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Microsoft Most Valuable Professional 2011

Sampath Perera — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:43:00 GMT

I got the good news yesterday. So here we go for another year. Thank you Microsoft. It was been a wonderful journey so far.

How did MS deploy Windows 7 internally?

maria — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:32:41 GMT

I’ve been running Windows 7 since Beta stages and as soon as the product was finished most people in Microsoft moved from Vista. Are you interested in understanding how Microsoft deployed Windows 7 to around 100.000 people worldwide? On Microsoft IT Showcase you find many examples of how we internally are using our own technology. There are white papers, videos, web casts etc and one of the recent web casts (now available on demand) are Deploying Microsoft Windows 7.

Map integration with Microsoft CRM

Sampath Perera — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:27:44 GMT

A common requirement to integrate maps in to Microsoft CRM to see the location of a CRM entity has been a very common requirement. Recently I had to do this for one of my customers so I thought why not share the code with all the CRM enthusiasts out there.

The procedure is very simple.

Create a application that uses the Google Maps API (I had to use Google because Bing maps was not for Cambodia)
Pass the parameter values to the map from CRM

There are plenty of resources and code samples on the net for this. But the best one I got from my friend Andriy. He is a Microsoft CRM MVP and one guy who is the best of what he do (that is CRM of course). You can download the full code from Andriy’s blog and I have added the compiled code that I used. To go to Andriy’s blog post click this link - http://a33ik.blogspot.com/2010/06/intergration-google-maps-v3-into.html

Ok so how do we do it,

Download the compiled map htm file and copy it in to the ISV folder in the CRM website
Add an frame in to CRM and name it map or what you like
Write the coding on the on-load event in the form.

crmForm.all.tab2Tab.onclick = function()
{

if (crmForm.all.new_project_cityid.DataValue[0].name != null
&& crmForm.all.new_projectstreet1.DataValue != null )
{
var oldurl = crmForm.all.new_project_cityid.DataValue[0].name + ","+ crmForm.all.new_projectstreet1.DataValue;
}

if (oldurl != "")
{
var url = "/ISV/gmap/mapintegration.html?address=" + oldurl;
crmForm.all.IFRAME_map.src = url;
}
}

Just to clarify, my tab number is 2. My Iframe name is IFRAME_Map. The challenge I found is that in Cambodia it really didn’t work when I use more than 2 values. So what I went for basically is the city and the street number. Example: Phnom Penh, St 271

Finally I added a little additional modification since Andriy’s original code use only text box but my customer wanted a lookup. So my city is in a lookup and the street is in a text box. All you have to do for that is use the following code to pass the data value

   1:  crmForm.all.new_project_cityid.DataValue[0].name

Great that’s all. You can easily see where your place in the map is now

A very special thanks to CRM Guru Andiry Butenko.

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta available for download

maria — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:23:36 GMT

Later this year we will release the first Service Pack to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Already now you can try out the first public Beta to see what the Service Pack will bring. Remember that this Beta is not supported by Microsoft so don’t install this on your production machine :-)

Read more about requirements and download the Beta here

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Granular Backup (Backup and Restore List Items)

Sampath Perera — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:51:11 GMT

A commonly required feature with SharePoint was the ability to backup and restore list items. Even though this was not possible in SharePoint 2007 MS has added this functionality to SharePoint 2010. For you to do this you need to follow two simple steps.

First one backup the list item (can be done through power shell or central admin)
Import the list item to the place you want to restore using power shell.

Lets look at how we can do this in detail.

1. Go to SharePoint 2010 central admin – Click on Backup and Restore (click on the main link here)

2. Under Granular backup section click on Export Site or List

3, In Site collection select the correct site collection – Under the site select the site that contain the list you want to export – and on the list select your list you want to export

4. Click on Start Export. (Make sure your timer job is running and it will complete with success)

5. Now to import make sure you have the same site collection and site created on the server you want to import. Because our option is to import a list so if the sites are not present you will not be able to import. So make sure you create them first with the same name.

6. Got to Start – All programs – SharePoint 2010 products and open SharePoint 2010 management shell

7. The cmdlet we are going to use for this is import-spweb. so type the following command on the power shell

import-spweb

identity:name of your site collection

path:path of your backup containing the list

8. All will complete successfully and you can view the log file for verification

New Hotmail Upgrades

Sampath Perera — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:41:09 GMT

Microsoft has done it. YES!! The all new hot and sexy hotmail. Sleek clean looks, Office web apps, tight integration with Sky Drive and much much more. You can directly create word documents on the web and save them on the Sky Drive. Open attachments just on the web browser. Man its all there. Well done Microsoft.

FAST Search for SharePoint 2010

Sampath Perera — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:10:02 GMT

I finished setting up FAST Search 2010 for my office few weeks back. But I didn’t have time to share the excitement. Frankly telling FAST Search is a great extension for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Search. With FAST you have see previews of documents, relevance search and much more.

