Hi everybody, below is this weeks array of key announcemnts from Microsoft

Thanks to Aaron and his team as always

Rob York

Premier Field Engineer

Recent Releases:

• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Custom Code Validation Tool Released  - 21-Jun-2012
• System Centre Configuration Manager 2012 free eBooks  - 21-Jun-2012
• Photosynth for Windows Phone  - 22-Jun-2012
• System Center 2012 Self-Study Guide (System Center Configuration Manager)  - 20-Jun-2012
• System Center 2012 Self-Study Guide (System Center Advisor and App Controller)  - 19-Jun-2012
• System Center 2012 Self-Study Guide ( Data Protection Manager and Endpoint Protection)  - 20-Jun-2012
• Visual Studio 2012 RC – What’s new in Code Coverage  - 19-Jun-2012
• Visual Studio 2012 RC – What’s new in Unit Testing  - 18-Jun-2012
• Infrastructure as a Service Series: An Overview of Windows Azure Virtual Network  - 19-Jun-2012
• Cumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2012  - 18-Jun-2012
• Cumulative Update #7 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1  - 18-Jun-2012
• Cumulative Update #14 for SQL Server 2008 R2  - 18-Jun-2012
• Released: v19.9 of the Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator  - 19-Jun-2012
• Cumulative Update for Lync 2010 for Android: June 2012  - 19-Jun-2012
• Cumulative Updates for Lync Server 2010: June 2012  - 18-Jun-2012

 Important Announcements:

• The Midweek Download: June 20th Edition–Microsoft Unveils the Surface Tablet, Announces Office 365 & Dynamics AX Customers  - 20-Jun-2012
• New and upcoming titles from Microsoft Press – through July 2012  - 18-Jun-2012
• Windows Phone Blog Announces Plans to Expand Traffic Data Option in New Cities  - 19-Jun-2012
• Announcing One Year of Windows Azure FREE with WebsiteSpark   - 20-Jun-2012

Windows 8 and Server 2012:

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How to:

• Using a GP Web Service Extension in the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics GP  - 21-Jun-2012
• How to make your site faster: use web standards!  - 19-Jun-2012
• Article: PowerShell - Combining Power with Wisdom  - 20-Jun-2012
• Smart Guides in PowerPoint 2010  - 21-Jun-2012
• Using the MAP Toolkit 7.0 to assess your software usage for Lync Licensing  - 20-Jun-2012
• Publishing FTP with UAG  - 18-Jun-2012
• The Visual Studio 2012 Feedback Tool: A better way to submit bugs  - 20-Jun-2012
• AlwaysOn Availability Groups Generate Network Traffic with No User Activity  - 21-Jun-2012
• The Easy Way to Monitor for an IP Address by Using PowerShell  - 20-Jun-2012
  
  

Betas:

• Virtual Machine Manager Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide Beta  - 21-Jun-2012