• Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) now supports the Windows 7 beta

    Just noticed over on the MDOP Blog that Microsoft App-V is now available for use with Windows 7. That means subscribers of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP ) can now test their applications and prepare for enterprise deployments by downloading...
  • Vista and Win Server 2008 SP2 RC now ready for TechNet Plus subscribers

    TechNet Plus subscribers can now get their hands on the Release Candidate bits for Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. According to the TechNet Pus Blog , SP2 contains changes focused on supporting new types of hardware...
  • New Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide: Microsoft SQL Server 2008

    The Infrastructure Planning and Design team has released a new guide, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 . When used in conjunction with product documentation, this guide will help companies confidently plan the implementation of a SQL Server 2008 infrastructure...
  • An example of real savings with virtualization

    See how one company was able to save more than $200,000 last year by deploying Microsoft virtualization and infrastructure software. Lionbridge, a a $461 million (U.S.) translation, development and testing services company, created and deployed...
  • A fast track to data warehousing

    Microsoft has joined with hardware partners Bull, Dell and HP to provide a new set of reference architectures for data warehousing that increases Microsoft SQL Server 2008 scalability up to 32 terabytes, and helps reduce the time and effort necessary...