News Operations Manager 2012 Release Candidate is available The OpsMgr 2012 Release Candidate is now available.  Microsoft System Center 2012 cloud and datacenter solutions provide a common management toolset for your private and public cloud applications and services to help you deliver IT as a...

News Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Suite with Service Pack 3 Evaluation Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Suite with SP3 provides enterprise-class tools, performance and scalability for a highly productive HPC environment. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=15368 December 2011 cumulative time...

News SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB RC0 Now Available http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2011/11/29/sql-server-2012-express-localdb-rc0-now-available.aspx Available Today: Preview Release of the SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive...

News Premier OpsVault — Operate and Optimize IT http://www.opsvault.com Microsoft Premier Support UK - Site Home - TechNet Blogs http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspremuk/ Antigen & Forefront Forefront Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs http://blogs.technet.com/b/forefront Forefront Server Security...

News Microsoft Security Compliance Manager Version 2 (SCM 2) Now Available Security Compliance Manager 2 provides ready-to-deploy policies and Desired Configuration Manager (DCM) configuration packs that are tested and fully supported. The product baselines included in the tool are based on Microsoft...

News SharePoint Technologies Business-critical processes with SharePoint and SQL SharePoint 2010 provides the ability to connect to backend business systems, surface business data in SharePoint and make it accessible by, and useful to, employees across the organization. Almost every company of significant...

News Announcing an updated version of PowerPivot for Excel http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/10/28/announcing-an-updated-version-of-powerpivot-for-excel.aspx HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF SQL SERVER!!! http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/10...

News Announcing Configuration Manager v.Next official name Hey everyone, hello from Berlin. This week, Configuration Manager v.Next has moved to its official product name, System Center Configuration Manager 2012 . http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/archive/2010/11/09/announcing-configuration...

News Antigen & Forefront http://blogs.technet.com/forefront http://blogs.technet.com/fssnerds Exchange You Had Me At EHLO... http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/msukucc Hosted Messaging Collaboration Office...

News Biztalk Server Sahara India Life Insurance Insurance Company Deploys Integration Solution and Eliminates Paper Movement and Delays in Ad-hoc Document Requests The Sahara Pariwar’s latest foray in the field of Life Insurance is under Sahara India Life Insurance Company Ltd. (Sahara...

News Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Now available! (KB976932) Includes previous updates delivered over windows update as well as continuing incremental updates to the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 platforms. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...

News MDT 2010 Launched Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT 2010) provides a common console with the comprehensive tools and guidance needed to efficiently manage deployment of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is the recommended process and toolset to automate...

News Exchange You Had Me At EHLO... http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx Microsoft UK UC Blog http://blogs.technet.com/msukucc Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting Office Communications Server Team Blog http://communicationsserverteam.com Outlook Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog http://blogs...

Downloads Other Sync Framework Power Pack for SQL Azure This release features the SQL Azure provider for Microsoft Sync Framework, a plug-in for Visual Studio 2008 Professional SP1 and the tool SQL Azure Data Sync Tool for SQL Server, all of which simplify using Sync Framework and SQL Azure together...

News Biztalk Server Newell Rubbermaid - Newell Rubbermaid Expects to Save $1.5 Million Managing Brand Web Sites Over Two Years http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005682 BizTalk Server 2009 R2 Announced at the Microsoft PDC Conference http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions...

News Download Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 empowers your people to do their best work from more places – whether they’re using a PC, phone or web browser. It can maximize existing investments and help people accomplish more by bringing server capabilities...

News Microsoft Report Reveals Resurgence of Worms; Rogue Security Software Still Top Threat http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=12825815&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474 On November 2, Microsoft released the seventh volume of the Microsoft Security...

NEWS Technical RollUp http://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx DOCUMENTS Running SQL Server 2008 in a Hyper-V Environment - Best Practices and Performance Recommendations http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/SQL2008inHyperV2008.docx SQL Server Replication...

NEWS Security The Great Debate: Security by Obscurity http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=10859047&s1=68628015-2ccc-cbc7-31b9-0e76c3415474 By Jesper M. Johansson, Software Architect and Microsoft MVP in Enterprise Security, and Roger Grimes, Senior...

NEWS http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/default.aspx http://communicationsserverteam.com DOWNLOADS Antigen & Forefront Forefront™ codename "Stirling" Microsoft® Forefront™ codename "Stirling" is an integrated security system that...

  NEWS Windows Server 2008 R2 Reviewers Guide www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/winhec/docs/WindowsServer08R2BETARG.doc Introduction to Windows Server 2008 R2 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/r2.aspx Welcome to Windows 7 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/ Microsoft Unveils...

NEWS All SMS&MOM http://blogs.technet.com/smsandmom/default.aspx The Deployment Guys http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys Configuration Manager & SMS SQL Server 2008 Now Supported on Configuration Manager 2007 R2 System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 now supports the use of SQL Server...

NEWS BizTalk Server Host Integration Server 2009 Public Beta Program now open https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=66 New Case Studies KAS Bank - Top 100 SWIFT User Streamlines Operations and Reduces Operational Risk with Migration http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx...

News Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server TechCenter http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/default.mspx Please note that if you have feedback on documentation or wish to request new documents - email isadocs@microsoft...

News SCCM07 Virtual Hard Disk Program launches! We are pleased to announce the release to web of the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Virtual Hard Disk. Part of the Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk program, the Microsoft VHD format is the common virtualization file format that provides a...