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- Verdict: XP Mode gets an F
- Verdict: XP Mode gets an FIntention or just a MS way?Can anyone tell me what was the ONE operating system related thing Microsoft had actually managed to take from an idea to a product that would work as promised?This is either done or purpose to force people to transit to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, XP Mode
- Discussion threads 2009-05-04
- Microsoft adds legacy app support to Optimization Pack refresh
- Microsoft is making available for download as of April 1 the final version of its desktop-virtualization-management product that is designed to help Vista users run legacy Windows 2000 and Windows XP apps. The spring 2009 refresh of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack MDOP is out as of...
- Tags: Legacy Application, Optimization, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, MED-V, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Asset Management, Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Will Android and Windows Mobile get squeezed as smartphone market shakes out?
- Will Android and Windows Mobile get squeezed as smartphone market shakes out?HTML5 and PhonegapAs HTML5-based applications begin to permeate the mobile space, the smartphone OS will become less & less relevant (i.e. all apps will run on all OSes). Then, consumers will be able to base their smartphone decisions on...
- Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Handhelds, HTML5, phone, smart phone, mobile, operating system, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-03-17
- Office streaming: What Microsoft will and won't say
- Last week, there was talk that Microsoft was considering broadening the way it makes Microsoft Office available over the Web using streaming technology. (For the record, it wasn't Microsoft doing the talking; it was some overly enthused partners.) On April 30, Microsoft shared a...
- Tags: Softricity SoftGrid, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Microsoft buys virtualization vendor to help with Vista migrations
- Microsoft announced on March 12 it had purchased another virtualization vendor -- one whose technology Microsoft is counting on to help ease Windows Vista migrations. That vendor, Kidaro, makes desktop virtualization software for enterprise users. Microsoft said it plans to combine Kidaro's technology into its suite of...
- Tags: Volume-license, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Virtual PC, Migration, Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktops, Hardware, Storage, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- Momentum Webcast: Windows Vista Desktop Optimization Pack Overview for Mid-Sized Businesses (Level 100)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn about the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack MDOP for the Windows Vista operating system as an add-on for Software Assurance SA. MDOP can help enable to better control the desktop, accelerate and simplify desktop deployments and management, and create a dynamic infrastructure by turning...
- Tags: Webcast, Optimization, Midsize Business, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-03-06
- MDOP Advanced Group Policy Management
- Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management AGPM helps to better manage Group Policy objects GPOs in the environment by providing change control, offline editing, and role-based delegation. AGPM is a key component of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack MDOP. This webcast is an overview of AGPM, and describes its benefits, how...
- Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Group Policy Management
- Webcasts 2008-01-01
- Healthcare Group Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 to Better Protect 2 Terabytes of Data
- Based in Boston, CareGroup is the corporate parent of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and three other area hospitals. CareGroup hosts its data on 390 databases on 30 instances of Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The organization is updating databases to SQL Server 2008...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., CareGroup, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Survey: People skills valued over those for IT
- Survey: People skills valued over those for ITDirect CommunicatorsInteresting article. Gates is clueless but then many are. Many of us in IT have worked hard to simplify communications only to be horrified by the fear of email which surfaced shortly after it was used in the second US Microsoft anti-trust...
- Tags: Team management, team, e-mail, Direct Communicators, People Skills, survey, information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- SoftGrid app-virtualization: Another way to offer software as a service
- MDOP, the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, is the fastest-selling-ever Volume Licensing product from Microsoft, according to the company. Since Microsoft introduced MDOP six months ago, customers have bought 2 million licenses for MDOP.MDOP consists of a number of different tools and technologies, all of which are developed by Microsoft's System...
- Tags: Virtualization, System Center, Office 2007, Office, Google, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Windows Seven: Think 2010
- Windows Seven now has an official ship target -- 2010.At Microsoft's Global Exchange MGX annual sales conference in Orlando this week, Microsoft shared a bit more -- albeit at a high level -- on Windows Seven, according to a copy of a slide deck I saw that was distributed...
- Tags: Windows Live, Windows client, Windows 7, Vista, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- Vista SP1: Behind Microsoft's strategy
- Vista SP1: Behind Microsoft's strategyBusiness as ususal. shrug... nt.In other words, it's a marketing ploy.It's an old psychological ploy for do-it-yourselfers: As long as the project isn't quite finished, you can deflect any criticism with, "It's not done yet".So instead of having to deal with the evidence...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patches, strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista, SP1, patch management, Microsoft Corp., VISTA IS
- Discussion threads 2007-07-09
- Whatever happened to that Vista Desktop Optimization Pack?
- Last fall, Microsoft announced it planned to release an all-in-one collection of Vista management and reliability tools in the form of a Microsoft "Desktop Optimization Pack." One of my readers recently asked me for a status update on the MDOP. Given that Vista has been available to business users...
- Tags: Windows client, Vista, Management tools
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- Power Consumption & Management: Windows Vista Versus Windows XP
- It is important to note that the financial and carbon-dioxide savings are not due to a PC running Windows Vista consuming less power per task than a PC running Windows XP (for example, typing up a document in Microsoft Word will consume very similar amounts of power). Instead, it is...
- Tags: PC, Power Consumption, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-03-21
- BeyondTrust makes standard user usable in Windows
- BeyondTrust makes standard user usable in WindowsSounds like a similar concept to ...... Novells' AppAmour which can define acceptable behaviour for an application and who to email if someone tries/manages to circumvent it.In other words, in the year 2000 Windows was already archaicOu writes: "The simple reason for this is...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, group policy, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, software
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- How Windows XP wasted $25 billion of energy - but will Vista be "eco-friendly"?
- How Windows XP wasted $25 billion of energy - but will Vista be "eco-friendly"?M$ should be held accountable for global warmingpolluting the world and increasing the national debt!The Government should fine them billions for their negligence.I don't care if my pc belches black smokeAs long as it's fast.It will take...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Monitors & displays, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, hibernation, Microsoft Windows, computer
- Discussion threads 2006-11-27
- Breaking down the Vista versions, part 2
- In the first part of this series I listed the consumer-oriented features that will be available only in specific versions of Windows Vista. In this conclusion, I focus on features that are of interest to IT professionals and system administrators in charge of business networks.For the most part, if you...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2006-04-19
- Deploy and maintain software with Group Policy in Windows
- This chapter from the Windows Group Policy Guide discusses how to use the Software Installation policy and the Software Restriction policy to provide a powerful one-two punch for providing a secure, managed environment. Learn how Software Installation through Group Policy can help you manage the full life...
- Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management
- Book chapters 2005-09-27
- Less Web, more services?
- Are we through arguing about the composition of the asphalt in the road and ready to start talking about transportation? Jorgen Thelin, program manager for distributed systems standards at Microsoft, recently posted this intriguing analysis of why we've crossed the threshold into what he calls the "Third Age of...
- Tags: Web service, Web
- Blog posts 2005-05-25
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