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Microsoft Unified Communication User Group – India

It is our great pleasure to announce the formation of Microsoft Unified Communications - User Group, India. “Microsoft Unified Communication User Group – India” is an independent group is focussed on encouraging communication between IT Professionals motivated by self-interest in Microsoft Unified Communication products like…


* Microsoft Exchange Server
* Microsoft Office Communication Server (OCS)
* SharePoint Server (MOSS & WSS)

We understand the value of networking & knowledge transfer and would like to take opportunity to assist and inspire all Unified Communication IT Professionals through this platform. This User Group is designed as an Information Resource where Unified Communication Professionals can find:

* Articles,
* How-To(s),
* Technical Videos,
* Unified Communication Industry News,
* Forums (to discuss technical things),
* New Product features and
* Product understanding.
Though this User Group is based out of India, there will be no regional boundaries as “Microsoft Unified Communication User Group – India” will host Virtual Monthly Meetings regularly and occasional In-person Events to increase the awareness of Microsoft Unified Communication products. We will also host guest speakers comprising of Experts in the Unified Communications space.

Visit Us @ http://muc-ug.org.in

Register @ http://muc-ug.org.in/index.php/join-us.html


Invite Friends @ http://www.muc-ug.org.in/index.php/invite-friends.html



RSS Feeds

MUC-UG.org.in @ http://feeds.feedburner.com/muc-ug

News @ http://feeds.feedburner..com/muc-ug-news

Events @ http://feeds.feedburner.com/muc-ug-events
Articles & How-Tos @ http://feeds.feedburner.com/muc-ug-articles-howtos

A very Warm Welcome to you and other experts, we would be happy to have your participation in the User Group.

We sincerely request you to please promote the MUC-UG, India - in your communitues and blogs :-) !

Warm Regards,

Amit Tank & Nitin Gupta

Exchange MVP (s)

Founder @ MUC-UG, India




MUC-UG Website: http://www.muc-ug.org.in


Nitin Gupta's Blog: http://www.nitingupta.in/blogs

Amit Tank's Blog: http://exchangeshare.wordpress.com

How to know the support lifecycle of a Microsoft Product

Microsoft releases products every day ! If you are using some MS product and want to know if it is still supported by Microsoft, please check the following link


http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectindex

It provides a comprehensive list of products and the retirals

Support for Visual Basic 6.0

Products Released General Availability Date Mainstream Support Retired Extended Support Retired Service Pack Retired Notes Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition 1/27/1999 3/31/2005 4/8/2008 Visual Basic 6.0 Standard Edition 1/27/1999 3/31/2005 4/8/2008

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SharePoint Site Theme - Windows 7

Here is a theme from Sharad



Bored with out-of-the-box default themes for your SharePoint site(s)?



Revive with a Windows 7 one!
http://weblogs.asp.net/sharadkumar/archive/2009/10/25/celebrating-windows-7-launch-with-a-windows-7-theme-for-sharepoint-2007.aspx

Good Free Screen Capture Utilities

Here are some of free screen capture utilities

ZapGrab

Cropper (http://www.codeplex.com/cropper)

Snagit (http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp)

http://www.jingproject.com/

Introduction-to-the-Application-Architecture-Guide

ARCast.TV - David Hill gives us an introduction to the Application Architecture Guide

Sample Blog Post

http://blogs.msdn.com/bobfamiliar/archive/2009/09/08/arcast-tv-david-hill-gives-us-an-introduction-to-the-application-architecture-guide.aspx


Raw Link

http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/ARCast.TV/ARCastTV-David-Hill-gives-us-an-introduction-to-the-Application-Architecture-Guide/