TechNet Magazine is relaunching its popular Tip of the Day feature, starting with a look at the best tips and tricks for Windows 7. Now we want to hear from you. Have a special workaround, tweak, or fix you’d like to contribute to the TechNet Magazine tips library? Just visit www.technetmagazinetips.com to share your tips and tricks for Windows 7.
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Yesterday, at the Professional Developer’s Conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft announced a developer release of Silverlight 4 Beta. It is intended for software developers only, with no “go-live” licensing available and the end-user runtime of Silverlight 4 is not available. Check out what’s new in the Silverlight 4 Beta, and make sure you get the tools needed to make the beta experience productive.
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You can now download the Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 beta releases.
Here the list of new available betas:
· Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta
· Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint beta
· Microsoft Project Professional 2010 Beta
· Microsoft Project Server 2010 Beta
In addition, check out these resources to aid your evaluation and plan your deployment:
· Learn about Volume Activation in 2010
· See the New SharePoint Server 2010 Features and Functionality
· Video Modules to Help IT Pros Get Started with SharePoint Server 2010
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Enter to win a home entertainment system by composing a Haiku for Windows Server 2008 R2. Clear your mind and find the Zen of Windows Sever 2008 R2. Put it in a Haiku and enter for your chance at a Sony entertainment system with Xbox 360 Elite. Go here to enter and then check out the gallery of Haiku entries to vote on your favorites.
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The Infrastructure Planning and Design team is working on a new guide: Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway. Get the beta by visiting the Connect Web site.
This IPD guide outlines the critical infrastructure design elements that are key to a successful implementation of Forefront Unified Access Gateway (Forefront UAG). The reader is guided through the logical three-step process of selecting the Forefront UAG features required, determining the number of instances, and designing the infrastructure. If access logging is required, the guide leads the reader through selecting and designing the most appropriate data store.
Tell us what you think. Download the beta guide and send us your honest feedback at IPDfdbk@microsoft.com. We appreciate your input and will work to make each guide as helpful and useful as possible.
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