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Windows Vista Secrets
Tim Sneath, one of the Windows Vista Technology Evangelists, has a great series going on his blog - Windows Vista Secrets. Being a keyboard kind of guy, I really like number 10 - Opening an elevated...
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Make and Mend Day - Installation, Configuration and Celebration
I recently upgraded my Toshiba Tecra A7 to the RTM versions of Vista and Office 2007, and have been going through my list of things to install on a new machine to check that I haven't missed anything....
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IE7 Shortcut - Add a custom domain to a website address
For a long time now, I've used the Ctrl+Enter shortcut in Internet Explorer (and many other browsers I've used) to surround a website name with www. and .com, so typing microsoft into the address bar...
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Great Media Centre Resources
Tomorrow, during the Melbourne leg of the ISV innovation days, I'm going to be talking about some of the sensational things developers can achieve using the plumbing Vista provides. One of the products...
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Slide decks from the Hong Kong Roadmap and Futures Event
I've just spent a couple of days in Hong Kong culminating in 3 presentations to VFP and VB6 developers about strategies for moving their applications forward to take advantage of the platform.The three...
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Learning Online with Virtual Labs - Microsoft Search Solutions for the...
Today, Microsoft Search Solutions for the Enterprise (from the suite of Virtual Labs available)Step into a Microsoft Search Solutions for the Enterprise Virtual Lab for Free Enterprise Search Overview...
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More Virtual Tech•Ed Videos Published
Just got a note from Zak - there are a bunch of the Fishbowl Videos posted on the Virtual Tech•Ed site as well as the NZ Tech•Ed Keynote with Lou Carbone.Highlights:Tech·Ed New Zealand Keynote...
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The Fishbowl Hits Keep On Coming
More great work from the Virtual TechEd Team. Check out the new videos from the Fishbowl:Tablet PCs, Vista and MobilityLee Williams and Craig Pringle from Gen-i discuss all you need to know about the...
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Lots of Pre-Configured Virtual Machines for You to Use
Continuing the trend of making it easy to get your hands on a pre-configured environment to help evaluate and learn the new stuff, there are a number of great (and I mean this in several senses of the...
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SQL Server 2008 Readiness Events in Australia (and heaps more technologies too)
Greg beat me to it.The Australian Partner Readiness site has three great SQL2008 sessions listedSQL 2008 for DevelopersSQL 2008 BI - JumpStartSQL 2008 : IT PRO Admin : 1 Day JumpStartBut that's just...
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3 Days Vista Developer Training for AUD200
Update -You'll need the coupon code, which is VistaTDANZ As part of the Vista Readiness campaign, We're offering 3 days of developer training in Sydney, Melbourne or Auckland.The cost is AUD200 (or...
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User Interface Guidelines for Windows Development
I get this question a bit, and it was asked again today on the Stanski list: "Where can I find UI guidelines for Windows Development?"Microsoft sites:For Vista:...
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Developer Tools Roadmap - Premier Account Briefing
Update - Trouble seems to be publishing to FTP sites through my new ISA server at home. Presentation download links below.Yesterday, when I delivered back-to-back Premier Account briefings to around...
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Microsoft Cloud Roadshow – Sydney 28/29 April
I’ve been/will be speaking at the MS Cloud Roadshow in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney and Seoul. This is an excellent two-day free technical training event for IT professionals and developers that...
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One of the things I talked about today in my Deep Dive into the Microsoft Graph API webcast was the little-known fact that the Microsoft Graph API has full CRUD support. Here’s a sample of that...
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Office Developer Webinar Series
I’m delivering a series of Office Developer webinars over the next 10 weeks The Microsoft Office platform is a developer’s secret weapon and, according to CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s “most strategic...
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Office Developer Hackathon in Melbourne May 11-12
Got a great idea for an Office Add-in or O365 solution? Need expert help getting it built and into the store? Want to win great prizes? If so, the Office Developer Hackathon is the thing you need. This...
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OfficeJS Snippet Explorer–Play with the new APIs
At the Microsoft Cloud Roadshow in Sydney this week, I did a session on building Add-ins for Word and Excel. One of the great tools I showed off was the Snippet Explorer, which allows you to experiment...
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//build/ is coming to Melbourne 26 May
Well, some of it at least. Join us for this free one-day event with some of Microsoft’s top presenters on Thursday May 26th in Melbourne. While the keynote will cover much of the build content, the...
View ArticleRe-displaying the Consent Dialog in Graph Explorer
I was trying to follow along with Richard diZerega’s excellent tutorial on using the Excel REST Api in the Microsoft Graph (Episode 28 of the Office Dev Show). As he demonstrated, I was using the Graph...
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