Welcome to Sign in | Join | Help

August 2006 - Posts

30 August 2006 11:58

Vista in time for the (American) football season!

Quoted from Microsoft sources:   With the last major upgrade to Windows, Windows XP, it was "not quite" two months between RC1 and the product's release to manufacturing, Wilcox said. If Microsoft releases Windows Vista RC1 on Sept. 5 or thereabouts,
posted by AndyJames | 0 Comments
26 August 2006 21:39

Microsoft BizTalk Blogs

BizTalk Performance BizTalk Core Engine BizTalk Scripts BizTalk Upgrade BizTalk Marketing BizTalk Documentation
posted by AndyJames | 0 Comments
26 August 2006 21:36

BizTalk 2006 R2 - Quick reminder

Just a quick reminder of what R2 gives: Microsoft’s B2B EDI/HIPAA Solution Microsoft’s RFID Framework BizTalk Adapter for Windows Communication Foundation (formerly called Indigo) .Net Adapter Framework .Net Line-of-Business (LOB) Adapters (formerly
posted by AndyJames | 0 Comments
26 August 2006 20:52

Solidsoft News

Solidsoft CTO elected to UK Microsoft Architect Council Solidsoft announced that its Chief Technology Officer, Andy James has been elected to the UK Microsoft Architect Council. The Council's objectives are:· To provide a community where senior IT
posted by AndyJames | 0 Comments
26 August 2006 20:28

Office 2007 -November Release

Darren Strange of MS UK blogged: An internal email from Chris Capposela (head of IW) to field sales confirms that 2007 will get added to the price list in November.  This is excellent news and a strong indicator of our confidence.  That said,
posted by AndyJames | 0 Comments
26 August 2006 18:56

BizTalk Roundup

Over he last couple of months a number of intresting things have hit the streets around BizTalk 2006. New BPM Site Launched A new Business Process Management (BPM) site was recently launched by Microsoft at www.microsoft.com/bpm. Visit this site to learn
posted by AndyJames | 0 Comments
24 August 2006 16:46

32 bit Vista will not play commercial HD movies!

Even though Vista on a 32 bit machine will recognise and be able to use both HD DVD and Blue Ray drives it will not support commercial HD movie playback. The reason for this? To quote MS source: The surprising disclosure was made by Senior Program Manager
posted by AndyJames | 0 Comments
21 August 2006 21:30

Visual Studio 2003 fixes

A month ago, Microsoft officials said to expect the first service pack (SP) for Visual Studio 2003 to hit around Augusut 15. And SP1 made it out this week. VS 2003 SP1 includes more than 400 bug fixes. Next up: Visual Studio 2005 SP1. An update on the
posted by AndyJames | 0 Comments
21 August 2006 21:28

Vista Build 5506

Slide show of Vista RC1 at: RC1 Build
posted by AndyJames | 0 Comments
21 August 2006 21:12

Windows Live Writer

At last Microsoft has launched a blog writing tool!   Windows Live Writer is a desktop application that makes it easier to compose compelling blog posts using Windows Live Spaces or your current blog service.  Blogging has turned the web
posted by AndyJames | 0 Comments
21 August 2006 07:51

Living with Vista

I’ve had the highs and lows of living with Vista for a week now… Being of the developer breed and allows having an Administer Account I thought for this exercise I’d go with the flow and have a normal account with access to my Administration
posted by AndyJames | 0 Comments
Filed Under: