 |  | | October 7, 2009 | | | Questions on how to buy?
Call 1-800-342-9224 | | Welcome to Microsoft in Government, a monthly newsletter delivering information on issues, training, products and events exclusive to the federal and state & local government community. | | Windows 7 is here! Join the U.S. Public Sector Virtual Launch on November 10th You're invited! U.S. Public Sector Vice President Curt Kolcun and top technology leaders will host the "The New Efficiency" virtual launch event for government, education, and health on November 10th at 9 AM (PST)/12 PM (EST). Learn how cost savings and productivity come together with a new wave of Microsoft products: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Register today! |
Windows 7 news and highlights | | Whether you are upgrading from Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP, the migration to Windows 7 should go fairly smoothly as long as your agency has gone through the necessary remediation steps and identified which applications you need to upgrade and which need to run in XP Mode. - Government Computer News | | | When you're ready to roll out Windows 7 in your organization, optimized desktop technologies can help simplify deployment, improve security, lower IT management costs and power consumption, and reduce user down-time. | | | Windows 7 showed off its star power in this video case study of the Public Safety Command Center used by police, fire, and other emergency agencies to stay on top of security for the St. Louis game. The solution features HP laptops running Windows 7 and utilizing the multi-touch features with Virtual Earth to create Surface-like interface on a tablet in the field. | | | Features in the new Windows 7 operating system are now helping the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress to streamline workflow through better navigation and improved search and maintenance tools. | | | Through February 28, 2010, Open License, Open Value, and Select customers are eligible to acquire Windows 7 Professional Upgrade licenses as well as Upgrade licenses with Software Assurance at up to a 15% discount. |
Windows 7 resources | | This is the place to start for Windows 7 benefits and technical resources. | | | Get your arms around the new features and improvements in Windows 7 so that you can deliver it to your users with minimal disruption. - TechNet Magazine | | | Want to get to know Windows 7 inside and out, and be better prepared for all those "quick" questions from your friends and family? This series of videos will get you started. |
More news for government | | Microsoft and Bank of New York Mellon have teamed up to deliver project fund administration, tracking and reporting software to aid state and local governments with requirements related to economic stimulus funding. The agreement brings together BNY Mellon Corporate Trust's project fund administration capabilities and Microsoft's Stimulus360 planning, tracking, and reporting software. - Federal Computer Week | | | In this thought leadership white paper, the Center for Digital Government identifies a spectrum of approaches to implementing cloud computing that reflect the unique needs and constraints different organizations may encounter. | | | Microsoft is honored to receive the most prestigious award bestowed on a private sector organization by the Secretary of Defense: The 2009 Freedom Award. - Defense Link | | | The developers of the relaunched Recovery.gov site chose Microsoft SharePoint Server for the content management and presentation layers, citing manageability and security as key decision criteria, along with out of the box functionality and reduced time to solution. As one the technology partners responsible for the site puts it, "I don't think it's a stretch to say that Recovery.gov is a prototype for 'gov 2.0.' It's your definition of improving citizen engagement. It was rapidly set up. It has live data." - InformationWeek |
Limited-time offers | | Up to 20 percent savings on up to 250 Office Professional Plus 2007 license and Software Assurance packs. | | | As an Open License or Open Value customer, you can acquire Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition licenses and Exchange Server 2007 Standard CALs at potential savings. | | | The Open Value Subscription program offers an "up-to-date" discount of up to 50% off the first annual payment for estimated retail prices of existing desktop platform product licenses of the current (N) or previous (N-1) version. |
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