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Life at Microsoft
Microsoft releases the Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide
Yesterday, my team shipped the Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide. This guide is available at...
Author: BillCan Date: 06/15/2006
TechEd presentation coming tomorrow
I am presenting at TechEd on regulatory compliance tomorrow at 8:30am. The presentation will...
Author: BillCan Date: 06/13/2006
TechEd 2006 Opportunity - Information Protection Focus Group
If you are at TechEd this week and would be willing to take an hour to discuss your problems around...
Author: BillCan Date: 06/13/2006
20/20 update
In case any of you are interested, I'm getting close to the end of my 20/20 program at the PRO Club....
Author: BillCan Date: 06/08/2006
Why do the Brits have all the best TV shows?!
Apparently, there's a new show on Channel 4 in the UK called "The IT Crowd". It's quite apropos for...
Author: BillCan Date: 01/27/2006
20/20 Update
I did my fitness assessment at the Pro Club yesterday. Read all about it at...
Author: BillCan Date: 01/26/2006
Project Update
If you've been reading this blog, you probably think my project has already shipped. Unfortunately,...
Author: BillCan Date: 01/26/2006
20/20 Program
One of the benefits that Microsoft makes available to employees is a partially paid weight loss...
Author: BillCan Date: 01/15/2006
My 1 Year Anniversary at Microsoft
I celebrated my 1 year anniversary at Microsoft two days ago. I brought in my requisite 1 pound bag...
Author: BillCan Date: 11/10/2005
Bill's Xbox 360 Strategy
Last year we got a really nice new hi-def TV. Unfortunately, we have an old non-progressive scan,...
Author: BillCan Date: 11/10/2005
Visual Studio 2005: Wow!!!
I am no developer, but I've been playing around with VS2005 and it rocks! I am not much of a...
Author: BillCan Date: 11/10/2005
Forza Motorsport
I dropped by the Company Store a few days ago and picked up a copy of Forza Motorsport and a HD...
Author: BillCan Date: 06/30/2005
Regulatory Compliance Team Blog Established
We have recently established a team blog for Regulatory Compliance at Microsoft. The URL is...
Author: BillCan Date: 06/30/2005
Security posts will be moving to a new blog
All, My team (Microsoft Solutions for Security) has established a team blog for security-related...
Author: BillCan Date: 06/06/2005
Why do I need to keep my system patched and run Anti-virus?!
This video clip is quite an eye-opener:...
Author: BillCan Date: 04/26/2005
Adding Regulatory Compliance as a focus for my blog
Over the past few months I have been focusing on regulatory compliance (RC), and how Microsoft can...
Author: BillCan Date: 04/06/2005
Old News: Microsoft Purchases Groove Networks
This happened a few days ago. The announcement is on the homepage of Groove's website...
Author: BillCan Date: 04/06/2005
New Guidance Released: Server and Domain Isolation Using IPsec and Group Policy
Microsoft Solutions for Security has released a new guide for using IPsec and group policies to...
Author: BillCan Date: 04/05/2005
A Wierd Microsoft Tradition
Apparently, the tradition at Microsoft is, on the day of your anniversary of starting at MS, to...
Author: BillCan Date: 04/05/2005
What are your biggest change management complaints?
I've heard over and over again from customers and coworkers that change management is a big pain in...
Author: BillCan Date: 04/04/2005
Billcan's Place migrated to https://blogs.technet.com/billcan...
Enjoy... Bill
Author: BillCan Date: 04/04/2005
Regulatory Compliance Question
For those IT security pros out there, a question: has the increase focus on regulatory compliance...
Author: BillCan Date: 02/22/2005
Argh! Kids' laptop riddled with spyware!
I downloaded the current beta version of MS' new Anti-SpyWare tool yesterday and installed it on my...
Author: BillCan Date: 02/22/2005
MSS Team Generates Infoworld Article!
Members of my team (Microsoft Solutions for Security) presented last week at the RSA Conference, and...
Author: BillCan Date: 02/21/2005
Old News: Microsoft Acquires Sybari
You've probably already read this, but Microsoft recently announced the acquisition of Sybari. This...
Author: BillCan Date: 02/21/2005
Announcements from the RSA Conference
Bill Gates made two big announcements at the RSA Conference in San Francisco yesterday. First, Bill...
Author: BillCan Date: 02/16/2005
My first VP meeting
I presented to my GM a while back, and he thought I should discuss my project with John Conners, the...
Author: BillCan Date: 02/03/2005
Envisioning Phase Complete, On to the Planning Phase!
Well, after lots of last minute changes, I have received approval from my stakeholders that I can...
Author: BillCan Date: 02/03/2005
First Major Deliverable and Microsoft Methodologies
I have just finished my first major deliverable, the so-called Vision/Scope document. This document...
Author: BillCan Date: 01/19/2005
In New York City
After not travelling once in 1.5 years at my previous job, I am on the road at customer meetings for...
Author: BillCan Date: 01/12/2005
The D-ILA has landed!
This weekend I picked up a new 52" JVC D-ILA television. It is an 3-chip LCoS microdevice reverse...
Author: BillCan Date: 01/11/2005
Regulatory Compliance Question
During my career, I have been on three sides of the SOX issue: At Ernst & Young I was worried...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/28/2004
Blogging your job search
When I first decided I wanted to land a job at Microsoft, I decided that I would blog my job search....
Author: BillCan Date: 12/21/2004
A suggestion for online social networkers
I was contacted by someone who is a vendor to Microsoft about connecting on LinkedIn. I'm sure this...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/20/2004
Another Microsoft blogging milestone
Well, that's two milestones out of the way: I've already been linked to by Robert Scoble...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/16/2004
Microsoft acquires Giant Company
Wow, I post about Giant AntiSpyware being a good product and Microsoft turns around and buys them...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/16/2004
Networking and headhunting
I haven't posted on networking in a while, so I thought I'd get something up here on that topic....
Author: BillCan Date: 12/14/2004
Comcast DVR box gets MS Logo
I just noticed today that on my Comcast DVR box, when you go to the My DVR menu, there is a little...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/14/2004
My project gets underway
Over the past two weeks, my group has been trying to make a decision as to what my project was going...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/14/2004
Holiday Parties
It is holiday party time at Microsoft. I went to a party at the house of my team leader on Saturday....
Author: BillCan Date: 12/14/2004
Giant AntiSpyware (Good) and XoftSpy (No comment)
Some of the conversation I heard around here is that Giant AntiSpyware is good stuff and is well...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/10/2004
What does a Program Manager do?
Yesterday and today I am in training called "Engineering Excellence for New Program Managers". It...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/09/2004
My first Microsoft CXO Sighting
Today I was at the Pro Club in Bellevue, a gym to which almost everyone at Microsoft belongs. I...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/07/2004
Another thing to love about working at Microsoft
Today I went to a lecture by Dan Gillmor, author of Dan Gillmor's eJournal. Dan is no fan of...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/07/2004
How worried are you about Spyware?
Everyone seems to be talking about Spyware these days. I’d like to know how big a problem Spyware is...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/03/2004
MSN Spaces (Blog Hosting) Beta
There is a huge amount of excitement in the internal MS blogging community as MSN has launched a...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/02/2004