Hi Everyone

Here are some of the important Microsoft announcments from the week ending 1st January.  Thanks to Aaron Hamilton for this information.

Recent Releases:

• New Book: MCITP 70-663 Exam Ref: Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010  - 27-Dec-2011
• Author News: Upcoming Seminars by David Solomon  - 26-Dec-2011
• WSUSSCN2.CAB Now Available for MS11-100  - 31-Dec-2011
• Cross-post: CTP of Apache Hadoop-based Services for Windows Azure Now Available  - 27-Dec-2011

Important Announcements:

• New SQL MCM Study Group Started  - 28-Dec-2011
• Happy New Year 2012 wishes and Thank You to all of you from all of us here at Microsoft  - 31-Dec-2011
• Microsoft Research Redmond: Year in Review  - 31-Dec-2011
• eXtreme Computing Group: Year in Review  - 30-Dec-2011
• Microsoft Research Silicon Valley: End-of-Year Reflections  - 29-Dec-2011
• FUSE Labs: Year in Review  - 30-Dec-2011
• Readers’ Choice: Top 10 Blogs of 2011  - 29-Dec-2011
  
  

Windows 8:

Betas:

Thanks

Ben Pearce

Microsoft Premier Support UK