Springboard Series Blog : Mark Russinovich

Application Compatibility VRT Questions Answered

Stephen L Rose — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:09:01 GMT

Thank you again for all of you who tuned in live for our most recent virtual roundtable. We had so many questions asked during the broadcast, we were unable to get to all of them so I am dedicating this blog post to the questions and to the answers provided by our product teams involved in the broadcast.

To view all the questions and answers, click here.

For more information and resources on application compatibility with Windows 7, please visit our page on TechNet here.

Missed Our Application Compatibility Virtual Roundtable?

Stephen L Rose — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:40:05 GMT

Did our VRT wrap-up post wet your appetite for more? Looking to learn about virtualization as a application compatibility tool? No need to worry if you missed the live event as the is now available to stream or download here.

Windows 7 Application Compatibility Part 2: Virtualization

In part two of this Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable on Windows 7 Application Compatibility, you'll hear from Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich and a panel of experts on how virtualization tools can help you with application compatibility concerns whether you're migrating from Windows Vista or Windows XP.

Here’s your chance to get powerful insight into how presentation virtualization, desktop virtualization and application virtualization can reduce testing times, expedite deployment, and ultimately help you streamline PC management. Also covered are the latest desktop virtualization technologies from Microsoft including Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), and Windows XP Mode for Windows 7.

To see part one of this Virtual Roundtable or to view any of our previous roundtables, click here.

As always, visit the Springboard Series for the latest tools, walkthroughs, FAQs and information for IT pros around Windows 7 and visit our Talking About Windows Event Portal to see all the latest IT pro events worldwide on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 in your area. More events are being added every day!

Application Compatibility Roundtable with Mark Russinovich Wrap-up

Stephen L Rose — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:02:58 GMT

Thank you to all of you who tuned in and posted or sent in questions for our most recent roundtable and made it another huge success. We will be posting all the questions and answers in the next few days so keep an eye out.

Missed the VRT? Here is the promo of what you can look forward to when the replay become available later this week.

To be the first to know when the replay goes live, follow our Twitter feed @MSSpringboard or watch for our blog post here.

Reminder: Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable Windows 7 Application Compatibility Part 2: Virtualization with your host Mark Russinovich

Stephen L Rose — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:36:02 GMT

Date: Thursday, September 24
Time: 9:00am Pacific Time

https://ms.istreamplanet.com/springboard

Hear Mark Russinovich, Chris Jackson, Jeremy Chapman and our panel of experts chat about how virtualization tools can help you with application compatibility concerns whether you’re migrating from Windows Vista or Windows XP. Join us to discuss how presentation virtualization, desktop virtualization and application virtualization can reduce testing times, expedite deployment and ultimately help you streamline PC management.

We’ll cover the latest desktop virtualization technologies from Microsoft, including App-V, MED-V and XP Mode for Windows 7. Plus we share tips and tricks and demonstrate free tools to analyze and fix applications while answering your questions live during the event. Join live on Thursday, September 24^th, 2009, 9:00am Pacific Time. Missed Part 1? Watch the replay.

For IT Pro tips, tricks and resources for Windows 7, visit the Springboard Series

As part of the “virtual” experience, you may submit your questions about Windows 7 Application Compatibility to the panel live during the event—or submit questions in advance to vrtable@microsoft.com.

New Talking About Windows Videos

Stephen L Rose — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:02:33 GMT

Meet Kevin Sullivan, He’s a Principal Program Manager here at Microsoft. Kevin shares his thoughts on Group Policy and how this innovative solution can provide flexibility, customization, and ease of adaptation for IT professionals and end users alike.

Also live is our “Making of Windows 7” video. Meet some of the many people who helped make Windows 7 a reality. Listen as Mark Russinovitch, Sandeep Singdal, Jon Devaan, and others share their stories about building app compat, saving IT pros time, and more

Talking About Windows.com is your chance to hear what Microsoft Engineers and IT pros like you have to say and gives you a chance to interact with them.

Hear what they have to say and get heard. Join the conversation. www.talkingaboutwindows.com

The Springboard Application Compatibility VRT rebroadcast is live!

