Free preview of Microsoft Stream

Today we announced the free preview of Microsoft Stream, a new business video service that democratizes access to and discovery of video at work. Starting today, anyone with a business email address can sign up for the preview in seconds and begin uploading, sharing and tagging videos in their organization. By taking the “work” out of managing video storage and security, Microsoft Stream enables organizations and their employees to communicate and collaborate with video more easily.  As you aware, many our customers have already started to embrace the power of video for their business using Office 365 Video. 

To find out more about Microsoft Stream you can refer,

– Introducing Microsoft Stream
– What Microsoft means to Office 365
– Get started managing your own work videos, visit the webpage here.

Happy streaming!!

Feature comparison: EWS vs. EWS Managed API

Are you a .Net Developer who develop custom application using Exchange Web Services (EWS) Managed API or EWS (Auto-generated proxies)? Then this is for you. The EWS Managed API provides an intuitive interface for developing client applications that use EWS. The API enables unified access to Exchange resources, while using Outlook–compatible business logic. In short, you can use the EWS Managed API to access EWS in versions of Exchange starting with Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1), including Exchange Online. However, do you know that not all features that are available in EWS are implemented in the EWS Managed API?

You can refer the above snapshot or related documentation identifies the EWS Managed API feature implementations that target different versions of Exchange. If the EWS Managed API does not implement a feature that you want to use, you might consider an auto-generated proxy object model.

Exchange Server 2010: EWS application crashes when calling GetStreamingEvents

One of my developer customer updated that he created an EWS Managed API based application which is getting crashed when they call the GetStreamingEvents operation to request notifications from a server that is running Exchange Server 2010; also the Client Access server (CAS) role installed. In general, the GetStreamingEvents response returns an array of items and events that have occurred in a mailbox since the last the notification. During investigation, we noticed that the EWS managed API sends back a compressed stream to the EWS application when the request of the GetStreamingEvents operation times out. As the EWS application cannot handle the compressed stream and crashes when it tries to parse the stream.

In order to resolve the issue, make sure you have Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 Rollup 2 installed & refer Knowledgebase article 2661854. It’s documented in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2681464.

Future of Windows Phone – Windows Phone Summit 2012

Want to know more about future of Windows Phone? You can watch the session via Microsoft’s Channel 9 is streaming @ Click here

Live: TechED North America 2012

Hear directly from Satya Nadella, Scott Guthrie, Mark Russinovich, Bill Staples, Quentin Clark and many other senior Microsoft technology leaders as they delve deep into the technical aspects of Windows Azure and other products.

You can watch & learn more sessions LIVE online on Monday, June 11^, 2012 as it will be broadcasted from TechEd 2012 in Orlando. The event will start at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT.

+ Register for these sessions now.
+ Check out all of the Windows Azure sessions at TechEd North America or download the full session list
+ Also you can visit Microsoft Tech ED Virtual Pressroom @ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/events/teched/

Register and enjoy the live sessions @ June 11-14!!

Microsoft Xbox: What else you can do more than playing games?

With Xbox LIVE, a whole world of extraordinary entertainment experiences awaits, including streaming music, HD movies, live sporting events, Facebook, Twitter, Video chat and more…

ESPN on Xbox 360:
With Kinect and ESPN you don’t just watch the game, you live the game. With thousands of sporting events and the interactive social network of Xbox LIVE, ESPN on Xbox 360 brings the excitement of a stadium experience into your living room…

Friends and family:
Video Kinect™ lets you connect with family and friends from the comfort of your living room. The Kinect camera captures a full room view and even automatically zooms to capture everyone in the room. Connect with friends on Windows Live Messenger or chat from one Xbox 360 to another…

Bring your gamer friends with you wherever you go. With Xbox LIVE and Windows Phone 7, you can see who’s online and what your friends are doing on their consoles, PCs, or Windows 7 phones

Learn more about this…

 

Movies and music:
Listen to music, watch a film or TV show, connect with your friends in real-time. Zune on Xbox 360 delivers HD movies in the clearest, eye-popping instant-on 1080p. You can access your favorite music and buy music videos too… Learn more about this…

Windows Phone 7:
Game on the go and connect with friends wherever you are. Access your Xbox LIVE account right from your Windows Phone 7 and see what your friends are up to on Xbox LIVE. Add some edge to your gaming repertoire with mobile tips and tricks, track your gamer score, or deck out your avatar with the latest duds. Also stay in the game with the only phone with Xbox LIVE built in. Whether you’re waiting for the bus, traveling out of town, or just kicking back around the house, Windows Phone 7 and Xbox LIVE will keep your life in motion and put mobile gaming

Streaming music:
Bring a party to life with Last.fm and listen to the world’s largest online music catalog – including all your favorite songs – on your Xbox 360. Discover tons of new music and listen to personalized radio stations powered by millions of music fans. Learn more about this…

Use your voice:
Kinect uses advanced entertainment technology to respond to the sound of your voice. Just say “Xbox” to reveal a series of voice commands. So you’ll be able to control HD movies with the sound of your voice—no remote required

Part 1 : Developer Roadmap – Development Technologies for Exchange Server 2010

This two part article is targeted for the developer audience, if you’re the developer who want to create a develop custom application for Exchange Server 2010 or already has custom application designed for previous versions of Exchange Server 2010.

