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 information for the Springboard Series Windows...

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 are some answers to help explain what end of support...

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 Center Configuration Manager. This version of SCM...

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 of these conversations increased dramatically...

Application compatibility is one of the most crucial factors when it comes to organizations being able to easily move from XP and IE 6 to Win 7 and IE 8/9. With so many of you beginning your migration to Windows 7 this year, it is more important than ever to be able to quickly identify and solve application...

Todays post is from Skand Mittal, Product Manager with the Desktop Virtualization Team and our resident expert in our DV Zone on Springboard I was talking with Stephen Rose, the owner of this blog, and he was saying that one of the top pain points that he hears from you frequently is transferring...

Starting in early November, we will introduce the Microsoft Community Contributor Award. The Microsoft Community Contributor Award seeks to recognize notable contributors to Microsoft online community forums: TechNet, MSDN and Answers in areas such as: moderation, content, translation/localization and...

Yesterday Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich hosted the Windows Intune Technology Tune-up. This virtual roundtable event was your chance to learn about Windows Intune from a panel of IT professionals. If you did not attend live, here is a preview of what you missed. ...

Assess your environment and plan for Windows 7 Now available, the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.5 Beta. Simplify planning for upgrade or migration to the latest Microsoft products and technologies with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.5 Beta. This multifaceted...

Don’t forget to join us this Thursday at 9 am PST for our live, Virtual Roundtable, “Is XP Good Enough? Really?” This event will address questions and concerns around migration costs, application compatibility, and organization readiness. The panel will also cover the role of virtualization in the desktop...

Meet Kevin Sullivan, He’s a Principal Program Manager here at Microsoft. Kevin shares his thoughts on Group Policy and how this innovative solution can provide flexibility, customization, and ease of adaptation for IT professionals and end users alike. Also live is our “Making of Windows 7” video. Meet...

Attending TechEd Europe next week??? Make sure to join us on Tuesday, 9 November, at 21:00 (9:00 p.m.), get ready to rub shoulders with some of most powerful IT Professionals and community influencers. Exclusively for Microsoft MVPs, Microsoft Certified Trainers, community members and guests, the Microsoft...

This weeks guest blogger is Wole Moses, a Sr Product Manager from the Windows Client Product team. Today I’m going to write about a topic  that’s been coming up quite often during discussions I have with IT Pros regarding their current and future desktop architecture strategy. That topic is user...

We are pleased to announce the release of the Microsoft Desktop Virtualization zone on Springboard Series on TechNet that provides dynamic information and structured resources to help you explore, test, pilot, and deploy the latest Windows OS in your environment. With Microsoft Desktop Virtualization...

Plan the best and most cost-effective response to malicious software by using the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Malware Response. This guide assists organizations in determining the appropriate response strategy to an incident or outbreak of malware. The guide discusses three primary recovery...

Stop number four on the Springboard Series Tour took us just outside of London to Reading, UK. Over 200 IT pros showed up for a day full day of IT pro guidance around Windows, Office and MDOP as well as getting a chance to learn about certification from our friends at MCT Europe . Check out the great...

Last week we learned that over 88% of all companies are currently piloting Windows 7 in their organization. This week we celebrate the one year anniversary of the launch of Windows 7. All I can say is thank you. What a year we have had since releasing the Windows 7. How did you help? You stepped up and...

A follow-up post from guest blogger Wole Moses from the Windows Product Team. Hi, it’s been a few weeks since my first post and during that time, Microsoft Management Summit, and a couple of  international events have intervened. I’m actually typing this during a 16 hour plane ride from Dubai to...

These are the fun blog posts for me—I get the honor of announcing the availability of a resource so many of you have been asking for—a Windows Enterprise Trial edition you can use to continue testing Windows 7 in your own environment is now available from the Springboard Series on TechNet...

Greetings from Amsterdam! The Springboard Series tour kicked off yesterday to a packed house of IT pros yesterday. We spent the whole day talking about Windows7, Office 2010 and MDOP tips, tricks ,how-to’s around deployment, management, app compat and virtualization. Check out the video to hear what...

If you did not get to see the most recent Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable “ Migrating from IE 6 to IE 8 on Windows 7: Strategy, Standards, and Support ” Here is a quick preview of what you missed. We had a great time and want to one again thank are...

Don’t forget to join us this Thursday at 9 am PST for our live, Virtual Roundtable, “Is XP Good Enough? Really?” This event will address questions and concerns around migration costs, application compatibility, and organization readiness. The panel will also cover the role of virtualization in the desktop...

As manager of the Windows 7 TechNet forums , I can tell you that we see a large volume of posts in all areas of Windows 7, including security, deployment, application compatibility, hardware compatibility, and more. In all, we’ve received more than 310,000 Windows 7 posts. The IT Pro community, consisting...

Thank you to all of you who tuned in and posted or sent in questions for our most recent roundtable and made it another huge success. We will be posting all the questions and answers in the next few days so keep an eye out. Missed the VRT? Here is the promo of what you can look forward to when the replay...

Todays post is from Dave Trupkin, Senior Product Manager for App-V and Med-V I’m coming to you live from Tech·Ed Berlin. Karri Alexion-Tiernan just posted over on the Windows for Your Business a blog outlining Microsoft’s position on Desktop Virtualization describing the “layers” and the importance of...