We are giving away 50 copies of Windows 7 Ultimate to the first 50 Get On the Bus event attendees through the door at every stop, plus some chances at some other great SWAG.
What is the Get On The Bus Tour? Well, it’s where Microsoft comes to you, and we are coming to the East Coast May 21-June 4. Come spend some time with us as we dive deep into Windows 7 and Office 2010, along with a specific path on how to get certified. Learn why Windows 7 has received rave reviews from IT organizations and why so many IT Pros are excited about Office 2010. We will show you best practices for deploying Windows 7 and how to keep it running efficiently after deployment. We will also take a tour through all of the Office 2010 features from an IT Professional’s point of view.
Registration is free but limited at http://thebustour.com. For the latest updates follow us on Twitter @thebustour.
More to come,
Mitch
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The TechNet Wiki is a great way to find content authored by the community and Microsoft, and the Azure Survival Guide—one of many survival guides on the TechNet Wiki—has a wealth of technical resources on using the Windows Azure platform and deploying applications to the cloud.
You can now evaluate Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010, the new backup & recovery solution for unified data protection for Windows servers and clients. Register for the trial download and get access to technical resources—such as forums, solution accelerators, white papers and webcasts to aid in your evaluation.
Likewise, the System Center Essentials 2010 trial download is available along with resources from the experts to aid with your evaluation. System Center Essentials 2010 provides IT professionals in midsized organizations a unified physical and virtual IT management experience, enabling you to better secure, update, monitor, and troubleshoot from a single console.
Read more about the RTMs in Jason Buffington’s “All Backed Up” blog
Microsoft today announced the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 to manufacturing. You can expect availability in early May through Microsoft's distribution channels. To get jump on all the SQL Server 2008 R2 enhancements, check out the SQL Server 2008 R2 Digital Tour.
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April 29, 2010, 9:00 AM Pacific Time
The virtual roundtable “The Last Mile: Pilot and Deploy Windows 7” will cover the process of planning, testing, assessing and rolling out Windows 7 in an enterprise organization. Mark Russinovich will be joined by a panel of IT professionals who are currently in the piloting and deployment process, along with Microsoft subject matter experts who can speak in depth about the technologies.
The event will be broadcast live over the Web, and will be available for on-demand viewing following the broadcast. The discussion will be open and candid, with the panel sharing insights, dispelling myths and getting down to the real story around technical adoption of Windows technologies. Specific topics will include the role of the pilot and the critical information it provides, best practices and tips & tricks for ensuring a successful effort, tools and technologies that will help automate the pilot and deployment processes, and conducting a frank post-pilot assessment.
During the event, Mark will field questions coming in via the web from viewers across the globe. Questions can also be submitted in advance to vrtable@microsoft.com.
April 29, 2010, 7:00 AM Pacific Time
Join us for the simulcast of a full day of training from Microsoft engineers, evangelists, and partners and learn about what the integrated platform means for the productivity of you and your users—across PC, phone, and browser. See how Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 work together as an integrated platform, explore tools that help you optimize desktop deployment, and hear about other technologies such as Microsoft Visio 2010, Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
If the date doesn’t work for you or you want to attend in person, find an event near you and register to attend a live event.
The beta of the TechNet Wiki is now available for your contribution. This is TechNet’s new home for community-generated content about Microsoft technologies, and you’re invited to jump in and edit or create your own page. For more on this community platform service, check out Keith Combs’ blog post.
The latest version of Silverlight is available for creating rich media applications with attractive user interfaces. See how Silverlight is being used in the real world and check out the Silverlight Deployment Guide v2, which helps you plan for a corporate deployment of Silverlight.
Download Silverlight 4 here.
Ever wonder what you missed from Tech·Ed 2009? You can now view 43 of the most popular sessions on TechNet’s new Tech·Ed 2009 Videos page. The sessions are conveniently grouped by topics, including:
· Office and SharePoint
· Windows Client
· Security, Identity and Access
· Unified Messaging
· Windows Server
Check them out and then check out what's on tap for Tech·Ed 2010.
With the release of the Security Bulletins for April 2010, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued April 8, 2010. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.
For information about how to receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft security bulletins are issued, visit Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.
Microsoft is hosting a webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins on April 14, 2010, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the April Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand.
For all you developers, Visual Studio 2010 launches today. Watch the launch event, learn about VS 2010 from the experts compare 2010 editions and download the release candidate.
Check out the MSDN site and find How Do I? videos for Visual Studio 2010, a free e-book on Migrating to Visual Studio 2010, several MSDN Magazine articles on the new development environment, and more resources.