TechNet Flash subscribers received an incorrect subject line for the current newsletter, dated October 6, 2010. The subject line should have read SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 released.
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Microsoft announced that Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011, its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution designed for midsize project-driven organizations, will be generally available in the second quarter of 2011 in English in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. This significant update features the familiar Microsoft Office look and feel and role-specific dashboards that give people a comprehensive view across their organizations. This helps reduce the time required for people to learn how to use it and allows them to focus on the information that matters most to them. Other new productivity-enhancing features include Quick Query, which provides more than 50 predesigned search options to find information faster, and the ability to Quick Send documents.
Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 further extends existing IT investments by supporting integration with Microsoft Project Server 2010, Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM through Web Services.
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The newly launched SharePoint Online Planning and Administration resource center provides key resources for planning, administration and operation of SharePoint Online, a cloud-based service that helps businesses provide collaboration, business intelligence and information management capabilities.
Rather than install and deploy SharePoint Server 2010 on premises, businesses can subscribe to SharePoint Online to provide employees with the collaboration, business intelligence, and information management capabilities available.
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New to TechNet, the Updates for Project Server 2010 page provides resources for IT professionals who are responsible for installing software updates on Project Server 2010.
Software updates are a subset of an upgrade, so the software update deployment cycle that is used for upgrading SharePoint 2010 farms and servers also applies to deploying software updates for Project Server 2010. See Software updates overview in the technical library for more information.
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For those of you still running the beta version of Microsoft Office 2010, you have until Halloween, October 21, 2010 until the beta expires.
If you want to install the released version of Office 2010, you will have to uninstall the beta software first. Find which Office 2010 suite is right for you.
If you didn't get to fully test-drive all of the Office 2010 programs you wanted, you can still take extra time to evaluate the Office 2010 products before committing to a purchase. Visit Office.com and download one of our fully functional 60-day trial versions. They're free and place no restrictions on any of the features.
Check out the Microsoft Office Blog for more on your options.
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