Microsoft in Government: Make the most of your end-of-year budget

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July 1, 2009 In This Issue: News & Highlights Talk to us Questions on how to buy before September 30? Call 1-800-342-9224 • Financing help • Chat online • More info Not yet a subscriber? • Sign up! 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. Make the most of your budget Now is the time to advance your mission With the end of the government fiscal year just around the corner, there's no better time to spend year-end technology dollars on today's important mandates: from creating an open, transparent government, delivering on the stimulus package, or just getting your agency to Gov 2.0-and so much more! Microsoft can help you with familiar technology and solutions today. Get Year-End Ready. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 With the purchase of a single Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 license, your agency has the technology you need to create any number of custom applications that integrate into existing systems quickly, with minimal risk and cost. SharePoint Products and Technologies Improve collaboration and communication, implement compliance processes, and provide access to information and reporting that is essential to meeting congressional standards and to advancing your Gov 2.0 objectives. Consider upgrading to Office SharePoint 2007 Enterprise, and get integrated reporting, search, and forms functionality. Microsoft Unified Communications and Office Communications Server Quickly incorporate presence, instant messaging, conferencing, and enterprise voice with the familiar applications you use every day, regardless of medium, device, or location. You can boost employees' responsiveness-whether they are on site or at a remote location-while minimizing disruption and helping to reduce the cost of delivering service. Server virtualization Cut your costs and reduce your environmental impact. "Virtualize" your data center to centralize management of your IT infrastructure, consolidate underutilized servers, and minimize the number of physical devices you own. Microsoft Services Premier Support Premier Support helps you maximize the availability and efficiency of your IT infrastructure, reduce your risks, and improve your IT staff's productivity. News & Highlights Limited-time offer: Get Windows 7 for as low as $49.99 With Windows 7, PCs start up, shut down, resume from standby, and respond faster. Pre-order the newest version of Windows, but do it fast-this offer expires July 11, 2009. City collects, monitors, and integrates service requests across departments to enhance citizen services The City of Bellevue deployed Microsoft Dynamics CRM to help its many lines of business respond to citizen queries, track service requests, and manage the city's knowledge base. Federal institution supports 60 million daily database hits with reliability, added security When key issues are in the news, this federal institution needs to support 60 million or more hits a day on its public Web site with complete reliability. The institution moved to a Web and database solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2005 in an unusual, load-balanced, peer-to-peer configuration that provides scalability, reliability-and added security. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) speeds calculation by 25 times with custom database solution The BEA needed a flexible system to calculate the gross domestic product (GDP) faster so that it could incorporate the latest data submissions from external sources while giving economists more time to analyze and validate results. BEA developed a solution, using Microsoft SQL Server 2005, that makes it possible for the bureau to calculate GDP estimates 25 times faster. Thousands of Virginians to receive free Microsoft training Virginia will offer free technology training to displaced workers through Microsoft's Elevate America program. The program will distribute 11,250 vouchers for technology training and certification, and will provide students with career resources to find internships and permanent jobs. - American City and County Talk to us . Follow Microsoft_Gov for state and local government on Twitter. . Follow FutureFed for federal government on Twitter. . YouTube: Be a star! Create an "innovation in government technology" video and upload it to our YouTube channel. . FutureFed blog: Teresa Carlson, Microsoft Vice President of U.S. Federal Government Sales, shares her thoughts on how technology can help you complete your missions faster and more successfully and invites your feedback. . Bright Side of Government: Join the conversation about technology trends in state and local government. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Web site. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal Information. This newsletter was sent by the Microsoft Corporation 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, USA 98052 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile | Microsoft Government Home © 2009 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

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Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile Task Updates and Timesheet Submittal and Approval Team members update project work in the Tasks, My Work section of Microsoft Office Project Web Access. After they submit their task updates, the project manager approves or rejects their time on tasks in the Approvals, Task Updates section of Project Web Access. At the end of each timesheet period, team members use Import Task Progress to show progress on their timesheets along with any other administrative time spent during the period. Resource managers can review, approve, and reconcile timesheets against reported project work, nonproject work, and nonworking time. Use the following steps to review and approve timesheets: 1. In Project Web Access, click the Action pane. 2. In the Approvals section, click Timesheet. 3. In Review My Timesheet Summary, click My Timesheet. 4. Click the Review Timesheet Detail page. 5. Click Approve to complete the approval process. 6. In the Approvals section, click Admin Time. 7. Click the Review Admin Time Detail page. 8. Click Approve to complete the approval process. Use Table Styles You can easily improve the look of your tables in seconds by using table styles in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. 1. Select the table that you want to format. 2. A set of Table Tools contextual tabs appears on the user interface. Click the Design tab to reach the Table Styles gallery. 3. Browse through the available prebuilt styles by pausing on each table. You'll see a preview of your table's appearance with that style. 4. Click the table format that you like, and apply the changes to your presentation. You can use the other features and galleries on the Design and Layout tabs to further customize your table. • Tips and Tricks Web site • Microsoft Office Online • Help Privacy note: Microsoft respects your privacy and that of your friends. Please do not use the Tell a Friend button to send mail to more than 10 people. Microsoft cannot collect any data about the people you send mail to unless they sign up for Tips and Tricks Special Delivery. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Profile Center. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal information Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile © 2009 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement

