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TechNet Flash Mobile | Unsubscribe | Customize TechNet Flash Volume 12, Issue 6 | March 24, 2010     Top Stories     Download the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview Check out the new capabilities of the next Internet Explorer, with the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview. Find demos of HTML5 and the hardware-accelerated performance with background compiled JavaScript. You can also download the Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview user guide and release notes. TechNet Magazine: Using Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010 as a Secure Web Gateway Learn how to use TMG 2010 to enable safe Internet access and to enhance the end-user experience. Your Featured Content Join the MAP Toolkit 5.0 Beta 1 The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 is an agentless tool designed to simplify and streamline the IT infrastructure planning process across multiple scenarios through network-wide automated discovery and assessments. 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He describes the Windows Azure Platform Application Fabric and touches on SQL Azure, storage elements, blobs, queues, and tables. New Virtual Lab: Implementing XenDesktop 4 on Hyper-V R2 This lab is intended for IT professionals who would like to deliver virtual desktop computers using Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, and Citrix XenDesktop. Users will work through the steps to simulate deploying multiple virtual desktops, and will first capture a reference image using the Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops. TechNet Radio: Large Scale Planning of SQL Server and Optimization for SharePoint Find out what considerations you should make around large-scale SQL Server deployments with SharePoint. 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