Quickly understand what hardware, architecture, and configuration settings will produce recommended system performance and message throughput results for comprehensive protection of your Exchange Servers. Download the free Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1 capacity planning tool, an excel spreadsheet with built in workflow, that applies to the Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1 product. You’ll be able to plan the details for a new deployment or understand the impact of adding security protection to an existing deployment.

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Microsoft today took the wraps off Bing, the new search (scratch that!) decision engine, which takes a new approach to the user experience by offering intuitive tools to help customers accomplish tasks and make smart decisions. The new service, will begin to roll out over the coming days and will be fully deployed worldwide on June 3. In the meantime, you can visit http://www.Bing.com and watch the video to get a feel for how Bing facilitates your decision in four key areas: making a purchase decision, planning a trip, researching a health condition or finding a local business.

In addition, the new brand portfolio will include the following changes to existing Microsoft programs:

•	Microsoft’s mapping platform, Virtual Earth, will now be branded as Bing Maps for Enterprise. More information can be found here.
•	Technology from Microsoft’s April 2008 acquisition of Farecast is now a central part of Bing Travel. More information coming soon.
•	Microsoft’s popular cashback program, now dubbed Bing cashback, with more than 850 merchants and more than 17 million products available, will be fully integrated into the Bing Shopping experience.

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Service Pack 2, the latest service pack for both Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista is now available for public download. SP2 supports new types of hardware and emerging hardware standards, includes all of the updates that have been delivered since SP1, and simplifies deployment, for consumers, developers, and IT professionals. For more details, see these TechNet pages:

·        Windows Vista SP2 TechNet

·        Windows Server 2008 SP2 TechNet

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Join the Microsoft Scripting Guys and more than 1,000 beginning and advanced scripters at this year’s Scripting Games. “I’m not good enough, so I shouldn’t participate.” Nonsense! This year’s Scripting Games are focused on learning and not on competition. Come on in, the scripting water’s fine! This year’s theme is the decathlon, so strap on your best scripting shoes and we’ll see you in June. Follow us on Twitter to find out about Scripting Games details as they are announced.

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