Hello, Randy Evans here. I am a principal developer on the Information Security Tools Team. In a recent project, we had a intranet web site that called an IIS hosted WCF service. The WCF service, in turn, called a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) web service. We wanted to utilize the authorization mechanisms of SSRS. To do this, we needed to .. more »

An exec at a large European financial company recently told me his former CEO believed Failure is not an option. Great, I thought. This means they will do whatever it takes to succeed, try five or ten different approaches until it works, get the whole company focused on the goal, etc. No, he told me. What it means is Make a mistake and you are .. more »

We all try to be as proactive as we can in detecting possible resources that, for instance, are being under-utilized or not used at all. VMwarehas come out with the latest complete campacity product for virtualized environments.Visibility into past, present and future infrastructure capacity so you can analyze what is available and what is being .. more »

The poster, Getting started with business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010 , is a review of all the business intelligence (BI) services in SharePoint Server 2010 (Beta) and can be downloaded in Visio , PDF , and XPS file formats. You will notice...(read more).. more »

Episode 229 of The Media Center Show podcast has an interview with fellow MVP Andrew Edney about Windows Home Server, the latest hardware from HP and Lenovo, Power Pack 3 and Windows 7 including Andrew’s new book Windows 7 Tweaks, Tips and Tricks. You can give it a listen here. .. more »

Nine MVPs recently contributed to the Developers, Developers, Developers, IT eBook. The eBook was created by Canadian and Dirk Primbs. It contains 17 articles by developers for developers and is available as a Working with Brownfield Code by Beyond C# and VB by All I Wanted Was My Data by Microsoft Regional Director and Efficiency Upgrade by .. more »

The Speech at Microsoft group is integrating voice technology into some of Microsoft’s best-known applications, revolutionizing how people interact with their computers and mobile devices... more »

Very last minute, I know but it seriously just crept up on me! Register for the free web cast about the Virtual Earth Web Server and how Microsoft Partners like IDV Solutions are creating offline solutions for secure networks that need geographic data visualization using a plethora of content available from the Bing Maps platform. The web cast is .. more »

From mcvuk.com:[QUOTE]Microsoft has dismissed the possibility of streaming technology such as OnLive and Gaikai damagaing its Xbox business "for the foreseeable fututure."Speaking at London Games Conference this evening, Xbox Live EMEA boss Jerry Johnson told BAFTA HQ - packed by industry delegates - that streaming tech was "not on an accelerated .. more »

T3 advertising agency gets big deal from Microsoft about Windows phone.. more »

  New Game Add-on Songs from Lady Gaga, Colbie Caillat and Marvin Gaye and more expand the “Lips” Catalogue this November   “Lips: Number One Hits,” the newest member of the “Lips” family of singing games exclusive to Xbox 360, is now available this month with a themed collection of 40 songs that have reached the number one position on music chart.. more »

Branch offices are often connected to a corporate headquarters or corporate data center to access Line of Business (LOB) applications via a WAN link. Depending on the deployment, branch offices may connect directly to the Internet, or indirectly via the WAN link. WAN links can be slow, so organizations often look for ways to optimize their WAN .. more »

Ethnographers like those supported by Microsoft Research can help companies determine what technologies people need... more »

From majornelson.com:[QUOTE]During an interview yesterday, Steve Ballmer was asked about Blu-Ray and the Xbox 360. I wanted to clear something up. Steve was referring to Blu-Ray accessories for the PC. As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts very .. more »

“…With the release of Windows 7 operating system to the general public just weeks away, we take a look at the business reasons that make migrating to Windows 7 the logical choice for the majority of IT managers and IT professionals. Attend this webcast to find out why organizations that chose to skip Windows Vista should now choose to make the move.. more »

From gamasutra.com:[QUOTE]Microsoft is inviting select Xbox Live subscribers to sign up between now and October 21 for what it calls an "exclusive pilot rewards program," promising unspecified "cool stuff" to those who register.The company sent email to a limited number of subscribers, some of whom forwarded their invitations on to consumer weblog .. more »

About a month ago I wrote about the on Windows Live. Since then weve seen a lot of interest in Office Web Apps and received numerous requests from people wanting to try them out. To make this possible, we are opening up the Technical Preview and inviting more people to try out the Office Web Apps. For a limited time, you can sign-up for a Technical .. more »

We sometimes hear customers talking about putting Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010 Client Access Servers (CAS) into the Perimeter network (sometimes referred to as the "DMZ" - Demilitarized Zone). A Perimeter network is a network zone many companies deploy between the Internet and their intranet as defense-in-depth. The idea behind a perimeter .. more »

the features you will see in the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2009 R2 and today Im pleased to announce its availability! Over on the MDOP Team blog, Ran Oelgiesser provided about what you can expect with the latest release and he shares some of the customer and partner feedback, so below Ill just touch on the highlights. If youre not .. more »

Conference | Nov 17 19, 2009 Workshops & Boot Camp | Nov 16 The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is the definitive developer event focused on the technical strategy of the Microsoft developer platform. At the PDC, youll have the opportunity to learn from and connect with the people behind the technology. See the future of developer .. more »