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Hi everyone One of the outcomes we look for in the running of the Evaluation Programs is the emergence of leaders in the community.  We encourage and reward the CEP participants for their efforts in helping us build the communities around the System Center solutions, and each time we run a program...

Hi everyone Well, it seems like only yesterday that we were starting the Orchestrator 2012 Beta Community Evaluation Program , and here we are now heading to the final meeting! If you have been part of the Program, we thank you for the engagement and feedback that you have provided and we hope it was...

Hi everyone The Operations Manager 2012 Beta Community Evaluation Program ( CEP ) kicks off next week! Throughout the CEP, you will be be taken on a guided tour of the Operations Manager 2012 Beta, with presentations from the Product Group and guidance on how to evaluate the different features. ...

Michael Guthrie, who is on our Operations Manager engineering team (and incidentally the guy who created my 2012 Beta Application Performance Management demo environment that I use) has posted a great article over on the Operations Manager Blog site. The article is a fantastic read about how we are integrating...

Hi everyone The Community Evaluation Program (CEP) for Operations Manager 2012 Beta will be kicking off very soon! The CEP is designed to guide our customers and partners through an evaluation of the product and highlight key features and capabilities.   This is your chance to hear directly...

Hi everyone The Orchestrator 2012 Beta Community Evaluation Program (CEP) has been building steadily over the last few weeks, and we are now well over 500 participants!  We have the foundations for a very strong technical community here, and it has been great to see the community asking, and answering...

Well the Orchestrator CEP is about to ramp up in a big way, we’ve had the introduction meeting and set the scene and the first product team meeting is next week !  You still have time to sign up and be part of the program … we have over 500 other keen participants with a rich community already building...

Hi everyone Get a virtual machine ready and crank up your Hypervisor because you are going to want to kick the tires on the System Center Orchestrator Beta! We have built upon the best features of Opalis and made some significant improvements to release Orchestrator as part of the System Center...

Hi everyone This week we will be releasing the System Center Orchestrator BETA!  The team are locking down the build so keep an eye out for the announcement real soon . And on Thursday we will start the Orchestrator Beta Evaluation Program so make sure you are signed up!  This program will...

Hi everyone We are very excited to announce the System Center Orchestrator 2012 Community Evaluation Program (CEP)! This program is designed to take you on a guided tour and evaluation of Orchestrator. There is a lot of new functionality since its predecessor Opalis 6.3 and we want to ensure you...

At TechEd 2011, we announced that the OpsMgr 2012 Community Evaluation Program (CEP) is now taking applications. What is a CEP Many of you are likely familiar with Microsoft TAP’s, Technology Adoption Programs, where a small pool of customers partner with our engineering teams to preview and provide...

Have you had an opportunity to look at the new System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Beta , yet? Are you confused as to all of the new features and capabilities and how do I learn about all of this good, new stuff? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a place where I can get a guided evaluation of this product...

Wow, I can’t believe TechEd 2011 is over. It was a fantastic show, and I enjoyed every minute of it. From the Sessions to the TLC Booths to the different treks from different buildings. It was all worth it. One thing that was going to be difficult, however, was how do we setup the demo environments at...

Hey everyone, I wanted to let everyone know that the CEP continues for ConfigMgr.  We are now over 1000 members! This program provides IT professionals a structured approach to evaluating the pre-release version of Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager 2012. Members of this program are...

Hi everyone Today at TechEd North America we disclosed a lot of information about, and took System Center Orchestrator for a spin in it’s first public outing! I have posted an article over on the Orchestrator Blog site with the details about the Beta and what to expect.  You can view the article...

The Community Evaluation Programs for Configuration Manager v.Next, Forefront Endpoint Protection and Opalis have launched and are we are excited to be guiding participants in their evaluation process.  Members have access to live meetings with product teams, lab and exercises to help in understanding...

Hi everyone, we have had incredible interest in our Community Evaluation Program for ConfigMgr v.Next, that starts this week.  The program application is still open, and we are still accepting entry.  Are you thinking about some free training, or do you want to learn more about what is available...

The Microsoft® Forefront™ team is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for participation in the Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Community Evaluation Program (CEP). The goal of this program is to provide early adopters a streamlined approach to evaluating Forefront...

Hey everyone, we have had some questions about what program means what, and what is the best way to evaluate, or provide feedback on System Center Configuration Manager v.Next technology. The list below attempts to position the different programs available and what they involve. The CEP is effectively...

The Opalis Evaluation Program is now underway!  If you are in the program you will have received this information in an email today.  If you are not in the program and you want to join, you still can!  We will be accepting applications on an ongoing basis … you might just have to catch...

The Microsoft® Configuration Manager team is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for participation in the Configuration Manager v.Next Community Evaluation Program (CEP). The goal of this program is to provide early adopters a streamlined approach to evaluating Configuration...

Hey everyone, you may have recently heard about the upcoming CEP for Opalis, from Adam at this post .  We wanted to let you know that shortly we will be providing details of 2 additional CEPs for Forefront Endpoint protection and Configuration Manager v.Next.  The CEP program is designed as...