This dude Isao Machii is crazy skilled with a Samurai sword…check him out here:
The slow-mo of him skinning an asparagus at 02:46 is awesome!
Upgrade Windows 7 Beta to RC
The Windows 7 Release Candidate will be released to the world on May 5th and the many millions of beta testers will definitely want to download and use it; however upgrading straight from the beta to the RC won’t be easy.
Microsoft would prefer that you go back to Vista and then upgrade to Windows 7 RC, that way will give them the correct metrics to analyse the upgrade process. That’s fair enough but it’s a bit of a hassle doing that so there is a way to get from A to B without going via Vista:
Here’s what you can do to bypass the check for pre-release upgrade IF YOU REALLY REALLY NEED TO:
- Download the ISO as you did previously and burn the ISO to a DVD.
- Copy the whole image to a storage location you wish to run the upgrade from (a bootable flash drive or a directory on any partition on the machine running the pre-release build).
- Browse to the sources directory.
- Open the file cversion.ini in a text editor like Notepad.
- Modify the MinClient build number to a value lower than the down-level build. For example, change 7100 to 7000 (pictured below).
- Save the file in place with the same name.
- Run setup like you would normally from this modified copy of the image and the version check will be bypassed.
See more over @ the Engineering Windows 7 blog here.
Microsoft Exchange Online Domain Verification Video
Microsoft Exchange Online gives users a temporary domain like @yourcompanyname.microsoftonline.com which is fine for testing but a bit long and unwieldy for full day to day corporate use; luckily Exchange Online lets you add your own domain. This is done by a couple of easy to use wizards and simply involves adding a CNAME record to your DNS server. While it’s pretty straightforward, it’s always good to see someone else do it first and Arvind Suthar from MSOnline Technet has created a great walkthrough video:
The original post and more info can be found here.
Microsoft BPOS available from Monday!
The much hyped, very exciting Microsoft Online Services will be available to order via the MOCP (Microsoft Online Customer Portal) from Monday 27/04/09!
Find more Microsoft Online here:
Office Communicator Mobile for Java
Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile for Java is a new enterprise messaging client built on the Java Platform Micro Edition. Thanks to John Westworth for the heads up on this.
When deployed together with Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Communicator Mobile for Java enables several mobile phones that are otherwise not supported by native clients but have the capability to run Java applications to function as unified communications endpoints, providing instant messaging (IM), presence, and telephony to create a familiar experience for users of Microsoft Office Communicator.
Like Office Communicator users, Communicator Mobile for Java users can:
- View Contact List and click to call.
- View contacts’ presence.
- Search enterprise directory and click to call.
- Directly dial enterprise-routed calls from a mobile phone.
- Benefit from Single Number Reach, where a user can be reached on the mobile phone like all other endpoints when contacted through one phone number assigned to the user.
- Control incoming enterprise-routed cellular voice calls and choose to redirect them to Unified Enterprise Voice Mail.
- Receive notifications of unread voice mail count and respond by calling voice mail (on selected models).
- Initiate IM conversations with individuals and also add more participants to escalate conversations to IM Conferences.
- Retrieve the phone book contacts from the phone into Communicator Mobile for Java and call those numbers from Communicator Mobile for Java
The following are prerequisites for installing the Communicator Mobile for Java client.
- Nokia S60
- Nokia S40
- Motorola RAZR V3xx
Each of the mobile phones must also meet the following prerequisites:
- Capable of running Java applications greater than 512 KB, and with a heap size of 2 MB.
- Mobile Information Device Profile 2.0 (MIDP 2.0).
- Connected Limited Device Configuration 1.1 (CLDC 1.1).
- Screen resolution:
240×320 for Nokia S40 and Motorola RAZR V3xx phones.
240X 320 or 320×240 for Nokia S60 phones. - Data-connection-enabled (GPRS, Edge, or 3G connection) mobile device. Subscription to an unlimited data plan on the mobile device is recommended, because the client and server will be exchanging messages even when they are in an idle state.
More info can be found on Technet here.
