I haven't kept this as up to date as I'd like but the stuff that is here is good to know. I'm going to modify it so other people can add sections to it and it can be a living document, but until then this is all you get.
Windows IT Pro Paul Thurrott Confirming news I had exclusively revealed in early July, Microsoft this week announced that the popular but limited-time Windows 7 Family Pack offering would be coming back for this holiday season.
Windows IT Pro Paul Thurrott Microsoft on Wednesday announced that its Windows Phone 7 OS has been released to manufacturing (RTM) and delivered to its partners for inclusion on new smartphones that will be provided to consumers in the months ahead.
Windows IT Pro Brian Reinholz FILEminimizer is a product that takes Microsoft Office files and makes them measurably smaller. Now balesio is bringing that same file optimization technology to Outlook and SharePoint.
Windows IT Pro Paul Thurrott It was all touched off by a classic bit of know-nothing blogosphere silliness: A prominent Silicon Valley blogger claimed that Microsoft's mobile business was "fatally flawed" because, get this, the software giant actually charges handset makers a small per-unit fee for its Windows Phone software.
Windows IT Pro William Lefkovics The new Facebook provider can retrieve information from Facebook and display it within the OSC when an email or contact is selected in Outlook. This is a great way to have more information about a contact or sender for your immediate access.
Windows IT Pro William Lefkovics The integration between Outlook 2010 and OneNote 2010 isn’t limited to email content. OneNote can also store and serve calendar items and can store and serve Outlook tasks.
Windows IT Pro William Lefkovics Office 2007 and Office 2010 both provide the option to change the main color scheme. This can be done from any of the main Office Suite applications, including Outlook.
Windows IT Pro Paul Thurrott When it comes to multiplayer gaming on a console, there's Xbox Live and then there's everything else. But starting this November, Microsoft is going to really test the loyalty of its best customers, when it raises the price of the Gold version of that service from $50 a year to $60 a year.
DevProConnections Michele L. Bustamante Michele Leroux Bustamante concludes her discussion of Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) tokens by showing you how to produce tokens from Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Identity Foundation (WIF)-enabled clients and handle issues that can occur when interoperating with other platforms using SAML tokens.
Windows IT Pro Paul Thurrott Microsoft late last week announced that it was dramatically altering its course on PC-to-PC sync and reversing an earlier branding decision.
Windows IT Pro Michael Otey Your standard keyboard shortcuts won't work in a remote session; here are useful shortcuts to know for Remote Desktop sessions, such as how to switch programs, start Task Manager, and take screenshots of the remote session
SQL Server Magazine Michael K. Campbell Even though Mike loves Visual Studio 2010, he’s already beginning to think about enhancements he’d like to see in the next version.
SQL Server Magazine Jasmin Azemovic Learn about the various ways you can collect digital evidence using SQL Server’s built-in features such as Change Data Capture and SQL Server Audit.
Windows IT Pro Paul Thurrott An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including Microsoft's supposedly exorbitant cost of launching Windows Phone, Hotmail EAS support coming on Monday, Microsoft's supposed plans to connect Windows Phone and Xbox 360 with cross-platform gaming capabilities, the real key to the success of the new Xbox 360 console, the evil plan to push H.264, and Apple's upcoming music event.
Windows IT Pro Paul Thurrott From Small Business Server's two new incarnations to the timing of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, we've got you covered so you can stay on top of technologies yet to come.
SQL Server Magazine Michael Otey Comparing SQL Azure to SQL Server, its limitations illustrate the differences between cloud and on-premises versions of SQL Server.
SQL Server Magazine Brian Moran There's a perception that there's not enough SQL Server experts to support the market. Brian explores whether this perception is actually reality.
Windows IT Pro Paul Thurrott Yahoo! this week completed the transition of its search engine to the Bing back-end in both the US and Canada. The move comes almost 14 months after the two companies first announced their sweeping agreement to align in the search space to take on market leader Google.
Windows IT Pro Paul Thurrott Microsoft on Wednesday announced the immediate availability of the first service pack for Exchange Server 2010, adding a slew of new features in addition to the expected bug and security fixes and previously-released roll-ups.
Windows IT Pro Jan De Clercq Windows OSs have supported Kerberos authentication for a while, but you still need to understand the inferior NTLM if you want to keep your network secure.
Windows IT Pro Paul Thurrott This week, Microsoft began rolling out the first functionality updates to its online office productivity suites, Office Web Apps (OWA) and Facebook Docs.
Windows IT Pro Mel Beckman SSL VPN products let users securely access your network from anywhere with nothing more than a web browser and a public terminal. Here's the state of the industry.