Clock and Weather web part for SharePoint 2010

Sampath Perera — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:54:00 GMT

There is a cool web part for SharePoint 2010 which displays a clock and weather of a city of your selection. You can download this at http://www.virtosoftware.com/free-clock-weather-web-part-sharepoint.aspx

Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Launch event in Cambodia

maria — Mon, 31 May 2010 02:46:50 GMT

On June 17th there will be a Launch event for Office 2010 and Sharepoint 2010 in he Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center. More information on Cambodia IT Pro Forum. Make sure you don’t miss out on this!

Online events on Cloud for IT Pros

maria — Fri, 14 May 2010 06:12:54 GMT

Starting June 4th, our evangelism team in Australia will do a series of online events around IT Pro and Cloud and what it all means. It’s at 1 pm Australia time and if you can’t attend live they will be available for download afterwards.

Windows Azure and the IT Pro Discussion
Friday 4 June 2010 1:00 PM Australia (East)
Speaker – Greg Willis, Architect Evangelist Microsoft Australia

Windows Intune - Simplifying how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows cloud services and Windows 7
Friday 11 June 2010 1:00 PM Australia (East)
Speaker – John Pritchard, Technology Specialist Microsoft Australia

Microsoft Online services – the underlying technology and roadmap
Friday 18 June 2010 1:00 PM Australia (East)
Speaker – Lee Hickin, Senior Technology Specialist Microsoft Australia

Starting the Private Cloud Journey with the Dynamic Infrastructure Toolkit for System Centre
Friday 25 June 2010 1:00 PM Australia (East)
Speaker – Gareth James, Senior Consultant Microsoft Australia

Find more details about each session here

Office 2010 is ready!

maria — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:54:25 GMT

On Friday we announced that Office 2010 has been Released To Manufacturing (RTM), which means it’s ready and you will be able to get your hands on it soon! You can learn more about Office 2010, Sharepoint 2010 and the other products in this suite at the Office Productivity site. From May 12th (13th Asia time) you can tune in to the online Launch Event

Get up to date on “the Cloud”

maria — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:52:55 GMT

I found a great resource on Cloud Services, explaining all the different choices you have around Private Cloud, Public Cloud, SaaS, Iaas etc. Make sure you’re up to speed on all this by downloading this brochure. You can also watch videos, web casts and read what this means for you as an IT Pro on our Cloud Services web

Microsoft IT – how do we run our own infrastructure?

maria — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:12:30 GMT

Have you heard of Microsoft IT Showcase? This is a set of content (articles, videos and web casts) that shows how we internally plan , deploys and manages our infrastructure. Some of the latest ones that could be of interest are:

Security Monitoring on the Microsoft Enterprise Network: The Microsoft Enterprise Network is one of the world's largest and most prominent networks. Learn how Microsoft monitors the security of its network and responds to malware and suspected intrusions or policy violations.

Virtualization Moves Data Center Functionality to the Branch Office: Do WAN access issues and costs keep you from providing the datacenter services in branch offices that benefit your corporate users? Learn how Microsoft IT uses Windows Server 2008 R2 and virtualization to deliver datacenter functionality to branch offices. Services at the branch office level include file and print management, offline folder redirection, operating systems and application distribution, and patch management. This has significantly improved service availability, lowered management costs, and reduced servers.

The Showcase team also have their own topic area on TechNet EDGE , take the chance to watch and comment on videos.

Exchange 2010 helps Malaysian company with email problems

maria — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:05:54 GMT

While on the topic of Exchange Server 2010 in my previous post, I came across a case study from Malaysia that I recommend you to have a look at. The Plastic Centre Group provides packaging solutions for everything from soap and personal care, to cooking oil, household, agriculture and lubricants.

They have around 90 people working in the sales office and they were previously using an open source application on Linux Server for their email solution. They experienced issues around storage and the lack of spam filter resulted in each person spending on average 30 minutes (!!!) per day cleaning their inboxes from spam.

The solution was to move to Exchange Server 2010 and Outlook 2007 and from start to finish the implementation took 60 days, that includes both software and hardware changes.

“Two of the main reasons we are switching to Microsoft are the huge support structure that a company like Microsoft can offer, and the ease of use of its solutions” comments Sng, adding that he had spent more than a year learning the Linux system when he first joined the Plastic Centre Group.

Read the full case study here to understand their cost savings and increase in both productivity and mobility.

Exchange 2010 web cast series

maria — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:27:35 GMT

Last month a series of webcasts covering Exchange Server 2010 was kicked off. Some of them, like “Introducing Exchange Server 2010” is now available on demand and some is still scheduled to happen throughout February and March. Check out the full list on the Exchange Web.

On this site you also find “How Do I?” videos, short demos showing a specific scenario, like 3 parts around Migrating from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010.

