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November/December 2009 Download New Solution Accelerators Join a Beta Review Program You spoke, we listened. Thanks for your feedback on the Solution Accelerators newsletter. For the next few months, we'll be experimenting with the structure and content of this publication to incorporate your comments. Stay tuned, and continue to tell us what you think! Solution Accelerators Winter 2009 Update Download our new releases and join current beta programs Download New Solution Accelerators New Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (OVMST) 2.1 now available! Concerned with keeping your offline virtualized environment safe from attack and in compliance? Download the Microsoft Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1. You'll get free, tested guidance and tools that automatically service your offline virtualized machines with the latest operating system and application updates, eliminating cumbersome manual processes. Kick-start efficient operations with the Getting Started with MOF 4.0 guide. The Getting Started with MOF 4.0 guide is the first step to a more efficient MOF implementation. The guide provides role- and situation-specific guidance, focused on helping users understand where to apply MOF and how to get the most from its recommendations. Download the Getting Started with MOF 4.0 guide and start taking the first steps toward organizational efficiency. Select the right virtualization technology with the new Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guide. Updated to include coverage of Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), this guide walks the reader through the process of selecting the right virtualization technology for each workload, in just five steps or fewer. Download the IPD guide for Selecting the Right Virtualization Technology today. Simplify design and planning with the IPD guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services. Streamline your planning and design process for implementing the Remote Desktop Services infrastructure by using the simple nine-step process presented in this guide. Download the IPD guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services to save time and clarify your design and planning process. Reduce the costs of addressing PCI DSS compliance requirements. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) guide helps IT managers in organizations that process, store, or transmit payment cardholder information to comply with PCI DSS version 1.2. An overview provides the knowledge that is needed to start addressing PCI DSS compliance requirements, and dedicated sections focus on Microsoft technology solutions that can help automate and reduce the cost of compliance. Download the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard guide. Join a Beta Review Program Preview new MOF Reliability Workbooks for Active Directory, System Center Operations Manager, and Hyper-V. This new series of MOF Reliability Workbooks provides the knowledge necessary to keep technologies running smoothly so that you can provide the services your organization expects. Each workbook includes maintenance and monitoring tasks, lists of common risk areas and standard changes for the ongoing care of specific technologies, plus an administrator's guide for customizing these for your organization. Join the MOF beta review program today. Already a member? Bookmark this link. Preview Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0. The MAP 5.0 Community Technical Preview Program (CTP) gives you the opportunity to preview and provide feedback on planned new features of MAP 5.0. We want to hear from you! Join the CTP and influence future MAP capabilities and features. (Live ID Required.) Address IT governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) objectives with new beta solutions from the Compliance Solution Accelerators team. New GRC solutions will help you reduce the cost and complexity of compliance. Start with the guidance offered in the IT Compliance Management Series. The series includes guides and resources designed to help configure Microsoft products to address specific IT compliance requirements for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, including updates for Windows Server 2008 R2 and compliance baselines formatted as configuration packs for automated validation with System Center Configuration Manager. Interested in automating control activities in Configuration Manager and Operations Manager? Check out the Compliance and Risk Process Management Pack and the IT Compliance Management Library for Microsoft System Center Service Manager. Visit the System Center Service Manager 2010 Beta 2 site to join this beta program; once you log in, you'll find these new tools in the Download section of the left sidebar. © Microsoft Corporation. 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