Microsoft at home & at work: Tips and special offers

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Technology makes the grade Go back to school with tips, special offers, and technology advice.  Top 14 websites for students 4 power tools for students 12 tips for creating better presentations Teacher resources Templates for teachers

Tips to try How to delete unwanted files and programs Slow PC? Optimize your computer for peak performance How to back up files and recover data 5 tips for PC health: Organize your folders, update Windows, run antivirus software  6 useful Windows tricks Security updates Download the August updates today. Get more tips: Microsoft At Home Microsoft At Work

Online collaboration Office Web Apps make it easy to edit and share your documents online.  Excel Web App rescues the yearly planner: Watch top templates.  Download Windows Live Essentials for free. Student offers Buy a PC, get an Xbox 360.* The best student discounts, programs, and products. Office Professional Academic 2010 for $99.95 (with valid student ID).* Windows 7 Professional for Students ($29.99).* *Restrictions apply. Free stuff Get Microsoft professional tools at no charge (with student verification).* Try Office for free. Explore the night sky with WorldWide Telescope. Enjoy the latest free themes for Windows 7. *Restrictions apply.

The latest offerings from Microsoft Store Upgrade your family to Windows 7 for the new school year. Go back to school with a new Slate. The Samsung Series 9 is one of the thinnest, lightest, full-featured notebooks available.

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Microsoft in Government: Introducing Dynamics AX 2012

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August 15, 2011 Introducing Dynamics AX 2012 Improve efficiency, transparency, and accountability with an ERP solution designed for the public sector. Register for the Sept. 8 virtual launch event. Learn more. Take the Future of Federal Work Survey Take the survey and help us donate up to $10,000 to the American Red Cross. News and highlights Microsoft software helps Montana employees work without walls Montana streamlined communications across its 12,000 employees with an upgrade to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, supporting a broader variety of handheld devices and paving the way for Lync Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 later this year. – American City & County Twilight of Windows XP means decision time for IT managers And it's a great time for government offices to examine their desktop virtualization capability. Done correctly, your agency can save money and reduce daily management PC management tasks. DISA sees private cloud as catalyst for enterprise services The Defense Information Systems Agency's (DISA) vision for enhanced communication and collaboration across the Defense Department calls for a private cloud of enterprise services. Migrating Army email users to the DISA-managed Exchange 2010 service is the first step. – Defense Systems Get the IT solution you need without breaking the budget Fiscal year end is almost here, but you may be able to meet new technology initiatives more easily than you think with Microsoft products that your agency is already licensed to deploy. Download a free trial today! Office 2010 Get enhanced productivity applications that extend seamlessly from the desktop to the web and mobile devices—and new ways to take control of your inbox! SharePoint 2010 Connect and collaborate with staff, partners, and citizens with intranet, extranet, and Internet solutions that support the full life cycle of content management. Lync 2010 Talk, share, and innovate using with a single user experience across PC, phone, mobile device, and browser that gives you more ways to stay in touch. Visio 2010 Convey more useful information with data and processes in dynamic, visual formats.   Office 365 Take advantage of the familiar Microsoft Office Professional Plus applications your agency uses every day, combined with cloud-based versions of Microsoft communication and collaboration services and delivered as a subscription service. Project 2010 Stay on time and on budget with powerful planning capabilities and advanced collaboration tools to help you manage time, personnel, and resources. Windows 7 Experience improved performance and reliability, productivity enhancement, and increased security and manageability for yourself. Technology update Get sneak peek at "Windows Server 8" Get a glimpse at the next step in private cloud computing and see some of the new capabilities coming in the next version of Windows Server, code-named "Windows Server 8." Go to the 36:50 mark of this video for the demo. Microsoft releases cloud migration, Office 365 assessment tool The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.0 assists organizations in planning cloud deployments, providing capabilities to evaluate workloads for both private and public cloud platforms. – PC Magazine Upgrading to Internet Explorer 9 could save your organization millions A new study conducted by Forrester Research has found that updating to Internet Explorer 9 may save organizations big money in the long run, perhaps even millions of dollars. Download the study. – GCN For developers 'Mango' app developers receive updated build Following the release of the Windows Phone "Mango" update to manufacturers, Microsoft has delivered an accelerated build of Mango tools for developers to test your apps ahead of the launch. – CNET Customize your apps with Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 Download the free trial today and discover a simpler, faster way to create high-quality business applications for the desktop and the cloud.   In this issue: » News and highlights » Download free trials » Technology update » For developers   App of the month Police Scanner 7 Listen to over 2,700 Police and Emergency services feeds from all over the U.S. and other parts of the world. » Federal » State and Local » Federal » State and Local » Federal » State and Local Not yet a subscriber? Sign up! Questions? E-mail us. Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement. 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