As a first step in building an end-to-end solution, Microsoft IT used System Center Operations Manager 2007 to consolidate two of its largest management groups into one group, the Enterprise Monitoring Team (EMT). Michael Murphy talks with Tom McCleery, the Group Manager of the EMT about how…

If you’ve ever slugged through an installation of Team Foundation Server (TFS) or pondered how you would configure TFS for disaster recovery then this interview is for you. Sudhir Hasbe, Program Manager for Team Foundation Server, talks us through some of the improvements to TFS Administration and…

Okay, I'm a total sucker for looking back into anything.  I love VHI's "I love the eighties".  I could spend hours in the Microsoft Visitors Center checking out old photos and Key Events from the 70's.  It just goes to show you how much and how quickly the world…

Chad Royal from the Cider team walks through building and debugging a simple "Hello World" Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application using the Cider designer.   Note: You must update the WPF Project templates to get Visual Studio Orcas Express to work correctly.…

Tag 7 war der letzte Tag auf der CeBit.  Nach so einer Woche war ich fast fertig aber trotzdem habe ich genug Energie gefunden mit ein paar Leute zu reden.  Ich habe mit Marc Mikulla (Second Unit Service) hinter den Kulissen des „Produktkinos“ getroffen und habe gelernt wie die…

Tag 6 auf der CeBit hat richtig Spaß gemacht.  Ich habe mit Uwe Wache gesprochen und er hat mir „Yavido“ gezeigt - ein neues Musikangebot auf Windows Vista.  Danach habe mit Uwe Baumann über Suchtverhalten gesprochen.  Er hat mich auch über deutsche Redewendungen und das…

Am Tag 5 auf der CeBit durfte ich ein bisschen hinter den Kulissen gucken.  Björn Schneider (ITaCS) führt durch den Server-Raum, erklärt das Microsoft-Messenetzwerk und weiß, wozu 6 Kilometer Kabel nötig sind.  Auch dabei, Helmut Otto (OSST) präsentiert ISA Server Appliances.  …

Have you ever watched TV and thought to yourself, "Self, hey- I can make a better show than this!"?  Well, now here is your chance to prove it. Xbox LIVE and the New York Television Festival are giving you the chance you've always dreamed of. You can win $100,000 to make your own…

Matthias Wandel, an engineer over at Research in Motion, came up with a clever way to test Blackberries under multiple angles and orientations by using LEGO. The device will rotate on an axis by the battery in a circle along with rotate the pager.  Is there a single thing LEGO can't…

We recently went back to visit the Microsoft Robotics team to see what they're up to. As expected, they are very busy innovating! This is a four part series where we learn about what's new in CCR (and watch George code!), get a demo of the Visual Programming Language's debugger…