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Update to Exchange Server 2003/2000 Permissions May Affect Mobile Communications

New Exchange fixes may disrupt Blackberry, Goodlink and other services. A change made to the “Send As” permission in Exchange Server 2003 and 2000 could affect mobile communications and other add-on applications for Exchange Server. Find out how to quickly

Internet Explorer 7 - Beta 3 now available for download

Beta 3 of Internet Explorer is now available for download. You can get it from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx You also find a host of information on the IE7 webpage: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/technology/default.msp

BizTalk Server 2006 Documentation Update

check out the latest and greatest documentation material for BizTalk Server 2006 including an updated .chm file, updated config/install guides, new code samples and links to the BizTalk Dev/Tech Center and to other interesting related content.

Group Policy Script Center

If your are interested in scripts for group policies than this is the resource for you. Browse for Group Policy scripts or find detailed articles about how to script Group Policy for yourself.

Windows Vista Customer Preview Program to be closed on Friday, June 30, 2006

The Windows Vista Customer Preview Program will close to new orders in the evening of Friday, June 30. For registered customers who have already received a Product Key by this time the download sites will remain open until Friday, July 14. This also affects

ISA Server 2006 Release Candidate Is Now Available

Download the latest version of the Microsoft solution for firewall, VPN, and Web caching. With ISA Server 2006 you can protect your IT environment from Internet-based threats while providing your users with secure, anytime, anywhere access to Microsoft

Choosing Exchange Server 2003 Hardware for Reuse with Exchange Server 2007

When selecting hardware for your computers running Microsoft Exchange Server today, there are a couple of things that you should consider in order to make sure that you can reuse the hardware for Exchange Server 2007. Get the details

Business Process Management & Integration Conference - Oct 3-6 2006 - Redmond, WA (MS Campus Conference Center)

Business Process Management & Integration Conference - Oct 3-6 2006 - Microsoft Campus Conference Center, Redmond, WA

Commerce Server 2007 RTMs -- general availability planned for Aug 1st 2006

Commerce Server 2007 RTMs, general availability on Aug 1st 2007

IDC's Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence & Performance Management Conference 2006

IDC's Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence and Performance Management Conference 2006 on June 29th 2006, Hotel Park Hyatt, Zurich. NO Conference fee for end customers (fee applicable for IT, Software and Consulting companies though)

WebSummit 2006 -- LAST CALL -- event on Tuesday, 27th June 2006, WTC Zurich

On 27 June, Microsoft Switzerland will present you the first «Web Summit», a one day conference targeted at software developers, architects and web designers. We will bring you up to speed on the current technologies offered by Microsoft in the web development space, cover best practices for web application architectures, performance and security and show you what the next generation of our software development platform and the newly announced design tools will have to offer for people who build and design web solutions.

easily create Strategy Maps on Visio with Business Scorecard Manager 2005 using the new KPIDraw Tool

Strategy Maps for Business Scorecard Manager 2005 Would you like to use Strategy Maps associated with your KPIs and Scorecards powered by Microsoft Business Scorecard Manager 2005? This often heared customer request was possible, yet a bit difficult to

Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates

Bill Gates will transition out of a day-to-day role in Microsoft effective July 2008 to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and will continue to serve as the company’s chairman and an advisor

Get the Windows Vista Beta now!

You would like to order or download the Windows Vista Beta but haven't done it yet? The Customer Preview Program for Windows Vista is available in a limited quantity both through download and DVD kit ordering. Once the allotted quantity has been reached

Get Ready for Exchange & Office 2007 Roadshow stops in Munich

Get the facts about deploying Exchange & Office 2007 in one information-packed day. Independent Exchange and Office experts will present practical, real-world information in three tracks: Exchange 12 for the IT Pro Delivering Better Inbox Value The

New Virtual Lab available: SQL Server 2005 Upgrade

Increase your confidence and reduce your upgrade risks by performing detach and attach, in-place, and side-by-side upgrades from SQL Server 2000 / 7.0 to SQL Server 2005. By completing these 7 labs, you will learn proven techniques and gain valuable experience

Step into a New 2007 Office System Virtual Lab for Free!

The Microsoft Office system has evolved from a suite of personal productivity products to a more comprehensive and integrated system. Building on the familiar tools that many people already know, the Microsoft Office system includes programs, servers,

Now Available: Systems Management Server 2003 R2

SMS 2003 R2 is now available. Included in SMS 2003 R2 is the ability to update custom line-of-business and third party applications as well as to provide scanning for almost 100 critical system vulnerabilities. Together, this new functionality promises

Microsoft Forefront - The new brand for our business security products

The new Microsoft Forefront family of business security products helps provide greater protection and control over the security of your network infrastructure. Forefront’s products easily integrate with each other, with your IT infrastructure, and can

Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 RTMs

Our Operating System to run parallel high performance computing applications for complex tasks - Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 - has hit the release to manufacturing (RTM) milestone and will be generally available in the next couple of weeks. You

E-Learning: What's new in Microsoft Office Excel 2007

This online course introduces the new features and functionality in the latest version of Microsoft Office Excel. There have been substantial changes to the user interface in this spreadsheet application, and this course can help you get up-to-speed quickly.

Boosting Data Transfer with TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) Technology

In May we announced the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scaleable Networking Pack that adds new architectural enhancements and application programming interfaces to support the next generation of network acceleration and hardware-based offload technologies

Windows Vista Beta 2 is ready

Preview the next generation features of Windows Vista, including advances in security and reliability, along with its cost and operational efficiencies. With Windows Vista, users have clear ways to organize and view their information, which enables them

“Watch the very best of WinHEC” on IT’s ShowTime!

Windows Vista Beta 2, Windows Server platform directions, major trends, innovative technologies and more were shown at WinHEC 2006 in Seattle. Now you can watch a selection of WinHec technical sessions as well as the 3 keynote presentations by Bill Gates,

Antigen E-Mail Security Products released

This week we announced the release of Microsoft Antigen e-mail security products — including Antigen for Exchange, Antigen for SMTP Gateways, Antigen Spam Manager and Antigen Enterprise Manager. The products will be available to you by July 1, 2006. Microsoft