Solution Accelerators April Newsletter

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APRIL 2011  MOF Quick Start Kit  Windows security   Twitter spotlight  MMS 2011 interview  Tech-Ed 2011 Follow us on Twitter! Get the latest tips from Microsoft Solution Accelerators...in 140 characters or less: @MSSolutionAccel. What's new with Solution Accelerators? Subscribe to our news feed. Stay in step with Solution Accelerators Visit the Solution Accelerators website. Tell us what you think Contact us with your questions, comments, and stories.  April updates from the Solution Accelerators Team Download new releases Get up and running with Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0. The latest MOF IT Pro Quick Start Kit includes new materials and updated references to the most recent MOF supplemental materials, all designed to help you get up and running with MOF 4.0. Get MOF. Get to work. Download the newly updated MOF IT Pro Quick Start Kit. Learn more about Microsoft Operations Framework. Access IT pro resources Rediscover Windows security guidance. Ever wonder what happened to the Windows security guides? Your go-to Windows guidance from Solution Accelerators hasn't disappeared, it's just been repackaged. The previously stand-alone product-specific security guides are now included within the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool. Simply download the tool, import your product baselines of choice, and select the Documents tab within each baseline to access trusted security guidance for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and more! Download and install the Security Compliance Manager tool. For more details on how to get started with SCM, check out our TechNet Wiki. Who's who: A 140-character intro to Solution Accelerators' Twitter pros. When we asked a handful of our Solution Accelerator Twitter contributors to introduce themselves, they jumped at the chance to share their thoughts...in 140 characters or less, of course. Here's what some of our favorite Tweeters had to say: Curtis Metz, Social media specialist: What do I like about Twitter? I'm able to learn from so many different perspectives and listen to and talk with our customers. Venkat Ganti, IT planning specialist: Expect updates on my focus areas: deployment planning and readiness scenarios for desktop, datacenter, and cloud platforms...exciting stuff! Betsy Norton-Middaugh, IT service management specialist: Best thing about Solution Accelerators? Do I have to pick just one?? They're free, practical, focused, and ready to use! Follow us on Twitter, and get the latest and greatest updates from Curtis, Venkat, Betsy, and the rest of the Solution Accelerators Team! @mssolutionaccel   Security and compliance update from MMS 2011. Chase Carpenter from the Solution Accelerators Team sat down with technical evangelist Joey Snow at Microsoft Management Summit 2011 to discuss the latest in security and compliance, including the upcoming version update of the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager. Watch and learn on TechNet Edge. Check out Chase's interview from MMS 2011 on TechNet Edge. Learn more about the Security Compliance Manager. Join Solution Accelerators this May at Tech-Ed North America 2011! Tech-Ed North America 2011 kicks off May 16 in Atlanta, Georgia. We'll be offering sessions on MAP, MDT, SCM, and VMMSSP 2.0. Register today: http://northamerica.msteched.com. © Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft is a trademark of the Microsoft Group of companies. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject line. You can also unsubscribe at www.Microsoft.com. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal Information. This newsletter was sent by the Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, USA 98052

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