Renat's Middle E@st and Afric@ blog

Just random IT related thoughts (ok, not exactly "random", but please excuse some lack of structure :))

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Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 04/17/2012

Before Jan 31st: don’t forget to get your discount fot TechEd Middle East (specially for MVPs and UG leads)

Just a reminder, since I know how quickly time flies… If you’re an MVP or User Group lead - get your...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 01/17/2011

Another option to share your opinion with Microsoft

We’re piloting another way of receiving constant feedback from you guys. Can you please give the app...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 01/04/2011

Microsoft Innovation Centers – find a local one to get help

As a program Microsoft Innovation Centers are really cool – they are really there to help students,...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 11/22/2010

Free soft and resources from Microsoft

Seems like the time to collect all the free stuff available from Microsoft and share this with the...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 11/21/2010

Test post (ignore or learn about Windows Phone 7 :))

Check out new videos about Windows Phone 7 on MSDN portal and real devices on Microsoft.com. Also...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 10/19/2010

Have you shared your opinion with Microsoft?

Microsoft regularly conducts surveys for customers and partners to ask for your open and honest...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 10/19/2010

The best New Year gift for an IT geek? TechEd Middle East ticket!

Tech·Ed Middle East 2011 is going to be bigger and even more exciting. Here's a few of the...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 10/12/2010

Arabic Visual Studio 2010 Translation Wiki is released!

The only thing that I can say is “Wow” and “amazing job!”. Both of those coming from the bottom of...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 08/24/2010

Improving support: “Fix It” with less clicks

I wrote about FixIt earlier. It was a pretty powerful stuff by that time already. And now it’s even...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 04/18/2010

Enter Island: Thanks for a great start!

Guys, first of all thanks to all of you who joined the fun already! The reason why we launched this...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 04/01/2010

IT’s is The Best Job in the World: Win trip to Mauritius

First of all, if you clicked the link to this blog today to verify if the e-mail you’ve got is not...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 03/31/2010

Windows Phone 7 for Developers

Planning to earn some more money with your application for mobile devices? Looks like it is the time...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 03/30/2010

Free Silverlight learning course

Ok, super quick 2 “yes-no” questions, my friends.. Is your boss willing to pay for your learning at...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 03/17/2010

Share your feedback with Microsoft team

Hi there! Twice a year we are conducting survey among our users and customers – so called Global...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 03/09/2010

TechEd Middle East – 1 week to go

The same time next week we will be opening doors of the first in history TechEd Middle East. Knowing...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 02/21/2010

Attending MVP Summit? Get in touch with TechNet and MSDN team

See the message from my colleagues from Redmond. I’d personally recommend to get in touch with them...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 02/15/2010

Nice beta to look at - Microsoft Security Compliance Manager version 1.0

Security is the evergreen topic. Shield against sword. Good news – here is another important...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 02/10/2010

Some good news to start the year

Windows 7 “God Mode” is unveiled – I knew it does exist! Stealing from Elif’s twitter status - How...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 01/05/2010

Happy New Year, my friends!

Even the New Year, astronomically, is nothing more than a formal start of a new circle of one globe...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 12/31/2009

Have a great holidays!

Whatever you’re celebrating or just going to celebrate – all the best wishes from the team and...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 12/24/2009

Windows Server 2008 R2 in one picture

Is Windows Server a complex product? Of course it is! But with Silverlight Deep Zoom you can explore...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 12/16/2009

Answering some questions from the community

Got another portion of eye-opening questions this week. Our MVPs and User Group leaders asked me few...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 12/15/2009

Who’s online at Microsoft Middle East and Africa?

Ok, I confess I just a newbie in Yahoo Pipes. But due to unstoppable desire to introduce you to...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 12/07/2009

Тотальный оффтоп - философское

???????? ?????? – ? ????? ?????? ????? ????????? ~140 ??? 2-3% ????????? ??????? 90% ?????????...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 12/04/2009

Meetings in Nigeria and mobile productivity

Wow, that was a loooong day. But even after it I feel really good. Why? Because not everyday you...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 12/03/2009

Dev4Devs event in South Africa

Sometimes we forget what MSDN really stands for. And for sure “MS” is not the most important part of...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 11/28/2009

Geeks rule!

Not only the truth, but also the name of the event I participated in Nairobi, Kenya on Nov 25....

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 11/25/2009

Welcome to Gulf Developer Conference 09!

This is the event to attend this winter! Deep content about new products + local insights and...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 11/10/2009

Flying out of Jordan

Just would like to say big thank you for Jordanian IT community drivers! (I’m sure I’ll not name...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 11/07/2009

Gitex and TechEd Middle East

A friend of mine shared a secret re MS@Gitex – looks like attendees of Microsoft booth there will...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 09/24/2009

Chart your IT Career

MS Learning are getting better in tailoring offers for each particular role. And they right – this...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 09/24/2009

Белое солнце пустыни 2009

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Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 09/02/2009

Первая блого-жалоба

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Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 08/30/2009

Пятничное: Office 2010 The Movie

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Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 07/10/2009

update: Спокойствие, только спокойствие

? KB972890 ??????????? ?????? ???????????? workaround’a ???????? ? ActiveX (??. ?????????? ????)....

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 07/08/2009

Спокойствие, только спокойствие

????????? ?????? ??????????? ?? ??? ? ??????????? “????!!! ????-????! ?????????? ? ActiveX!!” ???...

Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 07/07/2009

Твиттер и безопасность

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Author: Renat Minazhdinov - MSFT Date: 07/06/2009

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