Microsoft announced a new feature for Office 365 called Connectors. It looks like a great way to hook into APIs of other services such as GitHub, Trello, Twitter, MailChimp, Wunderlist, SalesForce, and others. Interestingly, the feature is part of the Groups feature in Office 365. This allows you to pull Twitter feeds or other content from these third party services into … [Read more...]
Watch the Microsoft Build 2016 keynote live
Microsoft's Build Developer Conference 2016 is happening later this week. From the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Microsoft will discuss their operating systems, applications, and, of course, the tools and platforms for developers. You can tune into the keynote and watch it live at news.microsoft.com/build2016/ The conference goes from March 30th - April 1st. The keynote … [Read more...]
Microsoft Research introduces holoportation
Microsoft Research demonstrated 'holoportation', their name for blending 3D capture with the HoloLens. This allows you to change an interaction like a Skype or FaceTime call into a full 3D experience that can also be recorded for future playback. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d59O6cfaM0 … [Read more...]
Change the WDS PXE timeout from the default 30 seconds
I am using Windows Deployment Services on Windows Server 2012 R2 for PXE boot and wanted to change the timeout from the default 30 seconds when choosing which boot image to use. I actually wanted to disable the timeout count down but that does not appear to be an option. You can use bcdedit to modify the timeout of the PXE boot responses. Valid options are 0-9999 seconds, … [Read more...]
SharePoint Server 2016 hits RTM
Microsoft announced that SharePoint Server 2016 has hit the Release to Manufacturing milestone. You can download a trial of the RTM version of SharePoint Server 2016 or read the reviewer's guide for more information about the features in this release. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gEzXfu6Wao SharePoint Server 2016 will be available from the Microsoft Volume Licensing … [Read more...]