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Philip Morant School in Office 2010 case study

We seem to be having a run of good luck with UK schools being held up as worldwide examples of good practice at the moment – with a number of case studies appearing on the global Microsoft website – at www.microsoft.com/casestudies . The latest is the...

Published Tue, Sep 7 2010 12:48 AM by Microsoft UK Schools blog

Filed under: case study, Office 2010, Philip Morant School

Home Access with Assistive Technology–grants still available

Although the main Becta Home Access programme has now closed to new applications, there are still plenty of grants for free computers available for learners who qualify for the Assistive Technology scheme. These grants are for a child that has severe...

Published Mon, Sep 6 2010 10:33 AM by Microsoft UK Schools blog

Filed under: Students, free stuff, Home Access Programme, Becta, parents

Kingston University starts virtualising the desktop experience for 25,000 students and staff

I’ve just been reading a press release from Quest , about Kingston University’s project to to give staff and students virtual access to their university desktop and learning resources from any location, on a wide range of devices, at any time. With 23...

Published Fri, Sep 3 2010 09:36 AM by The UK Higher Education Blog

Filed under: virtualization, Windows Server 2008, case studies, Quest, Kingston University

How do I enable the new Internet Calendar Sharing (.ICS) with Exchange 2010 Sp1?

This was a question asked by a university in North Carolina. (Screenshots courtesy of the Exchange product team) What can I share my calendar with? Basically any platform that supports iCal (.ics) format can consume this such as Google, Zimbra...

Published Thu, Sep 2 2010 09:22 AM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: Exchange 2010, SP1, ics, internet calendar sharing

West Hatch High School saves £12,000 a year with virtualisation

If you’re a regular blog reader, you’ll know that I’ve got a bee in my bonnet about cost saving – and the ways that your ICT could contribute to saving your school money. With the pressure on school budgets, and the big investment made in ICT over the...

Published Thu, Sep 2 2010 12:35 AM by Microsoft UK Schools blog

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, case study, Virtualisation, Money Saving Tips

New OCS 2007 R2 Cumulative Update 6 available

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 OCS_2007R2_CU6 968802 MS download OCS2009-dbupgrade 968802 MS download Office Communicator 2007 R2 OC_2007R2_CU6 2028888 MS download Office Communicator Phone Edition 2007 R2 OCPE_2007R2_CU6 2267962...

Published Wed, Sep 1 2010 10:58 AM by The Three UC Amigos

Webcast: How to deploy Windows 7 when you’re tied to IE6

If you are one of the schools that need to use Internet Explorer 6 to stay compatible with a specific application you use, then you may find it useful to know that there are options to help you to move your ICT infrastructure forward, whilst keeping IE6...

Published Tue, Aug 31 2010 09:02 AM by Microsoft UK Schools blog

Filed under: Events, Training, Live Meeting, free events, Internet Explorer

Exchange 2010 SP1 is here!!!!

Lots of improvements around archiving and discovery, faster OWA, upgraded mobility, and several management tool improvements. Can’t wait to install on my servers.Exchange Server 2010 SP1 is now available for customer download here . Link to info...

Published Wed, Aug 25 2010 10:16 AM by The Three UC Amigos

The Microsoft Summer Camp 2010 for teachers

I’ve just got back from holiday (a week in Corfu, thanks very much for asking) and I’m just about to head off for a last few days (a long weekend camping in Dorset – which may be challenged by the weather!) . Which means I missed the teachers Summer Camp...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 02:04 AM by Microsoft UK Schools blog

Filed under: Events, free stuff, free events, free downloads, download, Partners in Learning, PiL

New Microsoft Office Education Add-Ins - with the correct download link

Sorry, when I originally posted this blog post, it had the wrong URL for the downloads. I've now corrected the original, and here it is again, with the correct URLs. This happened because I was on holiday during the release, so had to pre-write the...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 01:34 AM by Microsoft UK Schools blog

Filed under: Office, free stuff, free downloads, download, Office 2010, Announcement

Using DeepZoom to explore Churchill’s past

On Monday, I wrote about the work that’s been done to create a TimeMap – creating a historical mapping x-ray machine. Shoothill, who did that work, have also been busily working with the Imperial War Museum to create a way for people to easily access...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 06:53 AM by Microsoft UK Schools blog

Filed under: free stuff, demonstrations, curriculum resources, Deep Zoom

SQL Web Cast Series for Education

Join us for a series of informative webcasts on data management and how SQL 2008 enables data driven decision making at scale in education—each Thursday starting at 10:00 a.m. Register for these online sessions by clicking on the hyper-link imbedded...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 08:54 AM by Microsoft Higher Education Tech NE

Filed under: Events, SQL

Co-brand, customize, print and ship marketing materials for Live@edu and Office 2010 Student Select/Student Option. FREE OF COST!

Microsoft Edu Marketing now offers a customizable print on demand tool for our schools that offer MS Office for Windows via a Student Select agreement. This will enable you to take our current marketing campaigns and customize them with your school logo...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 07:23 AM by Microsoft Higher Education Tech NE

Filed under: S+S, Office

New Microsoft Office Education Add-Ins

The education products team in Seattle have been busy writing add-ins for Office 2007 and Office 2010. They’ve just released 2 free education add-ins, 20 new education templates, and how-to materials designed to help teachers both inside and outside the...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 02:01 AM by Microsoft UK Schools blog

Filed under: Office, free stuff, free downloads, download, Office 2010

What are the preliminary beta CS14 hardware specs?

“Frontend” (FE) Spec •CPU 8 cores (Dual Quad-Core) 2.00 GHz+ •12 gigabytes (GB) RAM •Attached storage (hard disk drive 10,000 rpm+, 72GB+) •Applicable to other roles (Edge, Monitoring/Archiving) •2 network interface cards (NICs) 1 GB per second (GBps...

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 04:17 PM by The Three UC Amigos

Filed under: Sizing, Hardware, cs14

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