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Strange thinking about Microsoft Office
We often talk about the 2007 Microsoft Office system as being the combination of servers, services...
Author: dstrange Date: 11/01/2006
Back from holiday (gratuitous picture right), rested and recharged (allbeit with an airplane cold)....
Author: dstrange Date: 11/01/2006
I'm off on holiday for 2 weeks so blog silence will ensue for that time. What should you read into...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/13/2006
To quote Brian Jones: As I already mentioned, in the last face to face meeting in Trondheim, Norway...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/11/2006
The Microsoft Works suite, if you are not familiar with it, is a productivity suite aimed at the low...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/11/2006
the rest of our free kit arrived from HP this week including the extended battery. It's a wedge...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/10/2006
Martin Kearn who is one of the guru Microsoft Consulting Services in the UK team has written a...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/06/2006
Actually my deskphone is probably very clever and I, like most people, just can't be bothered to...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/05/2006
In case you missed it, there is a new build of live writer. The update has some new stuff: Tagging...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/04/2006
My days now seem to consist of queues of wild people, frothing at the mouth running at me like some...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/04/2006
I never fail to be amazed at how motivating new kit is to a techie. I'm also slightly pleased to...
Author: dstrange Date: 10/03/2006
Going through stuff I've missed over the last month, I came across this article in computer weekly...
Author: dstrange Date: 09/30/2006
Chris Capossela (head of the Information Worker business group) was over in the UK today and I got...
Author: dstrange Date: 09/25/2006
It's my pleasure to introduce my friend David Weeks, my counterpart in the Windows Vista team. We...
Author: dstrange Date: 09/22/2006
You might think it a bit cocky to start writing my memoirs of launch before the event but with my...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/31/2006
Jensen finally puts this one to rest as he confirmed to me last week. It is interesting how these...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/28/2006
Maybe you have to be of a certain age to catch that ghost busters reference so ask someone older if...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/28/2006
Renewing my commitment to recording the demos that I find myself doing frequently, I've recorded...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/26/2006
There has been a little flurry of rumours on the blogsphere including the ever excitable slashdot...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/26/2006
An internal email from Chris Capposela (head of IW) to field sales confirms that 2007 will get added...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/23/2006
I've decided to create a new book review category and tell you what I think of the new books. As I'm...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/18/2006
Some mention of this was made on the Excel blog about the performance improvements that can be...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/17/2006
Ok so I've had a chance to use the live writer tool now on several blogs. I have used it here on...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/16/2006
Blogging tools are all over the news today with the release of the new Microsoft blogging tool,...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/14/2006
I just came across this competition which is reminiscent of the DesignIT initative we ran in the UK....
Author: dstrange Date: 08/12/2006
oh..kay.. get this for over competitiveness.. A disagreement over a Microsoft Xbox game console...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/12/2006
Great post by James O'Neil on this subject which I also commented on earlier.
Author: dstrange Date: 08/11/2006
in 2007 we are adding records management to SharePoint. I came across this great post on barcoding...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/10/2006
(Our dog, Sprocket) This happens most days. Somebody will have some sort of issue with their...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/10/2006
09 August 2006 11:49 Continuing my period of angst with technology, and inspired somewhat by Charles...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/09/2006
Today's presentation (number 89) to the assembled PR agencies of Microsoft nearly didn't happen....
Author: dstrange Date: 08/08/2006
Good article in computer weekly on 2007. Some interesting analyst quotes in there such as: Clive...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/07/2006
Today the free download period for beta 2 came to an end. From now on you will have to pay $1.50...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/03/2006
Following on from my recent Death by PowerPoint post which was all about making presentations better...
Author: dstrange Date: 08/03/2006
Yesterday's presentations were to two groups of sales managers from Computacenter to whom I...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/25/2006
Perhaps a bit of a random post today but I am thick into the beta lifestyle now. I'm currently...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/18/2006
Big news today was that we've decided to fund an open source project to build translation tools...
Author: dstrange Date: 07/06/2006
It's been just over 5 weeks since the beta 2 went public and I thought you might be interested in...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/29/2006
We’ve announced today the availability of the online test drive for the 2007 Microsoft Office...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/27/2006
I had the privilege of presenting to some sixth formers at Eton college today about a career in IT....
Author: dstrange Date: 06/27/2006
Weds and Thurs this week we held the second ever UK Office Developer Conference following on from...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/22/2006
I want to introduce another UK Office blog from our team produced by Gill and Charlene. The...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/21/2006
Today we are announcing the availability of an Office add-on tool which helps businesses and...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/21/2006
Also, to follow on from my last post about feedback, there’s also a tool available for anyone called...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/20/2006
This week we began our internal readiness work at Microsoft to educate internal employees about the...
Author: dstrange Date: 06/20/2006