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January 2014

  1. Operating Your Hybrid Cloud - Health monitoring and Self-service

November 2013

  1. Lenovo ThinkPad T440s Ordered

October 2013

  1. 0 to 62 in under 2.8 seconds, 186 in 16.5
  2. Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro - now available for order
  3. NOKIA Lumia 1520 Announced
  4. RSAT for Windows 8.1 now available for download
  5. Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server - Technical documentation update
  6. Take the Tour - Windows 8.1 Features
  7. The Cloud OS Vision Wave Gets Delivered
  8. My Favorite Time of Year Begins
  9. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 - training videos now available
  10. New Windows Server R2 Component Posters - now available
  11. The Black Cat - Just in time for Halloween
  12. Pushing the Boundaries - SQL Server 2014 CTP2

September 2013

  1. Test Lab Guide: R2 Hyper-V Network Virtualization with System Center 2012 R2 VMM
  2. Microsoft Monitoring Agent 2013 now available for download
  3. Windows Server 2012 R2 NIC Teaming (LBFO) Deployment and Management Guide now available
  4. Surface 2 Ordered !!!
  5. Never Forget

August 2013

  1. Windows Server 2012 R2 Reaches the RTM Milestone !!!
  2. Moving Applications to the Cloud, 3rd Edition - eBook Download
  3. The Largest JPG I’ve Encountered
  4. Windows Azure Training Kit - updates for August
  5. Microsoft Datacenter TCO Tool - Now Live on the Web

July 2013

  1. Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Test Lab Guide - available for download
  2. Mail Protection Reports for Office 365 - download now available
  3. Office 2010 Admin Template files (ADM, ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool download
  4. Virtual Fibre Channel Design Guide - Get your I/O On
  5. Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Preview now available for download

June 2013

  1. R2 Wave of Previews Now Available for Download
  2. Art with Excel - Who Knew
  3. Implementing SMB Shares with Hyper-V Replica
  4. Office Mobile for iPhone Now Available
  5. There Will Be a Test
  6. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.3.5 Update - now available for download
  7. ASUS Zenbook Infinity Revealed
  8. Dell Outs XPS 11 Convertible Laptop
  9. It’s Time for Cloud First

May 2013

  1. A First Look at Windows 8.1
  2. Hyper-V: A Platform for Building the Largest Public and Private Clouds
  3. Microsoft Unveils Xbox One
  4. It happened again. My condolences
  5. IaaS Architecture Guide - now available for download
  6. Exchange Server 2013 Management Pack - now available for download
  7. Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server - now available for download
  8. System Center 2012 - Live Q&A on May 21, 2013 - Register Now!
  9. This is both cool and scary - X-47B Drone Launch from the USS George H.W. Bush
  10. Nokia Announces the Lumia 928 - Available for $99 on May 16th
  11. Calling All Birders - Identify This North Texas Hawk !!!
  12. Windows Azure for IT Professionals Jump Start - free registration now open

April 2013

  1. In Case You Won Powerball Tonight
  2. Active Directory (AD) Security Best Practices Guide - download now available
  3. Office 2013 and Office 365 Identity and Auth Poster
  4. The Kerberos Survival Guide
  5. Microsoft Test Lab Guides on the TechNet WIKI
  6. New XBOX console?
  7. Moving Applications to the Cloud - 3rd Edition now available for download
  8. Cybersecurity 2020 - Student Essay Contest for a chance to win $5000
  9. Why is this dude smiling?

March 2013

  1. “I feel the need for speed” - 1200 Horsepower 2013 Shelby 1000 Revealed
  2. Pandora Now Available for Windows Phone!
  3. Identity, Activation and Data Access with a User-Based Office
  4. Admin Templates (.admx) for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
  5. Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress 2013 - now available for download
  6. Microsoft Research TechFest - March 6-7 - Online Resources
  7. Resource Guide for Windows 8
  8. Microsoft Research ViralSearch: Identifying and Visualizing Viral Content
  9. La Ferrari 2013
  10. Inside the Microsoft Envisioning Center
  11. Windows disk space explained - “Where Did My Space Go?” by Robert Mitchell

