Content current as of February 2011. Describes Microsoft IT’s experience deploying Windows 7, including installation scenarios, deployment and support metrics, feature benefits based on Microsoft IT’s experience, and recommendations for a successful d…
Microsoft IT Reduces Troubleshooting Challenges with Microsoft Diagnostic and Recovery Toolset
Content current as of March 2012. See how Microsoft IT used DaRT to help administrators easily recover PCs that have become unusable, rapidly diagnose probable causes of issues, and quickly repair unbootable or locked-out systems, all faster than the a…
Microsoft IT Inspires Employee Software Adoption Using Marketing Principles
Content current as of March 2013. Microsoft continually deploys new software products, often in rapid succession, and employees may face competing demands. To improve adoption, Microsoft IT dedicated resources, refreshed its visual identity, and enhanc…
Environmental Sustainability Best Practices
Current as of May 2012: Environmentally responsible IT business strategies continue to gain momentum across the industry. Microsoft IT has been addressing Environmental Sustainability issues for years but now has a single point of collaboration around these efforts in order to increase awareness and reduce the company’s overall carbon footprint.
Architecting and Redeploying a Business Critical Application to Windows Azure
Cuurent as of August 2011: The Microsoft IT Volume Licensing team architected and redeployed a business critical application, with full security review and approval, to Windows Azure. The resulting solution delivers lower cost and improved scalability,…
IT Showcase On: Microsoft Lync Deployment
Microsoft IT (MSIT) replaced PBX systems in seven sites located in the three major regions. MSIT implemented user adoption strategies that resulted in a very successful deployment with high user satisfaction scores.
Microsoft IT Plans for Hybrid Deployment of Microsoft Office 365 Messaging
A hybrid messaging deployment offers the possibility to have some mailboxes located on-premises while others reside in the cloud. Learn how Microsoft IT planned for a hybrid deployment of Microsoft® Office 365 messaging.
Using Windows Azure to Create a Multi-Platform Application
Content current as of June 2012. Learn how Microsoft IT increased partner satisfaction, gained business agility, improved Service Levels, provided new capabilities and reduced operational costs by migrating a critical business application to Windows Az…
Microsoft IT’s Lessons Learned: Moving Applications to the Cloud
Content current as of June 2011. Microsoft IT is working hard to migrate existing applications to Windows Azure and the commitment has been made to take maximum advantage of Windows Azure when deploying new applications. Gain a quick set of lessons lea…
Sandbox Accelerates Grassroots Innovation in Windows Azure Development
Content current as of June 2011. Microsoft IT created the Windows Azure Sandbox to give full-time Microsoft employees and interns a free subscription to Windows Azure and SQL Azure. The Sandbox accelerates grassroots innovation and enables experimentat…
Using Windows Azure to Create a Multi-Platform Application
Content current as of June 2012. The Microsoft IT Volume Licensing team architected and redeployed a business critical application, with full security review and approval, to Windows Azure. The resulting solution delivers lower cost and improved scalab…
Microsoft Azure SLA
Microsoft Azure SLA
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning in Action: Japan 2011
The Japan earthquake in March 2011 presented one of the greatest disaster-recovery challenges that Microsoft has ever faced. Contingency planning combined with process, organization, and technology strategies, quickly confirmed the safety of all staff …
Deploying Office 2010 at Microsoft
Microsoft IT (MSIT) developed a testing and deployment strategy to deliver Office 2010 to more than 100,000 desktop computers at Microsoft.
Deploying and Managing Lync
Find here Microsoft IT’s early adopter experiences, best experiences, and lessons learned from our own deployments of Lync within our global enterprise. By leveraging our best practices, you can make decisions about how best to plan for, deploy, and ma…
Cloud Driven IVR
Content current as of: March 2011. Microsoft Customer Service and Support servers that host IVR applications take more than 200,000 calls a day. Microsoft IT used Windows Azure connected with on-premises telephony technology to increase business capabi…
Update for Lync for Mac 2011 – KB3007876
This download contains an update for Lync for Mac 2011
System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 (KB947821) [October 2014]
This tool is being offered because an inconsistency was found in the Windows servicing store which may prevent the successful installation of future updates, service packs, and software.
System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB947821) [October 2014]
This tool is being offered because an inconsistency was found in the Windows servicing store which may prevent the successful installation of future updates, service packs, and software.
System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista (KB947821) [October 2014]
This tool is being offered because an inconsistency was found in the Windows servicing store which may prevent the successful installation of future updates, service packs, and software.