Hi Everybody,

It's that time of week again, please find below the latest compilation of announcements from Microsoft

Rob York

Microsoft Services UK

Recent Releases:

• Updated : MPIO Guide for DSM Developers  - 03-Aug-2012
• DirSync Now Supports Filtering  - 03-Aug-2012
• Get started with Access 2013 Web Apps  - 30-Jul-2012
• Upgrade from Hotmail to Outlook.com  - 03-Aug-2012
• Office Deployment Tool for Click-to-Run  - 31-Jul-2012
• Office 365 ProPlus Administrator Series on the Office 365 Preview blog  - 30-Jul-2012
• Updates: AccessChk v5.1, Autoruns v.11.33, Coreinfo v3.05, Whois v1.1  - 03-Aug-2012
• MapPoint 2013 Released!  - 01-Aug-2012
• Attack Surface Analyzer 1.0 Released  - 02-Aug-2012
• Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2  - 01-Aug-2012
• Now available: System Center 2012 Operations Manager Monitoring Pack for UNIX and Linux Operating Systems  - 30-Jul-2012
• An in-depth look at Virtual Machine Manager Services – Part 1  - 31-Jul-2012
• Microsoft Lync 2013 Preview in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure  - 31-Jul-2012
• Lync Online: Lync 2010 Conversation Translator  - 30-Jul-2012

Important Announcements:

• Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 released to manufacturing  - 01-Aug-2012
• The Midweek Download: Aug. 1st Edition–Microsoft Unveils Outlook.com  - 01-Aug-2012
• Announcement: Visual Studio 2012 Complete  - 02-Aug-2012
• Announcement: Windows 8 & Windows Server 2012 are almost here!  - 02-Aug-2012
• Podcast: Tony Scott discusses Microsoft IT transformation to business process, digitization of business  - 30-Jul-2012
• Announcing an extension to the WPC 2012 Microsoft Certification Exam offer!  - 31-Jul-2012
• What Windows 8 RTM Means for Businesses  - 01-Aug-2012

Windows 8 and Server 2012:

• Managing iSCSI Initiator connections with Windows PowerShell on Windows Server 2012  - 31-Jul-2012
• Users Guide for MPIO on Windows Server 2012  - 02-Aug-2012
• Windows 8 Metro Apps: The 8 Must-Know Tricks! Day 2  - 03-Aug-2012
• Windows 8 Metro Apps: The 8 Must-Know Tricks! Day 1  - 02-Aug-2012
• Windows 8 Metro: Improve GridView and ListView with SemanticZoom and Incremental Loading  - 30-Jul-2012
• RTM Windows Store is now open for paid apps, company accounts  - 01-Aug-2012
• App building events for Windows 8 app developers  - 02-Aug-2012

How to:

• Automatically Relink Microsoft Access Tables   - 03-Aug-2012
• Writing a Visual Studio 2012 Unit Test Adapter  - 31-Jul-2012
• Windows PowerShell remoting and delegating user credentials  - 02-Aug-2012
• Troubleshooting Pool Leaks Part 1 – Perfmon  - 31-Jul-2012
• Simplifying printing in Windows 8  - 31-Jul-2012
• PowerTip: Finding the Type of an Object  - 04-Aug-2012
• Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Set Word Document Time Stamps  - 04-Aug-2012
• PowerTip: Finding Specific Cmdlets  - 03-Aug-2012
• PowerTip: Read Only and Constant Variables  - 02-Aug-2012
• Use PowerShell to Help Find All of Your Images  - 31-Jul-2012
• Use PowerShell to Explore Nested Directories and Files  - 30-Jul-2012

Betas:

• Office 2013 Preview App-V packages available (App-V 5.0 Beta)  - 03-Aug-2012