Windows Logo Program Newsletter for June 30, 2009

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The Windows Logo Program Newsletter provides up to date information about the Windows Logo Program. Did you get this newsletter from a friend? Subscribe to the Windows Logo Program Newsletter. Revised Policy: Submissions Must Use Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beginning March 3, 2010 We previously announced that effective August 17, 2009, all Windows Vista submissions must use Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2). Due to late-breaking news about the availability of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Preinstallation Kit (OPK) for Windows Vista SP2, we are moving the effective date for this requirement to March 3, 2010. We encourage all partners to test with the latest service pack as soon as possible. LogoFest Redmond - Registration Deadline July 3, 2009 We are still accepting registrations for the LogoFest event in Redmond, Washington, to be held July 27-31, 2009. Registration for this event closes on July 3, 2009, so submit your registration soon. For more information and to register for this event, please visit the Logo Events and Training Web page on the Windows Hardware Developer Central (WHDC) Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/LogoEvents.mspx). Windows Logo Kit 1.4 QFE 003 Is Now Available on Connect QFE 003 to Windows Logo Kit (WLK) 1.4 is now available for download at the WLK Connect site (https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=668). This QFE fixes several problems related to the local area network (LAN), wireless LAN (WLAN), and Mobile Broadband Networking (MBN) programs in WLK 1.4. These improvements affect only the MBN, LAN, and WLAN programs; all other network-related programs remain unchanged. QFE 003 addresses the following problems: . MBN: Job results were not filterable by errata. Updated job allows errata to be applied. . WLAN: Blocked test case in softap_oids_ext changed to skipped test case, allowing the test to continue running. . WLAN: Several possible bug checks in the test SoftAP fixed. . WLAN: Resolved issue in SoftAP_Notifications_ext test suite where device indications are not reliably received by our test harness. . LAN: There is a planned operating system change to disable wake-on patterns that are currently in power management (PM) capabilities if the physical device does not support low power offloads. This means that for most devices, the default out-of-the-box behavior will be to wake on magic packet only. The tests have been updated to enable wake on LAN (WoL) before querying capabilities. . LAN: Support device now unbinds protocols automatically before running WoL and PM tests. Windows Logo Kit 1.4 QFE 007 Is Now Available on Connect QFE 007 for Windows Logo Kit (WLK) 1.4 is now available for download on the WLK Connect site (https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=668). This QFE is required for the Windows 7 Logo Program for Windows Media Center IR v2 emulator devices. It is required only for emulator devices and not for any other IR device. This QFE resolves an issue where a Windows Media Center IR emulator device would always fail Test 28 (InvalidDeviceCommands) because the test failed to send the data necessary for the device to successfully pass the test. You will not be able to certify a Windows Media Center IR emulator device without this QFE. Windows Logo Kit 1.4 QFE 008 Is Now Available on Connect QFE 008 to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK) version 1.4 is now available for download at the WLK Connect site (https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=668). This QFE addresses multiple issues for the Storage Optical test for Windows 7 devices: . The test case for the READ CAPACITY command was not exercised properly for DVD-ROM models and immediately terminated with false failure. This has been fixed. . For slot drives, tray status sense code checks now accept wider range additional sense code qualifiers (ASCQs) based on current language in the Multi-Media Commands - 6 (MMC-6) specification. . The command performance check test case is up-to-date with the latest logo program requirements, and fixed to run after every profile in order to give partner feedback about device performance for each scenario. This QFE is not a filter update. If a filter has not already been applied to your test, this QFE will not change the status of that test. This QFE is for use with WLK 1.4 RTM (version 1.4.7100.0). Connect-Based Support for WLK 1.4 Extended for Windows 7 We have had great success with the Microsoft Connect Web form. Partners raised nearly 300 issues. For Windows Logo Kit (WLK) 1.4, we are extending the Connect-based support found on the WLK Connect site (https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=668) through August 21, 2009. We encourage you to explore the new rich documentation in the kit for self-help, but post your problems on the Connect site should you need additional help. You can also request technical help for WLK 1.4 from Microsoft support by opening a normal support incident through your technical account manager (TAM) or through the online WLK support page (http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&prid=11880). Edition for June 30, 2009 In This Issue: Revised Policy: Submissions Must Use Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beginning March 3, 2010 LogoFest Redmond - Registration Deadline July 3, 2009 Windows Logo Kit 1.4 QFE 003 Is Now Available on Connect Windows Logo Kit 1.4 QFE 007 Is Now Available on Connect Windows Logo Kit 1.4 QFE 008 Is Now Available on Connect Connect-Based Support for WLK 1.4 Extended for Windows 7 What's New on WHDC? Windows Logo Program References • Windows Logo Program Newsletter Archives To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Web site. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal Information. This newsletter was sent by the Microsoft Corporation 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, USA 98052 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile © 2009 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement