Jon Honeyball
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News
What is Microsoft's Hyper-V Server?
by Jon Honeyball
Microsoft has finally launched Hyper-V Server. No, don’t get confused, that isn’t the same thing as Hyper-V for Windows Server, it’s Hyper-V Server and it’s free.
Feb 2, 2009
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
by Jon Honeyball
Whatever size your business is, now is the time to bite the bullet and upgrade to Server 2008
Jul 28, 2008
Feature
XP vs. VISTA
by Barry Collins
Still not sure whether it's worth upgrading to Vista? We put XP and Vista through the ultimate face-off.
Mar 26, 2008
News
What is Windows 7?
by Jon Honeyball
Here's our 60 second guide, and a wishlist for Microsoft's new baby.
Feb 8, 2008
Feature
An eye for an iPhone
by Jon Honeyball
A first generation product nails it. Microsoft must be scared. Jon Honeyball thinks so.
Oct 12, 2007
Feature
Silverlight for Business
by Jon Honeyball
Jon Honeyball looks at Silverlight, Microsoft's potential Flash killer, from a business perspective
Sep 18, 2007
Feature
Vista: an inquest
by Jon Honeyball
Jon Honeyball rails against Vista and travels to learn about Microsoft SharePoint 2007.
Jul 23, 2007
Feature
Vista multimedia
by Jon Honeyball
Jon Honeyball wonders why the Xbox 360 is better than Vista for the large screen, while contemplating Microsoft’s Live 2.
Jun 26, 2007
Feature
What Vista might have been
by Jon Honeyball
Jon Honeyball laments the features that got away in the final Vista build.
Jan 29, 2007
Preview: Vista beta 2
by Jon Honeyball
Jon Honeyball gets close to the next bona fide beta of Windows, gets in deep with printer ink coverage and still finds time to buy some new computers.
Sep 8, 2006
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
by Jon Honeyball
The arrival of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 (ES2K3) is a significant event in the history of this product. First, it brings to a close the second era of the codebase. Released back in 1996 on the NT 4 wave, ES4 (there was no 1, 2 or 3) brought enterprise-level email, contact management, diary management and so forth to the Windows Server platform in a new and comprehensive BackOffice application.
Oct 6, 2003
ONENOTE
by Jon Honeyball
OneNote is one of those rare apps you'll wonder how you ever managed without it. It's basically a note-taking application where you work on sheets of electronic paper, putting down your ideas and rearranging them.
Jun 1, 2003
INFOPATH
by Jon Honeyball
At its heart, you can think of InfoPath as being a forms engine. Drag the item you need onto the page, wire it up to a data source, and you have something akin to Microsoft Access. But that's where the similarities end.
Jun 1, 2003
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