Some Exchange programming technologies that are available in versions of Exchange earlier than Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 are obsolete and have been replaced with other technologies. Per MSDN article, the programming technologies and APIs stated below have either been removed from Exchange 2010 or earlier versions of Exchange, are no longer supported for use with the current version of Exchange, or are no longer the recommended API to use to access Exchange.

• Active Directory Services Interface still exists, but we do not recommend that you access Exchange data in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) by using ADSI.

Recommendation: We recommend that you use Exchange PowerShell commands to administer Exchange configuration data.

• Collaboration Data Objects for Exchange (CDOEX) is not included in Exchange 2010.

Recommendation: We recommend that you migrate your applications that use CDOEX to Exchange Web Services.

• Collaboration Data Objects for Exchange Management (CDOEXM) is not included in Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010.

Recommendation: We recommend that you migrate your applications that use CDOEXM to use Exchange PowerShell commands.

• Collaboration Data Objects for Exchange Workflow (CDOWF) is not included in Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010.

Recommendation: We recommend that you migrate your applications that use CDOWF to use Windows Workflow Foundation Services.

• Collaboration Data Objects for Windows 2000 (CDOSYS) is included in current versions of Windows. The functionality in CDOSYS is now available in the Microsoft .NET Framework.
• Collaboration Data Objects for Windows (CDOSYS) SMTP/NNTP Event Sinks are included in current versions of Windows.

Recommendation: Notification-based applications that work with Exchange 2010 should use transport agents.

• Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) version 1.2.1 is available for download for applications that continue to require it. CDO 1.2.1 is a de-emphasized API, and support is only available under an Extended Support agreement.

Recommendation: We recommend that you migrate any CDO 1.2.1 applications to use Exchange Web Services.

• Exchange Incremental Change Synchronization (ICS) is a MAPI-based interface, and is still supported against Exchange 2010.

Recommendation: To ensure continued future compatibility, we recommend that you consider migrating your ICS applications to use Exchange Web Services notifications.

• Exchange OLE Database Provider (ExOLEDB) is not included in Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010.

Recommendation: We recommend that you migrate applications that use ExOLEDB to use Exchange Web Services.

• Exchange Rules DLL is part of the sample code that shipped with the Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000 SDKs.

Recommendation: We recommend that you migrate applications that use the Exchange Rules DLL to use either MAPI or Exchange Web Services notifications.

• Exchange Store Event Sinks are not available in Exchange 2010.

Recommendation: Where possible, we recommend that applications that use Exchange Store Event sinks be migrated to use either transport agents or Exchange Web Services notifications.

• Exchange Streaming Backup and Restore API is not included in Exchange 2010.

Recommendation: We recommend that you migrate backup and restore applications that use streaming backup to use the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).

• Exchange WebDAV is not included in Exchange 2010.

Recommendation: We recommend that you migrate applications that use Exchange WebDAV to use the Exchange Web Services.

• Exchange WebDAV Notifications are not included in Exchange 2010.

Recommendation: We recommend that you migrate applications that use Exchange WebDAV notifications to use Exchange Web Services notifications.

• Exchange Web Forms is not included in Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010.

Recommendation: We recommend that you migrate applications that use Exchange Web Forms to use either Windows SharePoint Services, or Active Server Pages.

• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) still exists, but accessing Exchange data in AD DS by using LDAP is not recommended.

Recommendation: We recommend that you use Exchange PowerShell commands to administer Exchange configuration data.

• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Providers are not included in Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010.

Recommendation: We recommend that you migrate applications that used WMI to use the Exchange PowerShell commands.

Happy Programming!!

Preview : Click-to-run technology

Microsoft introduces “Click-To-Run” technology for downloading trial and purchasing. For people who want to try or buy Office 2010 on existing PCs, Microsoft is unveiling Click-to-Run, a new and enhanced download experience for consumers.

Benefits:

• Click-to-Run makes it easier than ever for customers to try or buy Office digitally by significantly reducing the time and effort required to download Office 2010 over the Internet.
• Click-to-Run automatically downloads and installs any software patches when connected to the Internet, helping people maintain and keep their Office software up-to-date.
• Click-to-Run uses virtualization technology so it allows customers to maintain multiple versions of Office. This enables them to try Office 2010 side-by-side with the existing version of Office.

Video: You can know more this from the following Silverlight video.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/silverlightApps/videoplayer2/standalone.aspx?contentId=office14_click&src=/presspass/presskits/2010Office/channel.xml&WT.cg_n=Office14&WT.z_convert=embed

In this video. John Jendrezak and Trevor McDiarmid give us a first look at Click-to-Run, an innovative new Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) technology for Office 2010 that  utilizes Microsoft’s streaming and virtualization technology (AppVirt – you learned a great deal about this technology right here on Channel 9…).   It’s great to see application virtualization in the mainstream. Note that this is essentially a commercial for the new technology in Office 2010.