MCP Flash: July 2009

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The Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Flash is a monthly newsletter that announces program updates; training, exam, and credential availability and retirements; and special offers for MCPs. Find more information on the MCP member site or on the Microsoft Learning site. MCP Digital Certificates Now Available for Download To reduce the company's carbon footprint, we transitioned from traditional paper to digital Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certificates. You can download your certificate at any time. If you require a paper certificate, you may order one through the MCP member Web site. There will be a shipping and handling fee associated with your order. Give us your feedback on the Born to Learn blog. Announcements Prepare for Your Next Exam with a Certification Coaching Session In this series of recorded Microsoft Office Live Meeting broadcasts, Microsoft Certified Trainers present training and tips for some of the most popular Microsoft exams. Visit the Thrive Web Site, Enter to Win a Free Training Course How are you positioning yourself, your team, and your organization for success during these challenging economic times? Visit the Thrive Web site and learn how to enhance your skills, advance your career, and elevate IT as the business leader. And find out how you can win a training course worth US$2,995. Special Offers Save on the Microsoft Certified Master Program of Your Choice Take advantage of limited-time discounts off the price of Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) programs. Apply now, and upon acceptance: • Save US$1,000 on the Microsoft Certified Master: Windows Directory R2 program. • Save US$3,550 on any other Microsoft Certified Master program of your choice. Note: This offer applies to selected MCM programs that are completed by January 1, 2010. No other offers can be combined with this offer. Save 20 Percent on MeasureUp Practice Tests Prepare for your next certification exam with MeasureUp Practice Tests for the latest Microsoft technologies. Save 20 percent on practice tests through August 31, 2009, using coupon code MCP0609 at checkout. New Exams Find Out Which Exams Are Available Now View a full list of English and localized exams that became available in recent months, including: • Exam MB7-846: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Relationship Management (English) • Exam MB7-848: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Service Management (English) • Exam MB7-849: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Manufacturing (English) July 2009 In This Issue: Announcements Special Offers New Exams Resources • Born to Learn blog • MCP Web site Learning Portals • Windows 7 • Windows Vista • Windows Server 2008 • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 • Visual Studio 2008 • Visual Studio 2005 • Exchange Server 2010 • Exchange Server 2007 • Microsoft Forefront • 2007 Microsoft Office System • Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 • Microsoft Virtualization Welcome! Subscribing to the MCP Flash is the easiest way to stay current on training and certification news from Microsoft. As part of your subscription, you may occasionally receive beta exam or survey invitations from the MCP program. You may unsubscribe from these notices, but in doing so you will also cancel your subscription to the monthly MCP Flash, which contains information about your certification benefits and status. To cancel your MCP Flash subscription, reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line or unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Web site. Legal Information This newsletter was sent by the Microsoft Corporation 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, USA 98052 ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Forefront, Microsoft Dynamics, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Windows, Windows Server, and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile © 2009 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

