We just released the post for the enhanced virtualization support for Exchange 2010 which include UM and running DAG over Hyper-V cluster with live migration enabled. Read the post Here

The System Center team is pleased to announce the Community Evaluation Program. The program is designed to provide IT professionals a structured approach to evaluating System Center and Forefront products before their final release. Members of this program are able to evaluate early versions of products with guidance from the product team and by sharing of experiences and best practices among a community of peers.  Multiple programs are now open and accepting applications including:

Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2 - Program starts April 2011

· Download the Datasheet

· Apply to Configuration Manager CEP

Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Beta - Program starts May 2011

· Download the Datasheet

· Apply to Virtual Machine Manager CEP

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 - Program starts June 2011

· Download the Datasheet

· Apply to Forefront Identity Manager CEP

Orchestrator 2012 Beta - Program starts June 2011

· Download the Datasheet

· Apply to Orchestrator CEP

Operations Manager 2012 Beta - Program starts July 2011

· Download the Datasheet

· Apply to Operations Manager CEP

To apply and for more information about the programs, please visit:
https://connect.microsoft.com/site1211

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Yalla Apps, the Windows Phone 7 developer portal that helps developers publish their Apps to the Marketplace, is launching the Yalla App-a-thon competition.

Yalla Apps is now giving away Fable 3 or Halo:Reach Games for XBOX 360® (or PC) to the first 100 members that publish an App to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace via the Yalla Apps portal. And that’s not it – the developer who publishes the best app of the month during May and June will also win a Windows Phone 7!

More details about the Yalla App-a-thon competition can be found on http://www.facebook.com/yallaapps?sk=app_217668621584131

Yalla Apps is a widely embraced developer portal that allows developers from the Middle East and Africa to publish their apps to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.

Recently, Yalla Apps announced new platform enhancements and services such as:

• Paid Apps support – allows developers to submit their Paid Apps and generate revenues from their sales in the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.
• Addition of an alternative method of payment via MoneyBookers, now allowing developers from countries like Pakistan and Egypt among others to sign up for the service, pay for a subscription and collect their App sales revenues.
• More convenient charge structure, now allowing developers to submit many more Apps - Free or Paid - with their annual subscription. The new charge structure would allow the user to enjoy unlimited Paid App submissions, as many as 100 Free App submissions and a Free device unlock, for only 100 credits, which are automatically awarded to every Annual Subscription, priced at $99.

With Yalla Apps every Windows Phone 7 developer can be a winner!