Download the Eval version of Exchange 2010 now and experience the product yourself.

Still running the Windows 7 RC? Expiration is getting closer…

maria — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:05:08 GMT

On March 1st, the Release Candidate of Windows 7 will start to shut down every two hours until the expiration date June 1st. If you’re still not ready to move to a released version of Windows 7 you can install the 90-day trial. We recommend a clean install to replace the Release Candidate.

Check of the Windows Blog for more information on how to move from Windows 7 RC, together with technical resources on deployment.

Security Bulletin for IE6 vulnerability is released

maria — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:33:07 GMT

Referring to my blog post a few days ago, a Security update for this vulnerability in IE6 is now released. More information about Bulletin MS10-002 here and you can also watch a on-demand web cast here

Running IE6? Upgrade today to prevent attacks!

maria — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:39:25 GMT

If you’re still running IE6 it’s definitely time to upgrade. Last week some exploits targeting Internet Explorer 6 were made public and we also released a Security Advisor describing this; Microsoft Security Advisor 979352. Later versions of IE are not effected because of the improved security features. Here is an official statement from us:

Microsoft is aware of public exploit code released that impacts customers using Internet Explorer 6. Customers using Internet Explorer 8 are not affected by currently known attacks and exploits due to the improved security protections in IE8. We recommend that all customers immediately upgrade to Internet Explorer 8. Customers should also consider applying the workarounds and mitigations provided in the Security Advisory.

Internet Explorer 8 is available at http://www.microsoft.com/ie

Microsoft teams are continuing to work around the clock on an update and we will take appropriate action to protect customers when the update has met the quality bar for broad distribution. That may include releasing the update out-of-band.

More information including the Microsoft Security Advisory 979352 and enhanced security features available in Internet Explorer 8 are available at: Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) blog.

You also find some information comparing how this affects browsers and platform in this blog post.

Windows 7 Application Compatibility list for IT Pros

maria — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:51:04 GMT

Do you want to know what applications are compatible with Windows 7, which ones are not and which ones you need updates for? You can now download a list with the products that have met the Windows 7 Logo Program testing. Since this changes constantly, you can always get the latest information on the Windows 7 Compatibility Center

Exchange Server 2010

maria — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:53:41 GMT

Yesterday at TechEd Berlin we announced that Exchange Server 2010 has reached RTM status! Learn more about Exchange 2010 at the Exchange website, here you can also download a Trial version, watch a Web Cast or do a Virtual Lab. Exchange Server is also a part of our New Efficiency Virtual Launch

To read what others has to say, check of our News and Reviews

Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2, Exchange Server 2010 Official Launch in Cambodia @ Naga

Sampath Perera — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:22:00 GMT

The new efficiency technology stack will be launched in Cambodia 21^st November form 9AM to 6PM at Nagaworld Resorts Phnom Penh. There will be lots of existing things happening including an IT exhibition.

All geeks are welcome

For more information or registration visit: https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=142847

Get Windows 7 now!

maria — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:31:26 GMT

Now you can finally get your hand on your own copy of Windows 7. There has been Launch activities going on around the world and soon they will come to you.

Until then, you can download a 90-Day Trial version, attend the Virtual Launch Events or check out all the Windows 7 content on TechNet EDGE

The New Efficiency is here!

maria — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:27:05 GMT

A few hours ago we kicked of the Virtual Launch event for “The New Efficiency” with a keynote session from Steve Ballmer. I was sleeping so didn’t catch it live but of course it was recorded for you to watch whenever it suites you. Except for the keynote, there are tons of other sessions divided in themes such as Discover The Optimized Desktop, Learn More About The Optimized Server, Considers Unified Communications and Explore Business Ready Security. Each theme has several sessions with a recorded presentation, possibility to download slides or transcript and also links to more content.

There is also a partner section where you can watch presentations, find information and connect with them.

I really like this format of learning and with all the available content you can keep busy for several days!

Windows 7 90 Day Trial available

maria — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:50:07 GMT

Keen to try out Windows 7 now when it’s ready? Now you can download a 90 day trial of Windows 7 to play around with so you’re fully prepared and ready by the end of October when it will be available for everyone to buy. For those of you with a TechNet Subscription, I hope you know you can already get the full version without any time limit.

The full announcement of the Trial availability can be found on the Springboard Blog, together with a lot of resources. Don’t forget to check the Windows 7 Forums for questions and answers.

Get up to 25% discount on Certifications

maria — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:46:30 GMT

Form today until December 31st 2009 you will get up to 25% discount on Microsoft Certifications exams. This is a perfect opportunity for you if you want to move into a new career in IT or just strengthen your skills and specialize within your current area. Depending on what exam you want to take you get 15%, 20% or 25% discount. You can for example get a 15% discount on Exam 70-680: TS: Windows 7 Configuring or 25% discount on Exam 70-646: PRO: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator. You find all the details around discounts and how to sign up here