Security: An Introduction to Security in Windows 7 Windows 7 includes many new features and enhancements to help improve security. Here’s an overview of everything you’ll find, from the new Biometric Framework and AppLocker to improvements for BitLocker and UAC. Security: PKI Enhancements in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 introduce PKI enhancements that greatly improve the deployment and operational experience for users, enabling powerful new scenarios while

Microsoft Office: Business Intelligence with SharePoint and Excel A good business intelligence strategy can both streamline business processes and boost productivity and profit. And rolling out a solution with tools that you already have may be easier than you think. Find out how you can integrate Microsoft Office Excel and Excel Services with SharePoint to create a business intelligence solution.A good business intelligence strategy can both streamline business processes and boost productivity and

I just happened to find this new blog posting in the TechNet Blogs feed: Have you ever come across a Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article or been presented with a Windows Error Reporting (WER) solution and asked yourself, why can't Microsoft just fix this for me? Today KB articles and WER solutions provide you with a list of steps that can be followed to resolve your issue. However, tomorrow looks much different and we hope it helps you resolve any issues you have with our products faster and easier.

In my role here at Microsoft I make presentations to customers and partners alike every day of the week. One of the things that strikes me in these is the limited number of people who are taking advantage of TechNet Plus subscriptions. In my last number of roles within different organizations I have always ensured I had budget allocated to have a TechNet subscription, in fact I had a personal TechNet and MSDN subscription for the last year. The reason is simple....value. For a very insignificant

No IT project can be successful unless the specific network environment is well understood.  To help IT professionals and Microsoft Partners solve common migration issues and assist them in planning their virtualization efforts, the Microsoft Solution Accelerators team is proud to announce the release of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 Beta . The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (or MAP) is the next-generation version of the agent-less assessment platform from Microsoft.

SQL Server 2008: What's New The new version of SQL Server offers a host of new features and enhancements that promise to improve performance, increase security, and make life better for database administrators. Here's an overview of the key changes and what you can expect from SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008: Security Security continues to be an area of deliberate improvement for SQL Server. Explore some of the most important security-related changes you'll find in SQL Server 2008, from encryption

Assess Infrastructure Readiness for OS Migration and Virtualization with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator ! No IT project can be successful unless the specific network environment is well understood.  To help IT professionals and Microsoft Partners solve common migration issues and assist them in planning their virtualization efforts, the Microsoft Solution Accelerators team is proud to announce the release of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator

The 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide is live, and you can check it out on the TechNet Security Center . This solution accelerator can help you keep users productive and help secure your systems and data. It will help you to determine how to set the hundreds of security and privacy settings available with the 2007 Office system, balancing your organization's requirements for security and functionality. The 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide solution accelerator consists of the following components:

The short answer is: There isn't one, exactly. Now for the long answer.... Many of the tools that were in the 2003 Office Resource Kit have been incorporated into the 2007 Office system. We made other tools freely available in the Microsoft Office Download Center . All of our documentation is available online in the Microsoft Office Desktop Applications TechCenter on TechNet . We also offer our content in Downloadable Books . If you are deploying the 2007 Office system, it would be a good idea to

We are glad to have this opportunity to share our content and to get your feedback. We hope this will be a way for IT pros to share their experiences with Office client deployment and migration, as well. Who We Are We are technical writers who write for IT professionals who are deploying Office 2007. You can find our content at Microsoft Office Desktop Applications TechCenter on TechNet . We are not support professionals, but will do our best to help where we can.