| Volume 11, Issue 5: March 11, 2009 | Note from the Editor | | | Greetings, and Welcome to TechNet Flash. Mitch Irsfeld
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New Videos for IT Pros | | 17 Minutes 50 seconds Join Hilton Giesenow as he explores how to configure a Windows SharePoint Services site collection to make use of ASP.NET forms-based authentication. The video makes use of the existing SQL Server-based membership storage to maintain the user details, so this video demonstrates how to configure this aspect of the process as well. | | | 16 Minutes 52 seconds
Windows SharePoint Services allows you to configure many of your lists to be able to create new items directly via e-mail. In this video, Hilton Giesenow demonstrates how to enable these settings in your farm and to configure your lists to be able to receive e-mails. |
Featured Downloads | | Be among the first to get the VMM 2008 R2 Beta when it's ready. Enroll at Microsoft Connect and receive an e-mail with download instructions the moment VMM R2 beta is available. Just sign in to LiveID and pre-register. | | | As an IT professional, you need an up-to-date network map to help you diagnose connectivity issues and maintain workplace productivity. LANsurveyor Express can automatically create network diagrams for you within Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007. It's valued at US$499, but for a limited time only, it's free. |
IT Management | | March 17, 2009, 11:00 A.M. Pacific Time
This one-hour webcast will share best practices derived from research on reducing IT operational costs. Come learn how other companies are reducing costs through virtualization and other server management practices. |
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Support and Troubleshooting How-tos 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 availabile via RSS
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Each webcast is eligible for 1 PMI PDU credit. | | March 12, 2009, 1:00 P.M. Pacific Time
In this webcast, you learn how to centralize business and regulatory compliance reporting by extending policy-based management to all SQL Server instances in your enterprise, including Microsoft SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, and SQL Server 2000. |
Identity and Security | | Download the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit to assess the virus and spyware vulnerability of your client infrastructure, as well as your readiness for implementing Forefront Client Security. |
On Demand | | Hear about the latest trends impacting IT and the resources and guidance available to help you plan and deploy the latest Microsoft technologies. | | | In this webcast, we look at how Datium can use Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to manage their virtual environments and migrate over to a Hyper-V–based environment. |
Virtual Labs | | After completing this lab, you will be able to install Operations Manager server infrastructure components, install Audit Collection Service, discover computers and install agents, enable ACS on a server, import management packs, install Operations Manager Reporting Server, import ACS reports, and begin monitoring. | | | Install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 cluster services to support Exchange Server 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR), configure a Majority Node Set (MNS) quorum with file share witness, and install and configure the Exchange Server 2007 active and passive nodes in the cluster. |
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