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 support. Check back often as new content is added.

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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 on December 1, 2009. Previous builds of the product will still function after December 1, but only one engine will be updating.

The service packs can be downloaded from the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center by opening the “Servers” group and finding the corresponding Forefront Server product.  Antigen 8 for SharePoint SP1 (part number X16-09934) can be found under “Forefront Security for SharePoint with Service Pack 3”.  Antigen 8 for IM SP1 (part number X16-09863) can be found under “Forefront Security for Office Communications Server”.

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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, XP, Vista, or Windows 7 operating systems.

Information and analysis on the issues that the system detected are collected by the MPs through an agent on the client machine, and sent to OpsMgr where this data is converted into health state, alerts (if need be) and processed for business critical and aggregate reports. The MP gives a clear picture of catastrophic failures in your mission critical machines, trend-based alerts of significant changes to computer groups, in-depth views of health of individual machines, and reports that provide a landscape view of the health of all monitored clients.

Download the Windows Client 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 Operating System Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

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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 clients to be connected from the Internet to resources on the corporate network, whether or not the organization has begun deploying IPv6.

The four key steps covered in the design process for DirectAccess include:

• Aligning the project scope with the business requirements
• Determining whether IPv6, Teredo, 6to4, and IP-HTTPS connectivity will be supported for Internet-based clients
• Assessing the need for IPv6/IPv4 network address translation service and ISATAP for internal communication
• Determining the number and placement of servers, the certificate services requirements, and location of CRL distribution points

Download the IPD Guide for DirectAccess

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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 here. You can also evaluate the full version by downloading the 180-day trial.

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