| Volume 10, Issue 19: September 17, 2008 | Note from the Editor | | | Greetings New TechNet Flash Subscriber, Summer is in the rearview (except for here in the Puget Sound area, where it appears to just be starting) and that means a new season of local events, which are great opportunities to get your hands on new technology and network with your peers. First up, register for a getVIRTUALnow event in your area and find out how Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V, Microsoft System Center - including Virtual Machine Manager 2008 - and Microsoft Desktop and Application Virtualization can help you virtualize from the data center to the desktop. You'll also take home an evaluation kit with versions of the latest virtualization products. With that in hand, take advantage of the free tools and guidance from Virtualization Solution Accelerators program, including Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for App-V and SCVMM, Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 for Hyper-V, and the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool. Deliver Search Quickly for Free Enterprise Search is now available as a free download. Access this quick, easy-to-procure, set up, and administer search tool, and help empower your customers to find the information they need today by: On the desktop platform front, learn about Microsoft's plans for Windows XP, Windows Vista progress, and initial details about Windows 7 by downloading An Update on the Windows Roadmap from Bill Veghte. Also see the Windows Feature Comparison and compare security, management, deployment, mobility, and productivity features between Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1. New from Sysinternals: | • | Desktops 1.0 This new utility enables you to create up to four virtual desktops and to use a tray interface or hotkeys to preview what's on each desktop and easily switch among them. | | • | Autoruns 9.34 This Autoruns update adds command-line options for automatically scanning and exporting scan results, as well as a number of bug fixes. | Also, check out the interview with Mark Russinovich on TechNet Edge where he covers a range of topics, including what's going on at Sysinternals. New Fun Stuff: | • | | | • | Arc Mouse - Sleek and stylish, this mouse folds in half for lighter traveling. | | • | | Finally, social bookmarking on TechNet is now live. You can save your favorites online, see what other IT professionals are bookmarking, and follow people who bookmark good stuff. Read up on all the new features of this release, see examples of how the community is already using bookmarking to collaborate on great lists of links, and check out our video that provides an overview of all the new applications now available on TechNet. Mitch Irsfeld
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IT Management | | The beta release of the Compliance Management Series (a MOF-based expansion of the Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide) is now available, and will be open through September 24, 2008 for your review. After you join the program, bookmark this link to the program site and get the latest information about upcoming events. |
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Featured Downloads | | This update to ACT includes new tools to assess application compatibility with Internet Explorer 8, and extends the Update Compatibility Evaluator to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to detect potential application compatibility issues caused by security updates. |
Support and Troubleshooting How-to Articles Hotfixes Knowledge Base Articles 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 available via RSS 
Upcoming Webcasts | | September 26, 2008, 9:30 A.M. Pacific Time
Are you deploying or migrating to Microsoft SQL Server 2008? Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 is designed for the database administrator or the IT generalist, with wizards and workflows to help ensure that you can protect your organization's data. | | | October 15, 2008, 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time
Learn how to assign costs to project tasks with the new cost resources feature. The new budget tracking feature will be covered, which provides users with an efficient way to assign budgets to projects and programs, and to allocate funds and track costs, work, and materials against the budget quickly and easily. |
Security | | Download the September security updates, including updates for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. | | | With data gathered from more than 450 million computers worldwide, the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report offers a unique insight into the IT threat landscape. |
On Demand | | Learn how to automate the most common management tasks, how to create a delegation model using Windows Authorization Manager, and how the power of WMI can pick up where Virtual Machine Manager leaves off. | Radio: What's New in the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR? WMA | MP3 High | MP3 Low This TechNet Radio session features an overview that highlights the new features and architectural changes in the VSTS 2008 Database Edition GDR. We also have our tip of the week.
Virtual Labs | | After completing this lab, you will be better able to configure the Exchange Intelligent Message Filter to filter spam. You will also configure the Junk E-mail folder settings in Outlook 2003, including the Safe Senders, Safe Recipients, and Blocked Senders lists. | | | After completing this lab, you will be able to publish Exchange Web Access, use cross-site link translation to publish SharePoint Server, and publish a Web farm for load balancing. |
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| |  | | | | Inside TechNet Magazine An Introduction to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 The introduction of Hyper-V makes virtualization an even more compelling solution for IT environments. Get an overview of today's virtualization market and see how Hyper-V improves the manageability, reliability, and security of virtualization. Getting Started with Microsoft Application Virtualization Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) allows you to deliver virtualized desktops to client systems throughout your organization. Take a close look at how App-V works and discover how you can deploy it in your organization. | | National and Global Events PASS Community Summit 2008 November 18 - 21 Seattle, WA Attend the don't-miss event of the year for Microsoft SQL Server community professionals. The Summit delivers three full days of in-depth learning, unparalleled access to the Microsoft SQL Server development team, and face-to-face networking in a fun, focused environment. Virtualization Congress October 14 - 16 ExCeL Centre London, U.K. Hear about all of the latest products and technologies on the market without prejudice. Come see Mark Russinovich discuss Microsoft's Virtualization Plans: From Desktop to Datacenter and the Clouds. We are glad to offer you a 25% discount code. At registration, enter PartnersAtVC2008. | | TechNet Plus Direct | • | Full library of Microsoft software for evaluation without limits | | • | Immediate access through subscriber downloads | | • | Two Professional Support incidents | | • | Access to beta software before public beta releases | | • | Exclusive tools and utilities | | | | | | | | Personalize Your Flash Let us know your technology interests. When you personalize your Flash experience, additional content for your selected topics can be found in every edition in Your Featured Content. | | | © 2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, Expression, Forefront, Hyper-V, Internet Explorer, Outlook, Silverlight, SoftGrid, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Windows, Windows Mobile, Windows Server, and Windows Vista are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Web site. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal Information. This newsletter was sent by the Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, USA 98052 | | | | |
