Springboard Series Blog

PLEASE NOTE- The Springboard Series/Windows Community Party Event is now SOLD OUT and the registration tool is now closed. To celebrate all of the great support we have received over the past year from IT pros, we are happy to announce the registration...

I had a great conversation with some folks via Twitter last week on what they should expect at TechEd as this was their first trip. This will be my ninth TechEd and I sometimes forget what it’s like for folks that have never attended. So for my Twitter...

As you may have seen, on Wednesday, we announced that MDOP 2013 is now available and detailed the new updates and features made to Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM). But some of you might be saying, “What about Microsoft User Experience...

Today’s post is from Chris Hallum- Windows Security Product Manager Today’s an exciting day for us here at the annual Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in Las Vegas, as we just announced the general availability of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack...

Today marks the start of the 1-year countdown of when we stop supporting Windows XP. Many of you saw the post this morning on the Windows For Your Business blog. Over the past few months I have gotten a lot of questions on what that means exactly. Here...

If you are planning to join us at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) April 8th – 12th, in Las Vegas, here are some of the Windows and MDOP sessions you may want to check out: DC-B318 What's New in Windows 8 Deployment - Now that Windows 8 is generally...

As mentioned in our previous post on the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 8 (DaRT), this toolset can prove to be invaluable when it comes to repairing a PC that won’t boot, or even in helping you shift your desktop repair planning from being...

Greetings! Hope you are familiar with the recent MDOP product launched by now and are actively evaluating or deploying the technologies to help address the specific pain points of your organization. Today I want to take his opportunity to focus on one...

If you missed last weeks Windows 8 Virtual Roundtable, “What IT Pros Should Know About Windows 8 Enterprise”? Fear not as the full show is now available for on demand viewing! Learn about apps, virtualization, deployment, advancements in...

Springboard Series Windows alum Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh are on a mission to help people understand the different delivery models for the new Office desktop apps. They decided to break from the tradition of whitepapers and blog posts – instead...

How will you spend your Friday morning ? Hopefully, tuning in to our 11th Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable titled, “ What IT Pros Should Know About Windows 8 Enterprise ”. Want to learn about key Enterprise features? Have questions on Windows 8 for...

This tip is an excerpt from an article entitled " Try It Out: Sideloading Windows Store Apps. " To read the article in its entirety, visit the Windows Client TechCenter . By now, you are familiar with Windows Store apps. There are some pretty cool ones...

Has it been that long already? Windows 7 SP1 was released almost two years ago. As a result of that release, Windows 7 RTM (with no service pack) will no longer be supported as of April 9th, 2013 , following the standard Windows support lifecycle specifying...

Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable Friday, March 1, 2013 - 9:00 AM Pacific Time Windows 8 delivers experiences users want, offers key improvements around mobile productivity, and provides IT with a more secure, easy-to-manage infrastructure. Want to...

The Security Compliance Manager (SCM) is a free tool from the Microsoft Solution Accelerators team that enables you to quickly configure and manage the computers in your environment and your private cloud using Group Policy and Microsoft ® System...

The Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) is tailored specifically to IT Professionals and provides some of the deepest level of technical training Microsoft has to offer. Attendees will learn from industry experts while attending 300 and 400 level sessions...

A.J. Smith, product marketing manager wraps up a series of three blogs by the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) team, which covers the new advancements to the suite of products available in MDOP 2012. This final blog focuses on key advantages...

Greetings! Last week, Karri announced the general availability of MDOP 2012 , which included the release of two much awaited products: the new Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V), and one of the biggest releases in Microsoft Application Virtualization...

This post is from Chris Hallum, a Senior Product Marketing Manager on the Windows/MDOP team. I talk to customers, the press, and analysts every week about Windows security and as we approached the public release of Windows 8 on October 26th the frequency...

This is the first in a series of three blogs by the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) team, which will cover new advancements to the suite of products available in MDOP 2012. A.J. Smith, product marketing manager for Microsoft User Experience...

As you might have read on the Windows for Your Business blog , today Karri Alexion-Tiernan announced that the User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) Release Candidate (RC) is available for download . UE-V, which was first announced in April , will be included...

Earlier this month, we announced that Windows 8 reached the RTM milestone . Today Windows 8 Enterprise is available to Software Assurance customers via the Volume License Service Center (VLSC) , allowing you to test, pilot and begin adopting Windows 8...

A few weeks ago at TechEd North America you might have heard that we announced that Beta 2 of User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) would be available by the end of the month. Fulfilling that commitment, I am happy to say that we are making it available...

UPDATE- 6/7/2012- Thank you for your interested but the event is now sold out. Next week is the kickoff for TechEd 2012. We are first off very happy to share that TechEd US in Orlando ( June 11 th – June 14 th ) is completely sold out and TechEd...

The UE-V and App-V teams both have ways for you to get a chance to win some cool prizes like a unlocked Nokia phone or a Microsoft Xbox 360 , by sharing your UE-V or App-V templates. Check out both pieces below to learn how to participate in these contests...