February 2013

  1. Halo 4 Team Uses Agile, Cloud-Based Big Data Solution
  2. Office 365 for Business Announced
  3. Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 Now Globally Available
  4. The Pixel
  5. HTC One Announced
  6. How many of these do you have?
  7. Evaluating Virtual Smart Cards Guide - now available for download
  8. Alternate Energy Feed Required
  9. System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Toolkit - download now available.
  10. Postermania for Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V - get these downloads
  11. Office 2013 Quick Start Guides released
  12. DirectAccess Single Server Setup with Mixed IPv4 and IPv6 in Windows Server 2012 - Test Lab Guide available
  13. Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 3–now available for download
  14. Creative Commons Add-in for Microsoft Office

January 2013

  1. Office 365 Home Premium Announced
  2. Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start - Wednesday 1/30 from 8-5
  3. Surface Pro Announced
  4. Acura NSX Gets Closer to Reality
  5. System Center 2012 SP1 - now available for download
  6. Cloud OS Trivia Challenge - check out the cool prizes
  7. The New Corvette Stingray is unveiled !!!
  8. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Dual Boot from VHD
  9. Anything interest you from CES 2013 this week?
  10. Robots Rock and Roll

December 2012

  1. Anyone get a hovercraft for Christmas?
  2. Using Windows 8 Hyper-V Overview–now available for download
  3. Creating a Windows To Go Flash drive
  4. Have you been naughty or nice?
  5. Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) v8.0 - now ready for download
  6. Microsoft Cloud Scale - By The Numbers
  7. Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services Demonstration Videos now Available
  8. Using Push Notifications, SMS and Email in Your Mobile Application
  9. Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2013 Registration Now Open
  10. Imagine Cup Winners Announced
  11. Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V Replica Take On Hurricane Sandy
  12. What to Buy With PowerBall Winnings - The Batmobile

November 2012

  1. Surface with Windows 8 Pro – Pricing
  2. Windows Azure Active Directory Processes 200 Billion Authentications
  3. Top Bing Searches of 2012
  4. Dear Santa, “I’ve been good this year, really!”
  5. Multiple Monitors (Multimon) with the Lenovo ThinkPad T430s
  6. IE 10 Release Preview Now Available for Windows 7
  7. Salt flats anyone?
  8. The Empire is Back
  9. New York in the Dark
  10. The Oldest Trees on Earth
  11. Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 is Now Available
  12. Windows Azure Powers Halo 4 Universe

October 2012

  1. Watch the Windows Phone Webcast at 10am PST Today - here’s how
  2. Office Professional Pro Plus 2013 - now available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers
  3. The 1,000,000 Dollar ThinkPad X1 Carbon
  4. Anyone can use Windows 8, as long as you are at least 3
  5. Windows 8 Phones now available for pre-order
  6. “The Surface Movement” gets posted to YouTube
  7. Diamond Planet Discovered - Space Race On
  8. Windows 8 Device Announcements Begin - Lenovo out of the gate early
  9. And on the subject of fingerprint login…
  10. Just In Case You Need to Hit the Ditch
  11. Team Oracle does an America’s Cup Endo

September 2012

  1. Windows Azure AD Rights Management Admin Tools and Utilities
  2. iSCSI Target Storage Providers (VDS/VSS) for Windows Server 2008
  3. Office Deployment Tool for Click-to-Run Preview
  4. Bring Your Own Corporate VM
  5. Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Compat Cookbook - now available for download
  6. Just in case you want to test 85mph on the Austin’s Toll 130
  7. HTC reveals new Windows 8 Phone devices for November launch
  8. Migrate VMware VMs to Hyper-V using a free, simple, standalone tool
  9. The Office Team reveals the new Office 365 Subscriptions
  10. System Center 2012 SP1 Beta - tons of new features now available for testing
  11. DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant (DCA) 2.0 - now available for download
  12. Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 Group Policy spreadsheets - now available for download
  13. Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 8 - now available for download
  14. Samsung ATIV S website now live
  15. System Center 2012 SP1 Beta - Supporting Windows Server 2012, Azure Virtual Machine Mgmt and more!
  16. Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Announced
  17. NOKIA Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 Announced
  18. Windows Server 2012 is now available for download
  19. White House Releases Honey Ale Recipe under the Freedom of Information Act

August 2012

  1. Samsung retina class screen unveiled on Series 9 prototype
  2. Samsung Windows Phone 8 ATIV S Smartphone

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