In order to better serve you, we decided to publish the Swiss TechNet and IT Pro blog in German and French instead of English. You can find the new blogs with the same information and content at the following URLs: German: http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-de French: http://blogs.technet.com...

Download the Community Technology Preview (CTP) version of the SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.1, a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in J2EE (Java2 Enterprise Edition). http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...

Small Business Server 2003 R2 was launched at our world wide partner conference. SBS 2003 R2 will be available for purchasing in August (English and German versions; additional languages will be available in following months.). It is offered in two editions: standard and premium. With the update...

This strategic briefing provides an overview of the new 2007 Microsoft Office system, an integrated system of programs, servers, and services. In particular, the session covers innovations in the client-side user interface and XML-based file formats, as well as investments in new SharePoint server-based...

Beta 3 of Internet Explorer is now available for download. You can get it from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx You also find a host of information on the IE7 webpage: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/technology/default.mspx

If your are interested in scripts for group policies than this is the resource for you. Browse for Group Policy scripts or find detailed articles about how to script Group Policy for yourself.

The Windows Vista Customer Preview Program will close to new orders in the evening of Friday, June 30. For registered customers who have already received a Product Key by this time the download sites will remain open until Friday, July 14. This also affects all TechNet Beta Central registered users who...

Download the latest version of the Microsoft solution for firewall, VPN, and Web caching. With ISA Server 2006 you can protect your IT environment from Internet-based threats while providing your users with secure, anytime, anywhere access to Microsoft applications and data. Download Detailed Information...

When selecting hardware for your computers running Microsoft Exchange Server today, there are a couple of things that you should consider in order to make sure that you can reuse the hardware for Exchange Server 2007. Get the details

The latest and greatest version of Commerce Server has been released to manufacturing (RTM) and is planned to be generally available in price lists from August 1st 2006. The 2007 version of Commerce Server especially makes "Connected Commerce" scenarios very easy to achieve thru its webservices interfaces...

Bill Gates will transition out of a day-to-day role in Microsoft effective July 2008 to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and will continue to serve as the company’s chairman and an advisor on key development projects. Ray Ozzie assumes...

You would like to order or download the Windows Vista Beta but haven't done it yet? The Customer Preview Program for Windows Vista is available in a limited quantity both through download and DVD kit ordering. Once the allotted quantity has been reached the program will be closed and no new orders...

Get the facts about deploying Exchange & Office 2007 in one information-packed day. Independent Exchange and Office experts will present practical, real-world information in three tracks: Exchange 12 for the IT Pro Delivering Better Inbox Value The Business Value of Office 2007. ...

Increase your confidence and reduce your upgrade risks by performing detach and attach, in-place, and side-by-side upgrades from SQL Server 2000 / 7.0 to SQL Server 2005. By completing these 7 labs, you will learn proven techniques and gain valuable experience in performing upgrades involving both the...

The Microsoft Office system has evolved from a suite of personal productivity products to a more comprehensive and integrated system. Building on the familiar tools that many people already know, the Microsoft Office system includes programs, servers, services, and solutions designed to work together...

SMS 2003 R2 is now available. Included in SMS 2003 R2 is the ability to update custom line-of-business and third party applications as well as to provide scanning for almost 100 critical system vulnerabilities. Together, this new functionality promises to help simplify the process of keeping systems...

The new Microsoft Forefront family of business security products helps provide greater protection and control over the security of your network infrastructure. Forefront’s products easily integrate with each other, with your IT infrastructure, and can be supplemented through interoperable third-party...

Our Operating System to run parallel high performance computing applications for complex tasks - Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 - has hit the release to manufacturing (RTM) milestone and will be generally available in the next couple of weeks. You can find more information about this product...

This online course introduces the new features and functionality in the latest version of Microsoft Office Excel. There have been substantial changes to the user interface in this spreadsheet application, and this course can help you get up-to-speed quickly. This course covers the new features that enable...

In May we announced the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scaleable Networking Pack that adds new architectural enhancements and application programming interfaces to support the next generation of network acceleration and hardware-based offload technologies (see Blog entry ) Dell now published a Whitepaper...

Preview the next generation features of Windows Vista, including advances in security and reliability, along with its cost and operational efficiencies. With Windows Vista, users have clear ways to organize and view their information, which enables them to focus on the most important aspect of their...

Windows Vista Beta 2, Windows Server platform directions, major trends, innovative technologies and more were shown at WinHEC 2006 in Seattle. Now you can watch a selection of WinHec technical sessions as well as the 3 keynote presentations by Bill Gates, Will Poole and Bob Muglia, on IT’s ShowTime!...

This week we announced the release of Microsoft Antigen e-mail security products — including Antigen for Exchange, Antigen for SMTP Gateways, Antigen Spam Manager and Antigen Enterprise Manager. The products will be available to you by July 1, 2006. Microsoft Antigen e-mail security products use multiple...

This session covers the issues that are faced with migrating an Oracle based application to a SQL Server based application with a deep dive into the differences in database structure. We'll look into the many options available to you help you migrate your existing Oracle databases to SQL Server 2005...

The 2007 Microsoft Office system Beta is ready! Get it now from: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/getthebeta.mspx