Stephen L Rose — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:04:00 GMT

Last week we posted the promo teaser here on the Springboard Blog for the Virtual Roundtable on Application Compatibility. As of today, the rebroadcast is live and ready for you to view.

If you missed the live broadcast, here’s your chance to hear Aaron Margosis, Paul Schnell; Darren Baker (also watch for Darren’s interview on TalkingAboutWindows next week), Greg Lambert Michael Sciacqua, Gov Maharaj, Celine Allee, Jeremy Chapman, and of course Mark Russinovich discuss the issues in getting your Windows XP and Windows Vista applications to work with Windows 7 quickly and effectively. From ACT 5.5 and Shims to discussions on key resources and tools, this VRT is a must see for those IT pros looking to make the jump to Windows 7.

To view the complete VRT, click here.

Also, here are some of our previous VRTs you can view as well.

Application Compatibility Roundtable Promo

Stephen L Rose — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:00:52 GMT

Our latest Virtual Roundtable on Application Compatibility was another great success. Thank you to all our viewers who tuned in live to watch it last week.

Missed it? Well, here is a promo video of some of the highlights. Watch for details later this week here on where to view the full program.

<br/><a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=7372d3d7-4c99-4561-9591-7fd338650d58" target="_new" title="VRT Promo">Video: VRT Promo</a>

You’ve angered the great Master Russinovich!

Stephen L Rose — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:24:44 GMT

If you’re anything like me and you love XBOX and IT as much as I do, you’ll get a kick out of this video. Trevor and Sam are back for their 3rd installment in the Talkin’ IT series. This time Sam has a “spinning green doughnut” that is taunting him. It’s the Great Master Russinovich and SysInternals to the rescue! Will Sam downgrade to Windows XP? Will he learn how to cut the fat from his MSCONFIG files? Will Trevor figure out what’s up with Mr. Canfield’s toupee? Watch and find out!

(Yes, we like to have a little fun as we attempt to inform IT professionals like yourself about Windows 7.)

If you aren’t familiar with Talking About Windows.com, Brandon did a piece on our first viral video here. But in all seriousness, we have a lot to say about the performance enhancements in Windows 7. OS optimization has been a key area of focus for us her at Microsoft.

Watch for new videos next week from key members of the engineering team and from IT pros like yourself.

So keep the comments coming and don’t forget to ask your questions to our Windows 7 Engineering team by joining the conversation at Talking About Windows.com

Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable on June 18th with Mark Russinovich

Stephen L Rose — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:17:00 GMT

Join Mark Russinovich, Jeremy Chapman, Aaron Margosis and more for our Windows 7 Virtual Round Table on Application Compatibility, live on Thursday June 18th.

Windows 7, is approaching fast and from the application standpoint is very similar to Windows Vista. We're going to examine Windows 7 application compatibility not only from the perspective of moving from Windows Vista, but also for those coming from Windows XP. Join us to discuss the most common challenges around application compatibility when coming from a legacy operating system, why changes were made along the way, compatibility technologies inside the OS and methods for getting incompatible applications to run on Windows 7. Along the way we share tips and tricks, demonstrate free tools to analyze and fix applications and answer your specific questions about application compatibility live.

In Part 2 of this Virtual Round Table discussion (planned for later this Summer/Fall), we'll discuss the options and approaches for using virtualization tools In depth to address application incompatibilities - including presentation virtualization, desktop virtualization and application virtualization. We'll be sending out more details and posting information to www.microsoft.com/springboard for part 2 as the dates are finalized.

As part of the "virtual" experience, you may submit your questions about Windows 7 Application Compatibility to the panel live during the event-or submit questions in advance to vrtable@microsoft.com.

Event Details:
Title: Windows 7 Application Compatibility: Your Questions Answered (Part 1)
Date: Thursday, June 18
Time: 11:00am Pacific Time
URL for Live Broadcast: https://ms.istreamplanet.com/springboard (will not be live till 10:45 am PST on June 18th)

Also don't forget, starting July 1st, the Windows 7 Beta will reboot every two hours. If you have not download and installed the Windows 7 Release Candidiate, please do so now by going here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx