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TheVerge has collected (inofficial) information about the next version of Microsoft Windows – which is expected to be named Windows 9 (AKA “Threshold”) and planned to come to market next spring (2015), see the details here: Windows 9 will kill Microsoft’s awkward Charms menu, introduce virtual desktops (I like this nice dummy image from https://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/windows-9.jpg.) Sources of the TheVerge-article are Winbeta (Windows 9 Threshold…), ZDNet (Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft’s Windows ‘Threshold’ expected to add virtual desktops, drop charms) and Neowin (Windows Threshold: Here come the virtual desktops). ...

There´s a cool made video “Look Up” by Gary Turk about our confusion with #socialmedia. Update: Thanks Stefan Bauer from www.n8d.at for the tip that this video is originally made by Gary Turk with the title “Look Up” and viral since May. The previous version I posted here is only a repost by James Ellis on facebook. So I changed the author and the link to the original video on YouTube. Watch the video here! ...

Microsoft stellt mittlerweile mehr als 130 eBooks zu technischen Themen kostenfrei zum Download zur Verfügung. Das Spektrum des Bücher-Angebots ist breit gefächert und reicht von Windows, Windows Server, Office, Dynamics, PowerShell, System Center, Lync, Azure, Programing, Windows Phone, Deployment, SharePoint, SQL Server, Data Mining, ASP.NET bis zu Virtualization und noch vieles mehr. Eric Ligman hat die Liste in seinem MSDN-Blog aktualisiert, hier ist sie: Largest collection of FREE Microsoft eBooks ever, including: Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Office 2013, Office 365, Office 2010, SharePoint 2013, Dynamics CRM, PowerShell, Exchange Server, Lync 2013, System Center, Azure, Cloud, SQL Server, and much more ...

Sometimes it´s good to check if the desired version of the Microsoft .NET Framework is installed on the target machine where you want to run your code, ah, app. Fortunately, this is easy to figure out. See MSDN article How to: Determine Which .NET Framework Versions Are Installed for .NET versions and How to determine which versions and service pack levels of the Microsoft .NET Framework are installed. To check the version open a command prompt, and start ...

“The next big thing is small.” Microsoft is starting a new project on https://www.windowsondevices.com/. If you are interested in developing an Internet of Things (IoT) solution have a look on that website. There you can sign up for a mini Windows device. Microsoft is interested in what kind of solutions new and experienced Windows developers can build with the brand new Intel Galileo hardware based on Windows as Operating System with the tools we already know and love. ...

In addition to the many features of Microsoft Azure this platform is really cool for hosting websites, see https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/web-sites/. Since we not only want to reach our websites with the out-of-the-box Microsoft domain *.azurewebsites.net we can add our custom domains as well. This article shows how this works. Update: See also Manage custom domains in Azure Websites step-by-step First switch the Azure website to a non-free mode For using one or more custom domains we need to switch the website to the (non free) web hosting plans *Shared, Basic *or Standard. You can do this in the “Scale” menu of the specific website. The screenshot shows how. ...

ClubComputer veranstaltet alljährlich sein cccamp – dieses Jahr findet das Event am 14. Juni in Wien statt! Es handelt sich dabei um ein Treffen von Netzenthusiasten, Bloggerinnen und Bloggern, mit Teilnehmern aus den verschiedensten Lebensbereichen (Lehrende, Schüler, Coder, IT und Netzwerkadministratoren, Künstler, Politiker, Geschäftsleute). Mit einem Sommernachtsfest wird das cccamp ab 20 Uhr ausklingen! Dieses Jahr gibt es eine Reihe von interessanten Vorträgen, wir diskutieren über die Festplattenabgabe, ob Social Media nach dem Hype noch Sinn macht, wie man Datenschutz rechtlich durchsetzen kann, Netzneutralität, Grundlagen der Verschlüsselung und vieles mehr. Rund um das Event gibt es noch eine Reihe weiterer Aktionen, z.B. ein Flohmarkt, bei dem man alte, aber noch funktionstüchtige Hardware verkaufen kann. ...

Design matters. If you want to have a good laugh see the top 15 worst logos on businessinsider.com The 15 Worst Corporate Logo Fails like… …or …or …or …or …or …and the top 10 best cxompany logos redesigns here: The 10 Best Corporate Logo Changes Of 2013 Most of the redesigned logos are strongly simplified – and more clear - that´s my personal understanding of the current trend. ...

We´re happy to publish our new Delegate365.com website today! Since Delegate365 is a very attractive tool for managing users and licenses in Microsoft Office 365 it also deserves a top modern and fancy product website. So, here it is! Have a look and check it out! The redesign starts with our new logo for Delegate365, from the left it´s the cloud symbol going into a capitalized D followed by the product name. ...

Some days ago Martina found an interesting blog post with a provocative title: “Is Microsoft serious about going social with Yammer?” The blog post was published on https://www.allthingsic.com/virpi/ by Rachel Miller. It goes on rich in images.… Nice reading about the sense of the universe, ah, enterprise social!