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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. | U.S. Government CIO finds meaning in the cloud The promise of cloud-based access using Microsoft Azure | | | Federal Government CIO Vivek Kundra joined Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie at the 2009 Professional Developer Conference to discuss the promise of cloud-based access using Azure to garner future meaning from large, rich datasets. Watch the video. |
News and highlights | | MSN and HGTV's lifestyle expert Kelley Moore brought holiday cheer to the troops and families spending the season at the Bethesda, MD Fisher House as part of the annual Salute to our Troops program. On Dec. 20, 8,200 active duty military and their families will enjoy a performance of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in Washington, D.C. | | | NASA and Microsoft collaborated on the " Be a Martian" Web site that enables the public to participate as citizen scientists to improve Martian maps, take part in research tasks, and assist Mars science teams studying data about the Red Planet. | | | In a two-part series, Fed Cloud Blog talks with Susie Adams, CTO for Microsoft Federal, about cloud computing, the recent release of Microsoft's Azure, and where she thinks federal agencies can most benefit from cloud computing technology. | | | Patrick Svenburg, senior manager for Microsoft Federal, interviewed with Federal News Radio to talk about the Random Hacks of Kindness program, how the idea came about, and how Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! are working together. | | | Lockheed Martin is licensing Microsoft's ESP visual simulation software platform. The systems integrator will extend the current capabilities of ESP to enable a whole new suite of innovative ESP-based solutions that will evolve beyond flight training to include ground and civil agency applications. - Internet News | | | NIH deployed a pilot of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to improve its current messaging configuration and found that the architecture and service improvements in this latest version would help the organization improve employees' e-mail experience, provide a more robust availability and disaster-recovery solution, and ease administration. |
Technology update | | Make your FOIA processes more efficient, and generate your automated annual report with very little effort, all from the convenience of your internet connection with nothing to install. Try Public Records Tracker free for 60 days. | | | The Office Resource Kit Blog discusses improvements that help IT administrators configure, validate, deploy, and protect their Office installations, including licensing and volume activation, 64-bit editions, security changes and more. | | | The new Bing Maps beta adds an immersive new viewing mode and an "application gallery" to further enhance its virtual perspective of the world. - Government Computer News | | | Download free trials of Windows Server 2008 RC, Unified Communications, SQL Server, System Center, and more. |
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| | Purchase Office Professional Plus 2007 with Software Assurance by Dec. 31, 2009 through the Open License for Government or Open Value for Government programs and get up to a 20% discount. With Software Assurance, you can get immediate value from Office 2007 and get Microsoft Office 2010 when it releases. | | | Find the right solution for your organization while earning money back in the form of partner subsidy funds. Offer expires Jan. 2, 2010. | ...and don't miss these great deals:
| | Microsoft Online Services provides a set of cloud-based, enterprise level business applications for rich functionality, cost savings, and business-ready security and privacy. | | | Open Value, Open License and Select Government customers are eligible to acquire Windows 7 Professional upgrade and upgrade + SA licenses at a 15% discount through Feb. 28, 2010. | | | Buy or renew your MSDN Premium subscription now to receive a more advanced edition of Visual Studio 2010 with MSDN when it ships. |
| For the developer | | | | | Download the beta now to jumpstart your next project. The "Go Live" license with this release means you can develop and deploy before the finished product hits the shelf. | | | SharePoint 2010 is receiving a thumbs-up from developers who are pleased with its capabilities, including its use of Visual Studio for building SharePoint applications.
-InfoWorld | |  | | | A software development kit (SDK) from Microsoft will enable developers to use technologies such as Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to build apps for the Facebook platform. - InfoWorld | | | Download the Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers to access presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. | | |
Events and webcasts | | | | 1:00 PM Central Time on December 9 and December 16 Learn how your agency can easily manage citizen requests, meet mandatory response timeframes, and achieve new compliance standards with Public Records Tracker powered by Microsoft Dynamics CRM. | | | December 10, 12:00 - 3:30 PM Eastern Time In this free conference, you'll have the opportunity to hear from Gov 2.0 practitioners, share your ideas, and join in a conversation with panelists and other participants, all looking to build a solid and future for Gov 2.0 trends and technologies. | | | | | December 14, 1:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern Time | Reston, Virginia Learn solution implementation and best practices, and leave with the tools and resources to tap the power of location using Bing Maps. |
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