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Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5

mepprecht — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT

The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) version 5.5 contains the necessary tools and documentation to evaluate and mitigate application compatibility issues before deploying Windows 7, Windows Vista, a Windows Update, or a new version of Windows Internet Explorer in your environment.

ACT helps customers lower their costs for application compatibility testing, prioritize their applications, and deploy Windows more quickly.

You can use the ACT features to:

Verify an application's compatibility with a new version of the Windows operating system, or a Windows Update, including determining your risk assessment.
Become involved in the ACT Community, including sharing your risk assessment with other ACT users.
Test your Web applications and Web sites for compatibility with new releases and security updates to the Windows® Internet Explorer® Internet browser.

You can get the tool from here.

Further information on the Windows Application Compatibility page on TechNet.

Exchange 2007 Architecture – The Poster

mepprecht — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:00:00 GMT

If you are based in Switzerland, you can order the Exchange 2007 Architecture Poster. Like they say….A picture is worth a thousand words.

http://www.ms-infoservice.ch/business

Windows 7 IT Pro Guides: What’s new and Manageability Overview Published

mepprecht — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT

A couple of documents have been published recently concerning Windows 7 that are interesting for IT Professionals and Administrators:

Windows 7 What’s New (things like DirectAccess, BranchCache, VHD boot, deployment technologies, and AppLocker)
Windows 7 Manageability (Improvements that can reduce TCO increasing automation, user productivity, flexible administrative control)

Download them from Microsoft here.

Make Web Not War – Web Platform and Application Installers

mepprecht — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:01:38 GMT

The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework. Using the Web Platform Installer’s user interface, you can choose to install either specific products or the entire Microsoft Web Platform onto your computer. The Web PI also helps keep your products up to date by always offering the latest additions to the Web Platform.

The Web Application Installer Beta (Web AI) is designed to help get you up and running with the most widely used Web Applications freely available for your Windows Server. Web AI provides support for popular ASP.Net and PHP Web applications including Graffiti, DotNetNuke, WordPress, Drupal, OSCommerce and more. With just a few simple clicks, Web AI will check your machine for the necessary pre-requisites, download these applications from their source location in the community, walk you through basic configuration items and then install them on your computer

Windows Vista - Springboard Series of Resources

mepprecht — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:56:06 GMT

Can’t find all the resources you need to Plan, Deploy and Manage Windows Vista?

Well, the Springboard Series of Resources is available to help you.

Discover, Explore, Deploy and Manage resources, are all in one place, to make your job easier. Monthly spotlights; interviews and advice from technical experts like Mark Russinovich; links to the Communities; latest information on what Microsoft, partners and customers are doing; plus links to the best Blogs about Windows Vista are all in one place.

Are you on Windows Vista yet?