| Volume 11, Issue 2: January 28, 2009 | Note from the Editor | | | Greetings and Welcome to TechNet Flash. At CES early this month, Microsoft announced the release of Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta 1, providing enhancements in virtualization, Web platform, management, scalability, and reliability. New features also ensure greater integration with Windows 7 for scenarios such security, remote access, and branch office infrastructure. You can learn more and download the beta today. And TechNet Plus subscribers can download the Windows Sever 2008 R2 beta bits. Also released was the beta of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization V 1.0, an enterprise virtualization solution that helps your users run legacy applications on their Windows Vista desktops. The final version of MED-V 1.0 is slated for release in the second quarter of this year as a part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack. Download the beta.IT Managers Get Hub on TechNet The new Microsoft TechNet IT Management Community Hub is ready for you to participate. Connect, find resources, and get the information you need. Check out webcasts and podcasts from industry leaders, blogs by subject matter experts, community forums, and more. That's just the beginning. Win a Cray CX1 Desk-Side Supercomputer Enter our Super Duo Super Sweeps by January 31, 2009 and you could win: | • | A Cray CX1 desk-side supercomputer | | • | One of 10 Premium MSDN Visual Studio Professional subscriptions | | • | One of 10 Xbox 360 consoles | Mitch Irsfeld
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IT Management | | This document discusses how Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is licensed when used with virtualization technologies like VMware's ESX Server, VMware's VMotion, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, or Parallels Virtuozzo. |
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Featured Downloads | | This major update to ZoomIt, the Sysinternals screen magnification and annotation utility, adds a LiveZoom mode on Windows Vista and higher, allows you to change the typing and break timer font, adds the ability to copy the magnified screen to the clipboard with Ctrl+C, and introduces a new configuration interface. | | | Implementing virtualization can decrease your infrastructure's power consumption and hardware needs. The free Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 can help you better understand your IT infrastructure and determine whether your systems are ready for migration to Hyper-V server virtualization technology. |
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In this webcast, we discuss the three client-related virtualization technologies - application virtualization, desktop virtualization, and presentation virtualization - and explain when it is appropriate to use each technology. | | | January 30, 2009, 8:00 A.M. Pacific Time
Learn how to use Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager to move production servers into a virtual environment. We also cover the creation of a self-service provisioning environment that allows groups to create and manage their own virtual machines without the help of the IT department. |
Security | | View this short Silverlight video to see two experts from TwC discuss MSAT and how it helps customers establish a baseline for security in their enterprise and manage an action plan for resolutions. |
On Demand | | In this webcast, we cover some of the main file and storage features in Windows Server 2008, including Server Message Block 2 (SMB2), Distributed File System (DFS), Network File System (NFS), Offline Files, Storage Explorer, Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), Virtual Disk Service (VDS), Share and Storage Management, and File Server Resource Manager (FSRM). | | | Learn best practices for identifying server workload characteristics and mapping virtualized server workloads to the appropriate Intel processor families. Topics include Hyper-V server virtualization architecture, definition of common server workloads, Intel Xeon processor families, evaluating server workloads, sizing recommendations, and security and network considerations. |
Virtual Labs | | After completing this lab, you will be better able to create a Microsoft Exchange Server model, analyze results, and edit an existing model. | | | After completing this lab, you will be better able to install and configure Exchange Server 2007 Standby Continuous Replication, simulate a database loss, and activate the Standby Continuous Replication copy. |
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