This Week @ Microsoft - 28/05/2012 - Microsoft Premier Support UK - Site Home

Hi Everyone

Here is the compilation of some importantant announcments from around Microsoft over the past week. Thanks to Aaron Hamilton, Jose Wall and Sara Clark for putting the list together.

Recent Releases:

Update Rollup 8 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 - 22-May-2012
RTM’d today: CompTIA Network+ Training Kit (Exam N10-005) - 25-May-2012
New book: Working with Microsoft Office 365: Running Your Small Business in the Cloud - 22-May-2012
Now available: Microsoft SDL Process Guidance updates – version 5.2 - 23-May-2012
Cumulative Update #5 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 - 21-May-2012
Cumulative Update #10 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 - 21-May-2012
Exchange Server Deployment Assistant Update for Exchange 2010 Hybrid Deployments with Office 365 - 23-May-2012
Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 Language Pack Available for Download - 23-May-2012
Hotfix Package 6 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1: April 2012 Now Available - 22-May-2012

Important Announcements:

Free ebooks: Great content from Microsoft Press that won’t cost you a penny - 21-May-2012
Cloud computing in healthcare – turn here for answers - 21-May-2012
From the MVPs: Windows Intune 101 - 24-May-2012
Announcing the Winners of the Microsoft Robotics @ Home Competition - 22-May-2012

Windows 8 and Server 2012:

Quickly Identify, Classify and Protect your Data on Windows "8" Servers! - 23-May-2012
Being productive in the background – background tasks - 24-May-2012
Creating a fast and fluid app launch experience - 21-May-2012
Designing for PCs that boot faster than ever before - 22-May-2012
Enhancing Windows 8 for multiple monitors - 21-May-2012
Announcing the Windows Server 2012 Community Roadshow - 24-May-2012
Introduction to Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control - 22-May-2012
Introduction of iSCSI Target in Windows Server 2012 - 21-May-2012

How to:

Using crosstab queries in reports - 23-May-2012
How to install the DPM agent on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Core computer - 22-May-2012
Collecting 32-bit Performance Counters Using a 64-bit Operations Manager Agent - 25-May-2012
Use a Central File to Simplify Your PowerShell Profile - 23-May-2012
Use a Module to Simplify Your PowerShell Profile - 24-May-2012

Betas:

None

Thanks

Ben Pearce