A few weeks ago we announced the availability of Windows Intune in 35 countries, and it’s great to see partners and customers taking advantage of Windows Intune and the free 30-day trial . For those of you using the beta, we want to remind you that the beta period is coming to an end on April 18, 2011...

Today, I’m excited to share two announcements: first, I’d like to welcome a new product to Microsoft’s Desktop Virtualization family – User Experience Virtualization (UE-V). And secondly, we’re announcing that our flagship application virtualization product is being updated to its next major version...

A couple weeks ago Microsoft shared exciting news with the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and the Windows Server “8” Beta , and last week, Erwin Visser shared our Windows 8 for businesses story at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. Today, I am happy to say that we are providing more good news for...

Good morning/evening from Amsterdam! We’re at TechEd Europe 2012 this week, continuing our discussions on how to enable more flexible workstyles for your employees and how enterprises are shaping the future of desktop virtualization. In April, Gartner published a report titled “Desktop Virtualization...

The Windows Intune Team would like to thank you for your participation in the April release of the Windows Intune beta! As many of you may know, we announced the second public Windows Intune Beta on July 12th and we hope you have had a chance to sign up for an account and are evaluating this most recent...

For the past several months as I have met with customers all over the world, I received a lot of positive input and feedback related to Windows 7. Customers such as BMW , Expedia , Pella Corporation , and Intel , tell me they are seeing great business value from Windows 7 Enterprise and the Windows Optimized...

Guten Tag! This week I am at TechEd Europe in Berlin, Germany. The big theme at TechEd this year is Microsoft’s cloud strategy with lots of sessions on cloud solutions such as Office 365, Windows Azure, and Windows Intune. In the keynote this evening here in Berlin, Brad Anderson talks about how many...

As a GM for the Windows Commercial business, I regularly get to speak with customers across the world. I absolutely love this part of my job. It continues to be an exciting journey to see the progress you’re making with your Windows 7 deployments – City of Stockholm, National Instruments, BAA and others...

As Microsoft continues to help businesses get the most out of their IT environment with new tools and solutions, today we’re making available the Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 8 (DaRT) beta release . The DaRT 8 beta is part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) and provides businesses...

Here at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference , we’re talking with attendees about the IT challenges they face and how those challenges can be overcome with solutions from Microsoft and from our network of partners to get the most out of their Windows experience. One way we can help our...

Hi, I’m Alex Heaton, Group Product Manager for Windows Intune at Microsoft. Today, I’m happy to share some news about Windows Intune, which is our forthcoming solution for PC management and security. Windows Intune brings together both Windows cloud services and software to keep PC’s...

Hi, I’m Karri Alexion-Tiernan, Director of Product Management for Microsoft Desktop Virtualization, and today I’d like to share some updates around Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V). As customers continue to plan for and migrate to Windows 7, they go through a process of evaluating...

During the last few months we’ve been talking a lot about our desktop virtualization and MDOP products and the updates and improvements we’re making based on your feedback. You may remember that in early April , we began talking about the newest version of Microsoft Application Virtualization – App-V...