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Get a 90 day trial copy of Windows 7 Enterprise
Still not sure about taking the Windows 7 plunge in your company? Get a fully functional 90-day evaluation copy here . Guidelines on usage: Protect your PC and data . Be sure to back up your data and please don’t test Windows 7 on your primary home or Read More...
Group Policy Slow Link Detection using Windows Vista and later
Mike here again. Many Group Policy features rely on a well connected network for their success. However, not every connection is perfect or ideal; some connections are slow. The Group Policy infrastructure has always provided functionality to detect slow Read More...
Come and get it
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 reached general availability today. The line in our site’s company store was out the door, but we were able to snag some for this nice picture taken from a new Windows Mobile phone. Yeah, I went there too. Win7 and Read More...
NTLM Blocking and You: Application Analysis and Auditing Methodologies in Windows 7
Ned here again. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 introduce a long sought feature known as NTLM blocking. This prevents NTLM from being used for authentication. IT works in both a send or receive mode, and allows you to create exceptions. There’s currently Read More...
Extended Validation support for websites using internal certificates
Hey all Rob here again. One feature that that is new with Windows Server 2008R2 / Windows 7 is the ability to configure your internal certification authority hierarchy in order to issue certificates that can show as Extended Validation certificates. So Read More...
RSAT Released for Windows 7
Remoter Server Administrations Tools are RTM, come and get 'em. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d&displaylang=en Some things to keep in mind: This version is only for Windows 7 (Business, Read More...
Done
Windows 7 client, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Standalone are RTM. Read more here on when you can get what, and other high-fiving amongst ourselves: Microsoft Press Pass When will you get Windows 7 RTM? Windows Server Division Read More...
RSAT Release Candidate for Windows 7... ehh... Release Candidate
Ned here again. The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) have been released for Win7 RC. Grab them from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f6c62797-791c-48e3-b754-c7c0a09f32f3&displaylang=en Here are the installation requirements: Read More...
Netmon, MPS, RODC's, and that new OS you might have heard about
Ned here. A few big pieces of news, in case you've been having a busy week: Netmon 3.3 has been released . You can download from here . Read more about the new features (such as autoscroll, frame commenting, experts, WWAN support, and more) right here Read More...
Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) Available For Windows 7 Beta
For those testing Windows 7 administration capabilities, this is for you. Download here This is the list of Windows Server 2008 administration tools which are included in Win7 RSAT Client: Server Administration Tools: • Server Manager Role Administration Read More...
Windows 7 for TechNet and MSDN Subscribers
Come and get it... :) Press Release TechNet Subscribers MSDN Subscribers For all others, you'll have to wait until Friday. Oh the humanity. Just a quick reminder - unless you are part of TAP, TechBeta, or OEM Beta, you cannot get support for Windows 7 Read More...
Follow up on lag sites... sort of.
Ned here again. We recently had a very lively discussion about 'Lag Sites' as a disaster recovery option. If you've been digging around the MS Download Center, you may have already come across Introduction to Windows Server 2008 R2 . After some digging, Read More...
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