On the home page for news about Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) there is a section “Snapshot of Attending Partners” (http://news.microsoft.com/wpc2016/). What struck me is that despite… Read more “WPC16 – minority of attendees identify themselves as Cloud Partners”
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WPC 2016 – Summary of Day 1 Keynote
This year I am watching the keynotes from the comfort of my home office in Sydney via the marvel of live streaming. I was tweeting during the… Read more “WPC 2016 – Summary of Day 1 Keynote”
FIX: Protected View error opening Office documents from Outlook
Quick Fix: Go to Outlook Click File tab, then Options and finally Advanced Now scroll down to “Display” and check the “Disable hardware graphics acceleration” option According… Read more “FIX: Protected View error opening Office documents from Outlook”
The 20 Habits of Truly Brilliant Presenters
Presenting can be exhilarating, but it can also be the stuff of nightmares. The pleasure of sharing ideas and seeing the light bulbs go off… Read more “The 20 Habits of Truly Brilliant Presenters”
When the going gets tough, the tough innovate
It’s only a few years since “Cloud”, Big Data” and “Mobile” seemed like the bright shiny things. Now they are just mainstream with most of the… Read more “When the going gets tough, the tough innovate”
Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host – High CPU on Windows 8 – FIXED (Look at your PDF iFilter)
(This was previously posted on another site I run [www.cloudyquestions.com] and has proved very popular, so republishing here as well) If you don’t want to read any… Read more “Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host – High CPU on Windows 8 – FIXED (Look at your PDF iFilter)”
Citrix Summit 2016 Las Vegas – #Focus and Microsoft
Citrix Summit 2016 Las Vegas – #Focus and Microsoft (Stephen Parker, Senior Industry Evangelist) It’s been an interesting year for Citrix and it was with excitement and… Read more “Citrix Summit 2016 Las Vegas – #Focus and Microsoft”
Microsoft devices – 6th October announcements
This post is an unedited, real time set of notes from the Microsoft #Windows10devices event in New York at 10am on 6th October (1am 7th October… Read more “Microsoft devices – 6th October announcements”
Scorecard on my Microsoft FY15 Predictions
After last year’s WPC (2014) I put up a post with a list of my predictions for Microsoft in FY15. As I am flying out to… Read more “Scorecard on my Microsoft FY15 Predictions”
How will the 14% Challenger mindset shape Microsoft’s FY15?
Obviously this is what Satya Nadella and his executive team at Microsoft are paid the big $s for. But here are my thoughts and observations: In the… Read more “How will the 14% Challenger mindset shape Microsoft’s FY15?”
