Education

New site dedicated to updating Exchange Labs customers on service status

2008-08-28T17:54:24Z

Here is the link: http://blogs.technet.com/exchangelabs/default.aspx Hope it is of use. Jonny...(read more)

Windows Embedded Seminars

2008-08-28T12:58:02Z

Last week I posted news about the Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems Event at TVP on 21st October. Following on from that post, I’d also like to tell you about a series of online seminars relating to specific aspects of Windows Embedded technology. While not perhaps for those of you already teaching embedded technologies, the seminars may prove useful if you are considering future curriculum developments. Windows Embedded and Gaming 16th September 2008 9:00 - 10:00 Windows Embedded...(read more)

can't find the New-EthicalWall.ps1 and New-ClosedCampus.ps1 scripts

2008-08-26T04:43:26Z

A customer asked me today about where you can get the 'New-ClosedCampus.ps1' and 'New-EthicalWall.ps1' scripts. They wanted to experiment with blocking mail to and from certain mail domains and mailboxes. I had to admit, I didn't know where these files could be obtained from. I tried the technet site, I tried the Connect site...eventually I had to ask someone Turns out these scripts are available for use directly on our service... What this means is that you either need to create a runspace on Remote...(read more)

Shortly going to start blogging on the other Live@edu services

2008-08-26T04:21:30Z

In the run-up to the start of the new term, the past few weeks have been nuts...back-to-back conf calls...some of them were even with customers ;-) The Exchange Labs service is really taking off in a big way now, and the excitement in getting the service ready for back to school/college is tangible...my thanks to each and every customer that has put their trust in Microsoft at the start of this incredible journey! I am also seeing customers use a whole load of definitions to describe what they are...(read more)

Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems - Event TVP 21st Oct

2008-08-22T13:59:27Z

Hello, I thought I’d pass news of this free event on to you all in case it is relevant to your research/teaching programs. Microsoft invites you to attend our exclusive onsite event focusing around the availability of Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems (Windows® XP Pro FES) through until 2016. Did you know... Windows ® XP Pro (FES) – Available Until 2016? Date and Location: Tuesday 21st October 2008 ...(read more)

Microsoft Research Asia - 10th Anniversary Innovation Forum

2008-08-15T08:29:56Z

On August 12, Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft ® , joined visionary technologists from Microsoft Research (MSR) Asia, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, and the University of Hong Kong, to celebrate a decade of ground-breaking collaboration during the Microsoft Research Asia's 10th Anniversary Innovation Forum. Gates, who delivered the keynote speech, said that Microsoft’s relationship to academia in the Asia Pacific region remains vital...(read more)

Custom List: Most Popular

2008-08-11T03:05:31Z

Most Popular ILM and Exchange Labs Managing Exchange Labs Distribution Groups using PowerShell Exchange Labs QuickStart Pilot Introduction to Exchange Labs...(read more)

Introduction to Exchange Labs

2008-08-11T02:58:50Z

I am often asked to give an end-to-end presentation on what Exchange Labs is, so I thought I would record what I typically say to customers. Here it is for your viewing and listening pleasure. Double click to view in full screen Download Enjoy! Jonny Technorati Tags: Live@Edu , Exchange Labs...(read more)

Modifying Exchange Labs Custom Attributes using PowerShell

2008-08-08T19:51:01Z

Since I first posted on the potential for using Exchange Custom attributes for things like supporting the creation of Distribution Groups, profiling of your user population and so on, I have had queries from customers about how these attributes can be manipulated in bulk. We do provide a CSV import tool as readers of this blog will know, but in its current version, it does not support the modification of these attributes. The way to do it is through PowerShell. What I have done is to modify the CSV_Parser.psi...(read more)

News from the Faculty Summit

2008-08-06T08:03:08Z

Lee Dirks, the Director for Education and Scholarly Research , announced five new ‘lifecycle’ tools for academics and researchers. The tools are as follows: Research Information Centre Creative Commons (an add-in to Microsoft Office) Article Authoring (an add-in to Microsoft Word) E-Journal Hosting Service Research Output Repository Platform To hear more about these tools from Lee, please visit Channel 8 . If you have any questions, do contact me and I’ll see if I can get them answered for you. Best,...(read more)

So what about the other Live@Edu services?

2008-08-05T19:32:08Z

In this journey towards a software + services world in education, email is often seen as one of the primary services that institutions will move offsite; and of course this demand has been reflected in this blog where it is quite apparent that this is where I am spending most of my time currently :) There is much more to it of course, and over the course of time, I will start to drill into some of the other services we at Microsoft believe are equally as relevant to our education customers. I wanted...(read more)

Silverlight – Dive Deep

2008-08-05T07:51:19Z

From now on, Senior Program Manager, Jesse Liberty, will be concentrating his efforts on more advanced technical questions in his Silverlight tutorials and is asking for your help. So if there is a topic you would like Jesse to focus on, or indeed something you think would make a great tutorial, then please do share it with him – and us for that matter! Here in the Academic Alliance we’re all for giving Jesse something challenging to do! You can find out more, here . Best, Allison...(read more)

Microsoft Tech-Ed 2007 Conference DVD sets to give away

2008-08-04T07:29:00Z

Good morning, I thought I’d start the week with a give-away of the ten Tech-Ed Conference DVD sets sitting on my desk. So, if you live in the UK and would like me to pop one in the post to you, email me your address details and the first ten to reply will get the goodies. Have a good week. Allison...(read more)

Software Entrepreneurship Faculty Workshop

2008-07-31T13:45:51Z

Hi All, In June, Bournemouth University played host to Lars Lindstedt who delivered a two day Software Entrepreneurship Faculty Workshop . The training materials for that event are now available to view on the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship website and include the slide decks together with a couple of case studies. Do please take a look, and if you have any questions or want further information, come back to me and I’ll be happy to help. Best, Allison McVety Academic Information Manage...(read more)

Populating your Profanity or Bad Word Filter with PowerShell on Exchange Labs

2008-07-30T23:37:04Z

$&#@! My colleague, and fellow PowerShell fan, Richard Wakeman has just spent some time developing a script that administrators can use in conjunction with bad word list files to install them into an Exchange Labs domain. I am delighted to be able to provide this file for you here . As usual, use this at your own risk, and test it out fully before before running it in your production environment. Richard also supplied me with bad word lists in multiple languages that he was able to extract from...(read more)