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Yesterday, at the Professional Developer’s Conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft announced a developer release of Silverlight 4 Beta. It is intended for software developers only, with no “go-live” licensing available and the end-user runtime of Silverlight 4 is not available. Check out what’s new in the Silverlight 4 Beta, and make sure you get the tools needed to make the beta experience productive.
You can now download the Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 beta releases.
Here the list of new available betas:
· Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta
· SharePoint Server 2010 Beta
· Microsoft Visio 2010 beta
· Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint beta
· Microsoft Project Professional 2010 Beta
· Microsoft Project Server 2010 Beta
In addition, check out these resources to aid your evaluation and plan your deployment:
· Learn about Volume Activation in 2010
· See the New SharePoint Server 2010 Features and Functionality
· Video Modules to Help IT Pros Get Started with SharePoint Server 2010
Enter to win a home entertainment system by composing a Haiku for Windows Server 2008 R2. Clear your mind and find the Zen of Windows Sever 2008 R2. Put it in a Haiku and enter for your chance at a Sony entertainment system with Xbox 360 Elite. Go here to enter and then check out the gallery of Haiku entries to vote on your favorites.
The Infrastructure Planning and Design team is working on a new guide: Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway. Get the beta by visiting the Connect Web site.
This IPD guide outlines the critical infrastructure design elements that are key to a successful implementation of Forefront Unified Access Gateway (Forefront UAG). The reader is guided through the logical three-step process of selecting the Forefront UAG features required, determining the number of instances, and designing the infrastructure. If access logging is required, the guide leads the reader through selecting and designing the most appropriate data store.
Tell us what you think. Download the beta guide and send us your honest feedback at IPDfdbk@microsoft.com. We appreciate your input and will work to make each guide as helpful and useful as possible.
Based on customer feedback, and the desire to streamline the deployment experience, the Microsoft Exchange team created a tool that generates customized instructions based on your deployment scenario. Access the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant, and answer a small set of questions to get a set of instructions tailored to your particular environment.
In this version of the Deployment Assistant, content is available for customers upgrading from Exchange 2003. Additional upgrade scenarios will be available in early 2010 (upgrading from Exchange Server 2007, or a mixed Exchange Server 2003/2007 environment for example). The team will also work on the integration of cross-premise scenarios.
Download the SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP and check out several capabilities that will enable your organization to scale database operations, improve IT and developer efficiency, and enable highly scalable and well-managed business intelligence on a self-service basis for your users.
Review the latest Security Intelligence Report (SIRv7) to find deeper analysis and recommendations based on data input from over 450 million computers worldwide to help you successfully plan and manage protection technologies.
TechNet Plus subscribers can now access the SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP. Stay tuned as the download is scheduled for public availability on Wednesday, November 11. Not a TechNet subscriber? Get your subscription here.
Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server is now available and you’ll find new resources here. You can also download an eval version of Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server. Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server provides fast and effective protection against malware and spam by including multiple scanning engines from industry-leading security partners.
At Tech•Ed Europe 2009 in Germany, Microsoft announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. IT pros can now download an evaluation version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and be automatically registered to access helpful product resources. TechNet also launched the new Exchange TechCenter with added resources for testing, deploying and managing Exchange Server 2010, including new videos and webcasts.
The new BI Resource Center went live this morning. It’s a great place to find all the technical resources for IT pros, including how-to videos, blogs, forums, events tutorials and help content.