Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) introduces new features and functionality to Forefront TMG 2010 Standard and Enterprise editions, including enhancements to URL filtering, enhanced branch office support, secure publishing of SharePoint 2010, a new look and feel for all reports and a new User Activity report, which displays the sites and site categories accessed by any user.
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The Windows 7 Test Drive is designed to let you explore the great new features in Windows 7 – with no installation required. Check out our updated site with new content on Enterprise products including IE8, MDOP and Virtualization. Try out our virtual labs, watch demo videos, download whitepapers and find out everything you need to know about how Windows 7 can benefit your organization. Then tell us about your experience in a short 2-minute survey to enter the prize drawing. Winners will be drawn from the completed survey entries once per week for seven weeks. Visit the Windows 7 Test Drive site today to enter to win.
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June 29, 2010, 9:00 AM Pacific Time To help organizations assess the economic impact (business value) of deploying Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), analysts Ben Gray and Jeffrey North of Forrester conducted an in-depth study of five enterprise companies worldwide. Attend this webcast to hear how the new Forrester Total Economic Impact (TEI) model can be used to estimate tangible values of App-V in deployment scenarios. Ben and Jeffrey discuss the impact of App-V on labor, server hardware, PC/desktop hardware, application management, and helpdesk costs, and they demonstrate how you can use the TEI model to determine the financial return on your IT investments. More to come, Mitch Subscribe to the TechNet Flash newsletter
June 29, 2010, 9:00 AM Pacific Time
To help organizations assess the economic impact (business value) of deploying Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), analysts Ben Gray and Jeffrey North of Forrester conducted an in-depth study of five enterprise companies worldwide.
Attend this webcast to hear how the new Forrester Total Economic Impact (TEI) model can be used to estimate tangible values of App-V in deployment scenarios. Ben and Jeffrey discuss the impact of App-V on labor, server hardware, PC/desktop hardware, application management, and helpdesk costs, and they demonstrate how you can use the TEI model to determine the financial return on your IT investments.
TechNet has just launched its second “TechNet On” feature package. Get the lowdown here on planning, setting up and deploying the most recent releases of Office and SharePoint.
Microsoft is now offering the Windows Live Essentials beta with a collection of programs including Messenger, Writer, Mail and Photo Gallery. It also enables users to sync files across multiple PCs and access those files from the cloud. With Windows Live Sync, you can access your PC over the Web with the new remote desktop feature.
Windows Live Essentials connects your Windows experience to the web services you already use. For instance, the new betas of Windows Live Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Mail, Writer, and Messenger connect to photo and video sharing (SkyDrive, Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, SmugMug), social networking (Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin), email (Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail), and blogging (Spaces, WordPress, Blogger), as well as Office Web Apps.
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Microsoft has released the next preview of the Internet Explorer 9 with support for the HTML 5 Canvas. Download the preview. Also check out this Channel 9 video: Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 3: A Look at the New Demos.
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Exchange Server 2007 SP3 is available for download. This third service pack for Exchange 2007 enables Exchange 2007 to be installed on the Windows Server 2008 R2 version of the operating system. In addition to supporting the Windows Server 2008 R2 server roles, Exchange Server 2007 SP3 also has Windows 7 support for the Exchange management tools.
Clean installations of Exchange 2007 SP3 on a new server are possible by using this download in the same manner as you would install Exchange 2007 RTM, Exchange 2007 SP1 or Exchange 2007 SP2. For an overview of the new features that are available in Exchange Server 2007 SP3, see "What's New in Exchange Server 2007 SP3".
And for those of you evaluating all the Exchange Server 2010, don't miss the beta of Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1.
Day 1: June 23, 2010, 8:00 AM Pacific Time
Day 2: June 24, 2010, 8:00 AM Pacific Time
You may have already heard about the Secure Messaging, Secure Endpoint, Secure Collaboration, Identity and Access Management, and Information Protection solutions which are a part of Microsoft Forefront’s Business Ready Security. Now, you can dive deep into the new Forefront products which are a part of those solutions. Hear from and ask questions directly to the product team as we teach you about the product and deliver some amazing technical demos on FEP, FIM, TMG, UAG, FPSP, FPE, FOPE, and ADRMS + Exchange.
During the event, you can chat with your colleagues and the product team by utilizing the hash tag #Forefront in your tweets on Twitter.
Support (including new security updates) ends July 13, 2010 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows 2000 Server and Professional. Migration to the latest OS or installation of the most current service pack is recommended. Check out your resources and options.
TechNet has launched the brand new “TechNet On” feature series with an in-depth look at securing and deploying applications in the cloud. You’ll find new articles and videos in three tracks, including a background track on the Windows Azure platform, a security track with best practices for enterprise-class security in the cloud, and a strategy track for understanding your options and getting started. Read TechNet program manager Mitch Ratcliffe’s blog for more on the new TechNet On approach to content.
The successor to Microsoft Communications Server, code-named Communications Server “14,” was demonstrated at TechEd. Check out the new features of the product set to ship later this year.
Announce today at TechEd 2010 in New Orleans, the public beta of Windows 7/ Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 will be available by the end of July.
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will add a dynamic memory enhancement to Hyper-V, allowing administrators to change memory allocations without service interruption. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will also add RemoteFX for desktop virtualization. RemoteFX includes a special set of Remote Desktop Services that enable users to work remotely in a Windows Aero desktop environment, watch full-motion video, enjoy Silverlight animations, and run 3D applications – all with the fidelity of local-like performance when connecting over the LAN.