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New Microsoft Business Intelligence Resource Center now live on TechNet

mitchirs — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:25:00 GMT

The new BI Resource Center went live this morning. It’s a great place to find all the technical resources for IT pros, including how-to videos, blogs, forums, events tutorials and help content. More to come, Mitch Subscribe to the TechNet Flash newslette...(read more)

New TechCenter for Project Server 2010

mitchirs — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:08:00 GMT

Check out the new library content, downloadable models, forums and videos in the newly launched Project Server TechCenter . You’ll find resources for determining your hardware and software requirements for Project Server 2010, and links to training and...(read more)

Download Antigen 8 for SharePoint Service Pack 1 and Antigen 8 for IM Service Pack 1

mitchirs — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:48:00 GMT

The Forefront Server team announced that Antigen 8 for SharePoint Service Pack 1 and Antigen 8 for IM Service Pack 1 are now available for download. It is important for customers to upgrade to these service pack releases before the AV engine mix is changed...(read more)

New release of Windows Client Monitoring Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 now available

mitchirs — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:14:00 GMT

The Windows Client Monitoring Management Pack has been updated with bug fixes for Vista MP and support for monitoring Windows 7. It can detect, diagnose, and resolve hardware and software problems pertaining for computers running Windows Client 2000,...(read more)

Download the new IDP Guide for DirectAccess

mitchirs — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:37:00 GMT

The Infrastructure Planning and Design team has released the new IPD Guide for DirectAccess . This guide provides guidance for designing a DirectAccess infrastructure in an easy-to-follow, four-step process that explains the infrastructure required for...(read more)

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 released

mitchirs — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:38:00 GMT

Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Update upgrades a Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 installation and delivers new platform support for Windows 7 client, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. Download the entire Service Pack...(read more)

Download the New eBook: “Deploying Windows 7”

mitchirs — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:24:00 GMT

Free for limited time, this Microsoft Press eBook provides selected chapters with guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine on deployment platforms, planning, testing application compatibility and more. As an added bonus, you'll also...(read more)

Free MS Press e-book: “Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2”

mitchirs — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:15:00 GMT

Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2, by Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker, is a great resource for learning about the new features of Windows Server 2008 R2 in the areas of virtualization, management, the Web application platform, scalability and reliability,...(read more)

New TechCenter for SharePoint 2010 (Beta) Products

mitchirs — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:10:00 GMT

Visit the new SharePoint 2010 Beta TechCenter and learn how to get started with the new tools and resources to help you install and deploy the upcoming Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, including a series of video learning modules for IT pros. More to...(read more)

Pre-release News: Introducing PowerPivot for Excel 2010

mitchirs — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:48:00 GMT

Microsoft today took the wraps off PowerPivot for Excel 2010 and provided more details on the data-analysis BI add-in. Check here to learn how it will enable manipulation of large data sets and about the features for sharing Excel 2010 workbook apps through...(read more)

Updated Microsoft Office Live Meeting console and Outlook add-in now available

mitchirs — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:22:00 GMT

Version 8.0.6362.143 of the Office Live Meeting console and add-in brings improvements and fixes that include: · Improvements to text display on PPT slides in recordings · Users using IE browser with security setting is set to “Do not save encrypted pages...(read more)

Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 RC ready for download

mitchirs — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 allows your users to use the Internet without worrying about malware and other threats. It provides multiple protection capabilities including URL filtering, antimalware inspection, intrusion prevention, application-...(read more)

Create VHD versions of physical disks with new Sysinternals utility

mitchirs — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:01:00 GMT

The Windows Sysinternals team as brought out a new utility, called Disk2vhd, that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines....(read more)

Exchange 2010 RTMs

mitchirs — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:09:00 GMT

The Microsoft Exchange Team has just announced that Exchange 2010 is now code complete and released to manufacturing. This means that Exchange 2010 is on schedule for general availability in early November. For more on this milestone announcement, see...(read more)

Download the Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 documentation

mitchirs — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:21:00 GMT

The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is a set of tools and documentation that support the configuration and the deployment of Microsoft Windows operating systems. This guide describes the current methods, tools, and requirements for deploying...(read more)