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Windows Server 2008 R2 : New Power Management Features

Deeps — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:52:55 GMT

Windows Server 2008 R2 (i.e. "Windows 7 Server") introduced significant advancements in Server Power Management capabilities. You may never win a Nobel prize for building an application that plays well with Server Power Management policies nor by configuring a power-optimized data-center, but you'll gain lots of respect for returning real green cash savings for your customers. We think that makes lots of of sense for both Developers and IT Professionals.

Gain insight into new and future power management features and learn more about Windows system Power Management via additional resources listed at MSDN Code Gallery.

Monthly Security Bulletin Webcast - November 2009

Deeps — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:41:08 GMT

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) holds a monthly webcast to discuss the security bulletins that we released on the second Tuesday of that month. To attend live and ask questions, register at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security.

In this edition, Jerry Bryant and Adrian Stone present information about the November 2009 Security Bulletins and answer customer questions live. See the MSRC blog for a transcript of the questions and answers that were addressed during the live session: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc

For more information about the MSRC, please visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/msrc/default.mspx

Make sure you subscribe to the Microsoft Security newsletter if you already haven't done so.

TechEd Europe Keynote Recap

Deeps — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:46:59 GMT

Stephen Elop closed out day 1 of TechEd Europe with the announcement of General Availability of Exchange 2010. In the keynote, he talked about some of the new features in 2010, like the new protection and management capabilities.
He also talked about Cloud Computing, and how we're putting the choice in the hands of IT Pros - you can decide which parts, and how much of your environment you want to move to the cloud.
The Windows Server team also showed off some of the stuff they're doing around management and provisioning - really good stuff!

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) v7

Deeps — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:46:39 GMT

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) is a comprehensive and wide-ranging study of the evolving threat landscape, and addresses such topics as software vulnerability disclosures and exploits, malicious software (malware), and potentially unwanted software.

Volume 7 of the Security Intelligence Report (SIR v7) covers the first half of 2009 (January through June). It includes data derived from more than 450 million computers worldwide, each running Windows. It also draws data from some of the busiest services on the Internet, such as Windows Live Hotmail and Bing.

The research is extensive and we encourage you to download the report.

System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010 beta preview

Deeps — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:08:22 GMT

Adam Bomb from the TechNet Edge team recently sat down with David Mills and Edwin Yuen, who got together for a brief discussion of Microsoft’s IT management and virtualization solution for midsize businesses. With the release of public betas for System Center Essentials 2010 and Data Protection Manager 2010, customers will have the capability to easily manage, backup and restore their physical and virtual servers in an integrated way.

After discussing the benefits of using Hyper-v, SCE 2010 and DPM 2010, Edwin gives us a quick demo of SCE 2010’s integrated virtual and physical management capabilities.

Download System Center Essentials 2010 beta today

System Center and Windows 7

Deeps — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:37:56 GMT

In this episode of Brad and Jeff's periodic chats about the management business at Microsoft, they talk about how System Center fits in the constellation of platform and server releases in the fall of 2009.

In part 2, Brad and Jeff talk about all the improvements in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 and R3 that make deployment and management of Windows 7 clients far more energy efficient and cost effective than ever before.
Also in this episode:

Part 1: Driving Manageability Across Microsoft
Part 3: System Center and Windows Server 2008 R2 (forthcoming)
Part 4: System Center and Microsoft Exchange (forthcoming)

Windows 7 resources

Deeps — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:19:38 GMT

Windows 7 was launched last week! We had our launch event at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Media, technology enthusiasts and PC makers were present. There are some amazing looking PC’s running Windows 7 which were on display, my favourite one was the new and amazingly thin Sony Vaio X Series.

For more photos check out the Microsoft Australia Flickr Photostream

You may have already seen some of the ads on TV:

To check out more ads visit the official Windows 7 Australia youtube channel

Here are also some great TechNet Edge videos:
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - building install media for Windows 7

Windows XP mode for Windows 7

Branch Cache in Windows 7

Check out TechNet Edge for more Windows 7 videos

Some fun facts about Windows 7

More than a billion people around the world use Windows every day, and millions have provided input on what they want to see in an operating system. This feedback was built into the product.
Windows 7 saw the largest beta testing program in the history of the industry, with 8 million testers worldwide.
People from more than 113 countries downloaded the Windows 7 beta.
We conducted more than 16,000 online interviews directly aimed at helping us identity, test and validate scenarios and features for Windows 7.
More than 2,600 customers participated in user research and usability studies for Windows 7.
More than 40,000 hours of Windows 7 usage was logged from external user research field trials (through our Living with Windows program in which users were recruited to provide an understanding of how they use Windows 7).
We received product instrumentation and usage data from millions of PCs in more than 200 countries and regions around the world that help Microsoft Corp. better understand how its customers use its software. Windows 7 includes input from more than a billion user sessions.
More than 600 new feature ideas for Windows 7 were tested through global quantitative research early in the engineering process, helping Microsoft determine the features that best address its customers’ top needs. These features were tested through extensive online research survey fielded in five global markets.
More than 15 million people participated in the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) —across Windows Vista and Windows 7 prereleases.
Tens of thousands of people have signed up to host a Windows 7 Launch Party, a grassroots gathering of friends and family to show off the product and share their enthusiasm.
Twenty-seven new TV ads were developed for Windows 7 across the U.S., Canada, U.K., France, Germany and Australia.
Weight reduction of new Genesis Windows 7 packaging versus Windows Vista Longform packaging: 56 percent
Percent improvement in Windows 7 Ecometrics score over Windows Vista: 50 percent
There are 50 new fonts in Windows 7.
Number of languages that are available as of October 2009: 34
49 Indian-language fonts are supported in Windows 7.
Wallpaper: 12 backgrounds, seven Windows Aero themes, six character wallpapers, six scenes and unlimited downloads
Windows 7 is available at more than 45,000 retailers around the world.

Windows 7 Twitter’s
MSWindows
MSSpringboard
Windows7AU

Have a look at the Windows 7 Australian Pricing

Deployment Tools, Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration

Deeps — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:24:21 GMT

Deployment Tools, Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration

Windows 7 Deployment Technologies

Deeps — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:54:51 GMT

Windows 7 Deployment Technologies

Introducing TechNet Edge

Deeps — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:04:20 GMT

For those who are aware of Channel 8 (Academic),9 (Developers) and 10 (Enthusiasts) we have just launched a dedicated site for IT Professionals called TechNet Edge.

Why be part of Edge?
We will be continuing to provide you with the latest information about our Technology straight from the product teams. There will also be Screencasts which I know a lot of you have been wanting. You can also talk about things you want to talk about at the Perimeter! so share your thoughts with other IT Professionals like you.