TechNet Flash: Tool kits to jump start Windows 7 deployments

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Volume 11, Issue 15: July 15, 2009 From the Editor Greetings, and Welcome to TechNet Flash. For those of you starting to plan for Windows 7 desktop deployment projects, we are glad to announce the public release of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 4.0 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. You can now use this popular multi-purpose solution accelerator to determine if your existing PCs meet the Windows 7 hardware requirements and check for device compatibilities. In addition, MAP offers Window Server 2008 R2 hardware compatibility assessments and Hyper-V server virtualization candidate assessments. Download the MAP Toolkit 4.0 for free. Speaking of great tool kits for planning your operating system deployments, you can now download the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta 2. MDT 2010 will support deployment of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in addition to deployment of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP. For details on the MDT 2010 Beta 2, see the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit Team Blog. New Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines Beta Opening Soon Does your organization waste valuable resources on security issues? Elevate the security of Microsoft products with these new security baselines for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8.0. This beta launches mid-July 2009. Sign up now to receive notification to ensure you get the first look at this new release. Members, bookmark this link. Product Activation Changes in Windows 7 Find out what is changing with product activation in Windows 7 versus previous versions of the operating system in this short new video on TechNet Edge titled Volume Activation Changes in Windows 7. Also, for upcoming Windows 7 volume activation guidance, visit the Widows Volume Activation page. New from the Windows Sysinternals Team Check out the new ProcDump v1.0 command-line utility, aimed at capturing process dumps of otherwise difficult to isolate and reproduce CPU spikes. It also serves as a general process-dump creation utility and can also monitor and generate process dumps when a process has a hung window or unhandled exception. The team also released the 5th Edition of Windows Internals, the official book on the architecture and internals of the Windows operating system. This release is 25% larger than the 4th Edition and is updated to cover Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Watch Mark and David's Channel 9 interview on the book. Your Featured Content Not Seeing Your Personalized Content? Let us know what interests you and we'll deliver your featured content here in the next edition of TechNet Flash. New Videos for IT Pros Internet Explorer 8 Security Series: Enhanced Delete Browsing History 5 minutes, 10 seconds In this video, Matt Hester demonstrates Internet Explorer 8 and its newly enhanced Delete Browsing History feature, which provides simple checkbox control over which types of data are to be removed while retaining your favorite sites settings. How Do I: Use VRTA and Netmon to Check My Web Site's Performance? 3 minutes, 57 seconds This video shows you how to use Virtual Roundtrip Analyzer to check performance of your Web site or Web application, and how to trace frames in Network Monitor so you can see what is going on in the network layer when you send a request and get the response back from the server. More "How Do I?" Videos Featured Downloads Service Level Dashboard 2.0 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Measure and report application or system performance and availability in near real time across your organization. Using the Dashboard, you can easily spot trends and prevent problems before they occur. The Dashboard also lets you create role-specific dashboards to support different departments, such as HR, finance, or operations. Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool Keep your offline virtual machines safe from attack and in step with new security policies. Use the free, tested guidance and automated tools to help you get the job done quickly and reliably. Scripting for IT Pros Hey Scripting Guy... • How Can I Simply Have Windows PowerShell Display Information on the Screen? • How Can I Supply More Than One Value from the Command Line? • Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Prompt Users for Information When a Script Is Run? See More Scripting Tips See previous comics in the TechNet Flash Web-based archive. Support and Troubleshooting Hotfixes • Office 2007 Cumulative Update for June 2009 • FIX: BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT 2.3 support for the MT202COV and MT205COV message types of the SWIFT 2009 Standard • FIX: Site users are not identified as registered users in the RegisteredUser table after you import the Web server log into the Commerce Server 2007 data warehouse if you use the CommerceDataWarehouseAuthenticationModule class in your Web site • FIX: Error message when you upgrade a very large database to SQL Server Compact 3.5: "The database file is larger than the configured maximum database size. This setting takes effect on the first concurrent database connection only" Knowledge Base Articles • Description of Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 2 • Description of the improved resource use that optimizes performance in Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 2 • The MSExchange Transport and MSExchangeIS services do not start after a server restart • Worms are removed but not purged in Forefront Security for Exchange Server when you create a custom worm purge list and set the MaxCompressedFileInfections option to zero • You cannot configure filtering in Forefront Security for Exchange Server See a selection of new Knowledge Base articles on the TechNet Web site. KB articles feature an Article Translations box in the right column. You can select a language from the drop-down list and read the article in the selected language. Also availabile via RSS IT Management Download New Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) Companion Guides MOF team has released a new series of framework comparison companion guides that will help you understand how MOF aligns with and compares to the leading service management and governance frameworks, including ITIL V3, COBIT, Val IT, and ISO/IEC 20000. IT Manager Webcast: Platform Solution Blueprints - Application Lifecycle Management (Level 200) Learn why Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is a practice that helps businesses manage the process of custom software development, helps synchronize business goals and IT investment priorities, and ensures projects satisfy strategically aligned business needs. To stay updated on the next installment for IT Managers, visit the IT Management Hub. Upcoming Webcasts New Server Migration and Server Manager Functionality in Windows Server 2008 R2 (Level 300) July 16, 2009, 11:00 A.M. Pacific Time This session will explore server migration capabilities and new server administration improvements with the Initial Configuration Tasks (ICT) and Server Manager. Windows 7 Planning and Deployment Tools (Level 300) July 22, 2009, 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time We'll explore using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit to automate the hardware and software inventory process and assess which computers need to be upgraded to meet Windows 7 operating system requirements. More Webcasts Identity and Security Evaluate Forefront's Integrated Portfolio of Protection, Identity, and Access Products Microsoft Forefront delivers leading malware protection solutions across endpoints, messaging and collaboration application servers, and the network, while Microsoft's identity-based access technologies and Forefront solutions build upon Active Directory's infrastructure to enable policy-based user access to applications, devices, and information. Try Out Microsoft Antigen 9.0 with Service Pack 2 Improve protection for Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server with the SP2 release of Microsoft Antigen 9.0. New features include visibility of all actively published engines, alerts and notifications of new engine availability, improved anti-spam detection through integration of Cloudmark engine, and rollup of software fixes. Microsoft Security Bulletin for July Security Center On Demand Understanding Activation and Validation in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (Level 300) Learn how volume activation supports new types of license keys and several new modes of activation for customers in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Video: Work Smart Guides Deliver Key Software and Services Productivity Scenarios Microsoft IT created Work Smart Guides to provide employees with scenario-based, re-usable, best-use productivity aids on Microsoft products and IT technologies, and enable more consistent, productive, and cost-effective use of software and service offerings across the company. More on-demand webcasts... Virtual Labs Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Part 1 This lab presents an overview about how integrating portfolio management (PPM) and application development and deployment (AD) processes helps to improve visibility across the entire project lifecycle and connects two disparate worlds. Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Part 2 This lab presents an overview about how integrating portfolio management (PPM) and application development and deployment (AD) processes helps to improve visibility across the entire project lifecycle and connects two disparate worlds. 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