10 December 2011 0 Comments

Lærðu Windows Azure með Scott Guthrie, Dave Campbell og Mark Russinovich

N.k. þriðjudag (13, des) verða þeir Scott Guthrie, Dave Campbell og Mark Russinovich með live fyrirlestur um Windows Azure, cloud platform Microsoft. Áhugasamir geta fylgst með þessu á netinu og er aðgangur frír

3 December 2011 0 Comments

Windows Management Framework 3.0 Community Technology Preview (CTP) #2 Available for Download

<Copied from http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2011/12/02/windows-management-framework-3-0-community-technology-preview-ctp-2-available-for-download.aspx> I’m pleased to announce that the Community Technology Preview #2 (CTP2) is available for download. Windows Management Framework 3.0 CTP2 makes some updated management functionality available to be installed on Windows 7 SP1 & Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

4 October 2011 0 Comments

XAP Fest 20. okt á Grand hótel – skráning hafin

Þá hefur dagsetning loksins verið staðfest, fimmtudagurinn 20. október frá kl 13-16 á Grand hótel.

9 September 2011 0 Comments

TechNet Wiki Articles Offer Best Practices and Guidance on SQL Azure Connectivity

The Microsoft TechNet Wiki is always chock-full of the latest and greatest user-generated content about Microsoft technologies.  If you’re looking for guidance and best practices on SQL Azure connectivity, these community-sourced articles are worth checking out: SQL Azure: Connection Management in SQL Azure Retry Logic for Transient Failures in SQL Azure SQL Azure Connectivity Troubleshooting Guide The TechNet Wiki is a great place to interact and share your expertise with technology professionals worldwide.  Click here to learn how to join the wiki community.

7 September 2011 0 Comments

Are education leaders more optimistic about online education than the public?

The Pew Research Centre are a respected American organisation that shares research on issues, attitudes and trends shaping modern life.

1 August 2011 0 Comments

CRM in Education – University of Teesside video case study

When I think about CRM in education, my first reaction tends towards managing the student relationship – a version of a super Student Management System. But the more case studies I come across, the more I realise that there is a very broad spread of uses for a CRM system in education (like Kiel’s and Curtin’s examples) The University of Teesside are using their Microsoft Dynamics CRM system for managing their employer engagements – to expand their relationship local businesses, and to increase their revenues from business sources

27 July 2011 0 Comments

BI in Education – Brisbane Catholic Education case study from StrataDB

Business Intelligence (BI) in education is going to become an interesting topic over the next couple of years in Australia. Although there has always been a discussion about the use of data, and various projects that have looked at ways to analyse and use student learning data more effectively, I predict that learning analysis is going to move up the priority list for every education leadership team across Australia

21 July 2011 0 Comments

Real World Windows Azure: Interview with Henning Volkmer, CEO of ThinPrint, Inc.

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we talked to Henning Volkmer, CEO of ThinPrint, Inc.

3 July 2011 0 Comments

Catch up on new features of Windows Azure in the past month

We are continuing our innovation in the Windows Azure and releasing at a frequent cadence of high-value new features and enhancements to our public cloud services.  Today at TechEd I’m excited to make a few new announcements: For AppFabric , this past month we have just released the Windows Azure AppFabric Caching service, and major enhancements to the Access Control service . At TechEd today we announced two new capabilities for both developers and IT Pros: We released today new features and enhancements as part of the Windows Azure AppFabric May CTP which adds to the Service Bus more comprehensive pub/sub messaging and enables new scenarios on Windows Azure platform.   These scenarios include: Async Cloud Eventing – Distribute event notifications to occasionally connected clients (e.g.

27 June 2011 0 Comments

Tech Tuesday tomorrow – Desktop Deployment

Have you signed for any of the Tech Tuesday webinars for schools yet? They are hour long web-hosted meetings, from 12-1pm (Sydney time) on Tuesday lunchtimes, and mean that you can get up to date with some of our latest technology for education – without having to leave school. Every week, Ryan Bonnici introduces another expert from Microsoft or one of our partners, and then we take a deep look into specific topics

22 June 2011 0 Comments

Microsoft worldwide Education Partner of the Year

The World Partner Conference kicks off in Los Angeles next month, and in the build up to it, we’ve just announced the results of the Microsoft Partner of Year Awards for 2011.

20 June 2011 0 Comments

Weekly Events Calendar June 19 – July 16

Your Microsoft Canada team is always looking into opportunities to bring you training that would help you grow your skills and make you more successful in your career.