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• Interesting Sownloads for Week Ending - 11-07-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 Help · Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Protocol Documentation · Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standards Documentation · DEPLOYMENT GUIDE -... Posted Nov 13 2008, 10:31 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, SCVMM, IIS, On the Edge, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed, Cloud, The Cloud

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 10/17/2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB957000) · Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB957000) · Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB957000) · Update for Windows Vista... Posted Oct 22 2008, 10:20 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, IPv6, IIS, Digital Imaging, Competitive, On the Edge, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, twitterfeed, The Cloud

• Interesting Downloads for the Week Ending - 10-03-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 - English · Branch Office Infrastructure Solution for Windows Server 2008 · Microsoft Windows Server 2008 UNIX Interoperability Management Pack for Microsoft OpsMgr... Posted Oct 06 2008, 08:09 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, Webcasts, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, IPv6, IIS, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, twitterfeed

• Springboard Series – Windows Vista Performance

  WARNING – this is a progressive download video. It is not streamed. Therefore the entire 400MB video is downloaded and played if you click the big START button above. What’d you expect for 60 minutes of video? If you want to download the video and play... Posted Sep 27 2008, 12:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Security, Video, Search, Hardware, Windows Vista, Group Policy, Mobility, Networking, Deployment, Management, Laptop Stuff, Imaging, x64 OS and Apps

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 09-19-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Update for Outlook 2003 (KB924423) · Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Drive Extender · Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Networking · Windows Home Server Technical Brief... Posted Sep 22 2008, 09:15 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Zune, Powershell, Tech News, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Competitive, On the Edge, music, communicator, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, twitterfeed

• Windows vs Walls

  Share this post: Read More... Posted Sep 18 2008, 11:12 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Security, Office, Active Directory, Search, Windows Vista, Mobility, Networking, SQL Server, Windows Group Policy, Internet Explorer, Xbox, Windows Mobile, Deployment, Management, Zune, Powershell, Virtual Server, Windows Media Services, HDTV, SCVMM, Visual Studio, Silverlight, Windows Server 2008, SCOM, x64 OS and Apps, Hyper-V

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 09-12-2008

  Infrastructure Development & Operations · Virtualization with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V · Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB956697) · Ultrasound - Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tool for File Replication Service (FRS)... Posted Sep 16 2008, 04:26 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Webcasts, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, Xbox, ISA, Downloads, Virtualization, Zune, Powershell, Tech News, User Groups, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Competitive, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, twitterfeed

• Microsoft TechDay

  Ab diesem Herbst bietet Microsoft TechNet ein neue Veranstaltungsreihe für IT-Professionals an: den Microsoft TechDay. Unser Ziel bei dieser neuen Veranstaltung ist es, Ihnen die Möglichkeit zu geben, technische Inhalte interaktiv zu erleben... Posted Aug 29 2008, 11:36 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Information Worker, Search, Deployment, Virtualization, Office System, server, Business Intelligence (BI), infrastructure, IT-Professionals, Identity Management, UC & C, Operations Management, Database, Desktop

• Sample Chapters - Microsoft Press books and training kits for Exchange Server 2007

  Download the following sample chapters from Microsoft Press books and training kits on Exchange Server 2007-available for a limited time only! Get the information that you need from the experts to help you transition your skills and prepare for the new... Posted Aug 17 2008, 06:27 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Search, Webcasts, Setup, troubleshooting, Deployment, Management, Exchange Server 2007, Architecture, