ESE backups. So unless you're using a... Posted Jun 11 2008, 03:39 PM by Aubrey with | with no comments Filed under: Exchange, Microsoft, TechEd 2008

• HTC Diamond On Display Starting Tomorrow

  For those of you at TechEd who are into Windows Mobile, Microsoft is having a few HTC Diamonds Fed Ex'd in for tomorrow. There will be one on display at the WinMo showcase and at least one for use during Theater sessions in the Yellow areas. Of course... Posted Jun 10 2008, 03:19 PM by Aubrey with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Mobile, TechEd 2008

• Windows Mobile 7 Sneak Peek

  Speaking of Live Mesh, in one of Microsoft's promos for it, there is a sneak peek of what looks to be an HTC Touch Dual running Windows Mobile 7. Take a look, it's about 32 seconds in: Posted May 13 2008, 03:59 PM by Aubrey with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Mobile

• Windows Vista SP1 Initial Thoughts

  In my opinion, it's a huge step backwards. Here are some issues I have had with/since installing SP1: It took two hours to install Most programs run are running slower than before the service pack, and I frequently get the (Not Responding) in the... Posted Feb 22 2008, 11:16 AM by Aubrey with | with 16 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Vista, Microsoft, SP1

• February 12th Is Coming, Are You Ready?

  What, you may ask, is happening on February 12th? Microsoft is releasing Internet Explorer 7 as an Update Rollup. What does this mean? It means that if you’ve intentionally NOT released IE7 to your workstations and servers due to compatibility or other... Posted Jan 24 2008, 02:24 PM by Aubrey with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, IE7, WSUS

• Apple Looks To Improve iPhone/Exchange Interaction

  Anyone who has an iPhone and has tried to use it to to get their work email synchronized via their corporate Exchange server knows that it just doesn't work very well. And any Exchange admin with iPhone users knows it as well. The people at Apple... Posted Dec 17 2007, 04:48 PM by Aubrey with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Exchange, Microsoft, Windows Mobile, Apple, iPhone

• Office Mobile: Now With Office 2007 File Formats

  Microsoft has released Office Mobile 6.1, which includes support for Office 2007 file formats. You've waited a year since Office 2007 went RTM, so hop over here and download it now. It works with Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC Edition and Windows Mobile... Posted Nov 29 2007, 09:37 AM by Aubrey with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Office 2007, Microsoft, Windows Mobile

• Slide Deck From MSCMDM Presentation

  This is the slide deck used by Jason Langridge in a Mobile Device Manager webcast on Tuesday. Or, if you prefer, you can catch a recording of the LiveMeeting session here . Enjoy. | View | Upload your own Posted Oct 25 2007, 11:26 AM by Aubrey with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Mobile

• Free Halloween Ringtones And Wallpaper

  Microsoft has posted up some free Halloween ringtones and wallpapers on the Windows Mobile Owners Circle site. Currently, the links for the wallpapers seem to be broken, but the ringtone downloads are working fine. Speaking of the wallpapers, check out... Posted Oct 24 2007, 10:51 AM by Aubrey with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Mobile

• Microsoft Announces System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008

  Microsoft has announced the next component of System Center, the System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 . When it's released (look for it in Q2 of 2008) it will allow IT departments to enhance security by enforcing company and departmental policies... Posted Oct 23 2007, 02:52 PM by Aubrey with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Mobile, Mobile Device Manager

• Microsoft Launches Windows Live Events

  Last night, Windows Live Events became available to the general public. If you've ever used Evite, then you're familiar with the Windows Live Events concept. You can use the site to plan events such as birthday parties, costume parties, farewell... Posted Oct 12 2007, 01:40 PM by Aubrey with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Live

• More Fallout From Microsoft's "Stealth Update"

  Testing has revealed that the silent update that Microsoft pushed last month can cause problems for users of Windows XP who run a repair installation. This involves booting from the CD and choosing the option to repair the existing installation when the... Posted Sep 28 2007, 12:50 PM by Aubrey with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft

• Microsoft Team Blogs

  Over at the Windows Vista blog, Brandon has compiled a handy list of official Microsoft team blogs. Here's a sample: Windows: Windows Vista Team Blog Internet Explorer Team Blog Windows Mobile Team Blog Tablet PC Team Blog Microsoft Update Team Blog... Posted Sep 20 2007, 04:57 PM by Aubrey with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Blogs