Hello, Microsoft Solution Accelerators team has recently released the IT Infrastructure Threat Modeling Guide . You may want to check it out! Organizations today face an increasing number of threats to their computing environments. You need a proactive...

Are your customers planning on deploying remote access solutions like DirectAccess? Join this Microsoft Partners Focus Group at the Worldwide Partner Conference and tell us what you need to help you design the security and remote access infrastructure...

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available in the near future. Are you thinking about deploying these new operating systems? Get a head start with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta . Over 680,000 Microsoft customers and partners...

The new Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide: SharePoint Online—Evaluating Software-plus-Services presents a clear comparison of SharePoint collaboration technologies across on-premises, standard hosting, and dedicated hosting scenarios. Use...

Back in April I mentioned about the Service Level Dashboard 2.0 Beta. Well, it's been just released recently. Check it out! This free Solution Accelerator collects and monitors operational measurements for your line of business (LOB) applications....

You're invited to join us for a special LIVE webcast to see how you can use the MAP Toolkit 4.0 Beta to determine the readiness of your infrastructure for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. This webcast will also include a live demo and Q&A session...

According to the Windows Server Division Blog and Windows 7 Team Blog , the RTM and general availability (GA) dates of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are as follows: Windows 7 RTM: On track for July 2009 (2nd half) Windows 7 GA: October...

The Solution Accelerators team is researching the Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity space, and would like to better understand the challenges you face when planning for a Disaster Recovery scenario. Please complete this 5-minute survey, and be...

In case you weren't able to attend TechEd 2009 , here're a few important announcements made earlier this week. Windows 7 is tracking well for holiday availability to customers. Windows 7 RC is available now. Windows Server 2008 R2 will be released...

Are you ready for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2? Were you not able to attend TechEd 2009? Check out this TechEd 2009 video interview as Bryan Von Axelson and Baldwin Ng discuss how you can use the free solution accelerator, Microsoft Assessment...

Are you ready for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2? Were you not able to attend TechEd 2009? Check out this video interview at TechEd 2009 North America as Bryan Von Axelson and Robin Maher discuss how you can use the free solution accelerator...

Are you getting ready for or evaluating a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 migration? Join this beta program and test out the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 that will help you with hardware inventory, OS compatibility assessment for...

Are you interested in virtualizing your datacenter so you can drastically reduce your server footprint and power/cooling costs? Are you considering virtualization but a bit worried that you may pay too much with virtualization solution from companies...

SharePoint Online—Evaluating Software-plus-Services The Infrastructure Planning and Design team is working on a new guide: SharePoint Online—Evaluating Software-plus-Services. Get the beta by visiting the Connect Web site at: https://connect.microsoft...

This week, Microsoft hosted the annual Microsoft Management Summit 2009 (MMS) where industry experts and Microsoft customers congregate the share knowledge and best practices on the latest management technologies and OS platform enhancements from Microsoft...

Windows Vista introduced a variety of new security technologies that had a significant impact on the Windows ecosystem. User Account Control made it clear that Microsoft wanted to make easy for users to run Windows without being in the Administrators...

To celebrate Earth Day 2009, the TechNet Magazine team has just published a special online-only Green IT issue for IT professionals. This issue features a great collection of articles including: Framework for Building a “Hyper-Green” Virtual...

Please join us for Part 1 of a Three-Part Live Meeting Event Webcast series on "How to Invest In The IT Infrastructure You Have While Preparing for Tomorrow". Part 1 is titled "One Server Does Not Fit All". During part 1, Bill Laing, Microsoft CVP...

This free Solution Accelerator collects and monitors operational measurements for your line of business (LOB) applications. Its graphical dashboard makes it easy to keep tabs on service availability and performance, letting you: Spot trends in service...

Today, Microsoft announced the release of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 1.0 (MED-V) and the companion guide for MED-V - Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for MED-V . What is MED-V? MED-V released today is part of the Microsoft...

Today, I'm happy to announce that the Solution Accelerators Team has just released the new Hyper-V Security Guide . This is a new member of a family of Virtualization Solution Accelerators - free tools and guidance from Microsoft to help you accelerate...

Hi there, It's Friday so I thought I would share with you a couple of new videos to lighten up your day. With Windows 7 coming soon, there're a lot of great things that you'll get to experience including the Windows Touch Gesturing technology. What...

Today, we are officially launching the revamped online web resource pages for the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) including web demo videos, case studies and documentation. The MAP Toolkit is a network-wide inventory and planning toolkit...

On March 2nd, Microsoft launched Microsoft Online Services to 19 countries around the world. As part of this announcement, we would like to showcase how GlaxoSmithKline has decided to standardize on the Microsoft Online Services platform . Learn...

Virtualization is reaching the masses in IT organizations big and small. You may have heard of the Hyper-V server virtualization technology that can help you consolidate datacenter servers. But, how do you manage the increasing number of virtual machines...