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Setting up the VPN on iPhone

Why would any one want to set up VPN on the iPhone? (1) To access internal web pages of their company. (2) To get exchange email for which a VPN connection is needed. For me its getting email. I cannot get exchange email on my iPhone even though IMAP is enabled on our exchange servers, as it appears that I need to be either on the internal

Outlook Anywhere and Exchange's Self-Signed Certificate

Outlook Anywhere (known as "RPC over HTTP" in Exchange Server 2003), the Exchange Outlook Windows Server feature that allows Outlook clients to access Exchange servers without a VPN, does not work with Exchange Server 2007's self-signed certificate.

Yes, this is different from Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Exchange ActiveSync. Both can use the

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Queues

Microsoft CRM uses the Queue feature to track and hold pending work items until they are assigned to a user. Adventure Works Cycle could create a queue called Bicycle Cases; then every e-mail sent to bikesupport@adventure-works.com ...

Windows Installer 3.1 Required for SQL Server CTP Installation

While trying to install the SQL Server 2008 November CTP onto a fresh Windows XP VPC image, I came across this error:. --------------------------- Setup Failure --------------------------- Setup has encountered the following error: ...

Two New Games for Windows Titles Hit This Week

Remember, games under the Games for Windows brand offer easy installation, widescreen capability, native 64-bit support, and take advantage of Windows Vista's gaming features and technology (such as DirectX 10). ...

Microsoft Announces new Vista deployment tool!

Today at Microsoft’s IT Forum in Barcelona, the company also shared details on new and updated deployment guidance, processes and tools that IT pros can take advantage of as they prepare to move to Windows Vista. ...

Microsoft releases details on Vista activation

So I contacted Microsoft to get an explanation and got an impressively rapid response from Alex Kochis, Senior Product Manager in the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) group. His blunt response: “There has been no meaningful policy change ...

Windows Vista Service Pack 1

I have not see but 1 blue screen in Vista in 18 months of heavy use (knock on wood). I do use a 8gig USB thumb drive to take advantage of the performance benefit of Windows Vista feature ReadyBoost which is nice. ...

Microsoft Management Summit 2008 registration open

Recent Microsoft product releases which will be covered in detail during MMS 2008 include: System Center Operations Manager 2007 System Center Configuration Manager 2007 System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 etc

Troubleshoot Windows 2003 Server Hang

microsoft.public.windows.server.general: Troubleshoot Windows 2003 Server

HealthVault developer forum luanched.

You may wish to ask questions in the HealthVault developer

Is In-Place Upgrade Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 possible?

the RTM version of Exchange 2007 cannot be installed on Windows Server 2008, however with the Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1), it will be supported for installation on Windows Server

Separate your email from your to-do's

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A look at the Windows DreamScene Content Pack Favorites

Earlier today, Nick and Barry announced the release of the Ultimate Extra Windows DreamScene. Windows DreamScene lets Windows Vista Ultimate users choose full-motion video as their desktop wallpaper. After installing the final release of Windows DreamScene, Read More......(...

Pre-configuration of Sidebar Gadgets using unattend.xml

We’ve heard from several OEMs who are having trouble pre-configuring Sidebar gadgets using the Sidebar unattend settings. We will explain in more detail how these settings work.

First, the Sidebar unattend settings are overrides for the default gadget settings. To determine what the default Sidebar gadget settings are, you can examine

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Microsoft/Nortel alliance announce a major customer

One of the largest natural gas distributors in Chile, Metrogas S.A., has rolled out unified communications gear from the Microsoft/Nortel alliance, reports

Thirty-One Best Practices for the Service Desk

A Forrester Research Report. Do you want to know how your company can deliver exceptional support and, as a result, significantly impact your IT department and organization as a whole? Download this free research report to discover proven industry best practices, processes and technologies.
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Microsoft Office Outlook Connector v4

And they keep coming... Not long ago Microsoft released version 3 of the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, a month later version 4 (and RTM) is already available for download.Overview With Outlook Connector, you can use Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 to access and manage your Windows Live Hotmail or Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail ...

New Version Of Microsoft Office Due In 2009 -- Microsoft Office -- InformationWeek

Office 2007 came out earlier this year, and Microsoft (MSFT) released another service pack for Office 2003 earlier this week. But the next version of the productivity suite, code-named Office 14, is just around the bend. The software suite appears to be on track to be released in the fall of 2009, with test releases coming as soon as early next ...

Europe’s antitrust ruling against Microsoft sparks international squabble

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Warning on Windows Vista Power Buttons

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I have talked about the Windows Vista Power Buttons and how I have been using it for months.

LINQ to SQL (Part 8 - Executing Custom SQL Expressions)

Over the last few weeks I've been writing a series of blog posts that cover LINQ to

Make your Windows Vista Turbo Charged

How to make your Microsoft Vista run faster, tips and

Windows Movie Maker for Vista is a broken piece of junk

The Vista version, as I found last night (or, rather, very early this morning), occasionally suffers from a crippling, random bug where, after you've finished chopping, editing and assembling your masterpiece, you are unable to publish

Geek to Live: Encrypt your web browsing session (with an SSH SOCKS proxy)

by Gina Trapani

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Geek to Live: Create your master feed with Yahoo! Pipes

by Gina Trapani

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groupSPARK First Private Label SaaS Provider To Offer Hosted ...

groupSPARK is the first provider to bring private label Hosted Exchange Server 2007 to market using the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC) Version 4.0 – the only platform that Microsoft has designed, ...

Error 608 during active sync

Active sync was working fine. I installed a spectec wlan card along with drivers. The wi-fi worked for a night, then no more. I was un installing the wi-fi software through my PC and now when I try to do an active sync, I get the "error ...

Microsoft's FAST Bid Signals a Shift in Search (PC World)

In November, Microsoft representatives began to comment that the enterprise search market had reached "a tipping point"; on Tuesday, the company backed up that claim with a bundle of cash, offering to buy enterprise search software ...

Microsoft Flexing Ad Muscle Further: Wins WSJ Deal

Microsoft announced yesterday that they are the exclusive provider for advertising on The Wall Street Journal web site. This is a big win for the Redmond, Wash.-based software conglomerate. Microsoft has similar deals with Digg and ...