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June 2009
| | | Recent successes? We want to feature you in a case study! If you have used Solution Accelerators to speed the adoption of Microsoft technologies, improve efficiency, or lower costs in your enterprise IT organization, we'd like to hear from you. Tell us your story. | | Microsoft Partner? Check out Solution Accelerators for Partners here. If you're going to the Worldwide Partner Conference, visit the Solution Accelerators booths in the Core IO and Client Pavilions. Learn more about WPC. | | Stay in step with Solution Accelerators | | What's new with Solution Accelerators? | | | | Summer Sizzle Take advantage of the long summer days with Solution Accelerators!
Summer is upon us: school's out, the sun is hot, and the days are long, but it will all be over in the blink of an eye. Don't let your entire summer slip away; take advantage of the extra daylight and check out our newest project launches and Beta releases!
From our many releases to our featured case studies, this new material is like summer school, minus the homework and strict teachers. So while your competition is idling away the summer, let us help make you better at the things you do best.
Keep reading for the first look at our hot summer updates.
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New Summer Releases
| | Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios help simplify desktop user requirements gathering and automate desktop technology selection, providing you with the IT manageability you require, while giving users the varying levels of power and flexibility they need. This new version (v1.1) includes new features of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 such as BranchCache, DirectAccess, BitLockerToGo, and AppBlocker. . Learn more about Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios. . Download Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios v1.1. | | | As an IT Pro, you know how important it is to keep your organization's mission-critical applications up and running at all times. Service Level Dashboard 2.0 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 lets you 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. . Learn More about SLD 2.0. . Download SLD 2.0.Want more details about Operations Manager 2007 R2? Check out the System Center Team Blog. | | | Want to keep your offline virtualized machines safe from attack and in step with new security policies? The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool has free, tested guidance and automated tools to help you get the job done quickly and reliably. . Learn More about OVMST 2.0.1. . Download OVMST 2.0.1. |
| Beta Releases
| | | |  | Accelerate Your Migration to the Latest Microsoft Products and Infrastructure Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 4.0 is an integrated tool that simplifies conducting network-wide readiness assessments for migration to Microsoft technologies from servers, to desktops, and to virtualization solutions. MAP provides adaptive guidance and actionable proposals to help simplify the planning and deployment of your IT projects for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-VT, and more. Download the MAP 4.0 Beta. | | New Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines Beta Opening Soon! Does your organization waste valuable resources on security issues? Meet your business-critical needs and 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 updates, to ensure you get the first look at this new release. Members, bookmark this link. | |
Solution Accelerators for New Microsoft Technologies Coming Soon: Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 We're getting ready for the upcoming Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 releases. Don't be caught unprepared -- take advantage of the summer and use Solution Accelerators for every stage of your migration to these latest operating systems. Want to learn more? Visit the Windows Desktop Solution Accelerators page.  Check out the Windows Server Solution Accelerators page.
| Featured Case Studies
| | | Want Enhanced Security? Albemarle County Has It Thanks to Solution Accelerators Virginia's Albemarle County took advantage of Solution Accelerators to enhance its security and optimize its ability to share information with citizens. "The IT Compliance Management Guide and the Security Compliance Management Toolkit provide excellent information on how to conduct your own security audits to identify weaknesses in your system, and provides prescriptive guidance for resolving those weaknesses," says Mike Culp, the county's Information Technology Director. Check out this new case study to learn how you can use Solution Accelerators to enhance your organization's security. | | | |
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