 | |  A new survey finds a rise in the number of companies offering employees opportunities to work remotely. To help you better equip your agency to support a more mobile workforce—download our paper, Telework planning considerations: a risk-based approach for IT managers. |
|
| | | | | | News and highlights General availability of Microsoft Office 365 set for June 28
Office 365 is the next-generation cloud productivity service, allowing you to work from virtually anywhere and on almost any device. Office 365 brings together Microsoft Office, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online in an always-up-to-date cloud service. – GCN Pew and Microsoft partner to help provide timely, accurate election day information
The Voting Information Project will make relevant election information more available to American voters around the world using the online and mobile technologies that all of us already use on a daily basis. Why Winston-Salem chose Exchange Online, and not Google Apps
The City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has never owned a Microsoft Exchange server, but beginning this month, it will roll out Exchange and Outlook e-mail for 2,700 of its workers, followed by Office 365 when it becomes generally available. – CIO US Africa Command's info management system is up to the task
Many DOD commands are now using enterprise applications, such as Microsoft Dynamics Content Resource Management (CRM) Task Management Tracker (TMT,) to track and streamline their command and administrative functions. – GCN Microsoft to add cloud software to Enterprise Agreement (EA) licenses
The new licensing policy will give customers more flexibility to mix purchases of on-premises and cloud software seats as their needs change. – CRN |
|
| | | | Technology update Microsoft unveils 'Windows 8' operating system
Microsoft showed off its newest operating system at the D9 Conference on June 1. Optimized for touch screens, features include a tile-based user interface and new libraries and controls for developers designed for fluid interaction and seamless connectivity. – GCN Windows debugging made easy
Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich showed attendees at Tech•Ed 2011 how to track down hard-to-pinpoint errors in Windows deployments. – CIO.com Download the Microsoft Safety Scanner for a safer PC and web browsing experience
This free security tool provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It even works with your existing antivirus software. Microsoft readies Service Pack 2 for Exchange 2010
Service Pack 2 for Exchange 2010 will be delivered in the second half of the year, and will include at least four new features along with bug fixes. – ZDNet Microsoft adds support for CentOS
Microsoft has added support for a Linux distribution to Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, giving added leverage to hosting solutions providers that want to centrally manage the various cloud infrastructures deployed by customers from Hyper-V. – GCN
|
|
| | | | For developers Developers find a lot to love in Windows Phone 7 "Mango"
Network World interviewed three developers, all experienced in Windows software programming for the enterprise, and in mobile apps, to get their take on the next Windows Phone 7 release, code named "Mango." Get your no-cost Windows Azure Platform 30-Day Pass
Put Windows Azure and SQL Azure through their paces. With the Windows Azure platform, you pay only for what you use, and scale up when you need capacity and down when you don't. Send an e-mail message to get your instant promo code. Attend BUILD and go behind the scenes of Windows 8
In 1995, Windows changed the PC. This September, BUILD will show you that Windows 8 changes everything. BUILD is a new event that shows modern developers how to take advantage of the future of Windows. Register today. See what's new in Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 Beta
In this release you will find 20+ new code samples, 30 new scenario-based walkthroughs, and additional in-depth developer guidance that will help you create that next amazing app for Windows Phone 7. |
|
| | | | | |
| | 
Going fast…check out these offers from Microsoft before they're gone!
App of the month
rGov Congress Keep tabs on your representative! View your legislator's contact information, twitter feed, recent floor appearances, recent votes, and more.
 Mobile devices are here to stay. Is your federal agency ready?
June 15, 1:00 PM Eastern Using SharePoint 2010 to facilitate operational migration management
June 15, 11:00 AM Eastern Feature demonstration of Microsoft Visual Studio
June 16, 2:00 PM Eastern What does a multi-hypervisor world mean for your federal virtualization practice?
June 22, 1:00 PM Eastern
In-person security events
June 28 │ Reston, Virginia
Security Intelligence Report v10
9:00–10:30 AM Eastern Security Development Lifecycles progress report & 24 deadly sins of software security
11:00AM–2:00 PM Eastern To register for either briefing, send us an e-mail.
|
|
| | | | Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement. If you would prefer to no longer receive this newsletter, please reply to this message with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line or click here to sign in and unsubscribe. These settings will not affect any other newsletters you've requested or any mandatory service communications that are considered part of certain Microsoft services. To set your contact preferences for other Microsoft communications, see the communications preferences section of the Microsoft Privacy Statement. One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, USA 98052 | | | | |
