I’m Erwin Visser and I’m the Senior Director for the Windows Commercial Product Marketing team at Microsoft. In my role, I have the pleasure of working with Windows business customers and partners in the Enterprise, Mid-Market and Small Business segments. Microsoft is at the National Retail Federation...

Earlier this week, I mentioned that customers have 1000 days until support for Windows XP ends on April 8, 2014. I know that Windows XP has been an amazing operating system for a lot of our business customers, so the idea of upgrading can seem like a daunting task. I want you to know that as the Windows...

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...

At, Microsoft, we’ve just passed the Windows 7 one-year anniversary and as we reflect on the year and look ahead, we want to make sure we continue working with our customers so they have a clear roadmap on how to maximize their Windows 7 investments. I personally have the privilege of spending quite...

Today Microsoft and IDG hosted a webcast discussion where participants touched on a range of topics: from the flexible workstyles of today’s workforce to useful information on Windows 7 deployment. I found the conversation insightful so wanted to share a few key takeaways. Kevin Sturgill, Director of...

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...

On March 23 of this year, our team delivered the first commercial release of Windows Intune , a subscription service that offers PC management and security through the cloud along with upgrade rights to Windows 7 Enterprise and future versions of Windows. Less than seven months later, the next release...

As discussed in previous posts , Microsoft’s Desktop Virtualization allows flexibility to deliver, test and manage the user settings, applications and your operating system, Windows 7, more easily. Today I’d like to further explore Application Virtualization, which is a key component to a complete desktop...

Greetings from Hannover, Germany! Last week, we announced the availability of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and this morning, I joined Kevin Turner during his CeBIT keynote to demonstrate what I’m most excited about ­– how Windows 8 will help your business . You might have heard that Windows 8 is Windows...

If you’re a Windows for Your Business blog reader, I probably don’t have to tell you how dramatically the way we work has changed. Employees expect their PCs to work efficiently, whether they’re in the office or on the road, so they have the tools they need to get their jobs done. They need access to...

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...

It’s been a very exciting several of months for us here at Microsoft, and for many of our customers and partners, sharing the excitement of Windows 7. Since its release to manufacturing in July, through this week at TechEd Europe , we’ve had a lot of Windows 7 and MDOP activities, including countless...

For the last several months, we’ve been talking about the importance of migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7. Much of the discussion has focused on the two year countdown for end of support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014 , however, we have also pointed out that Windows XP is over a decade old – two...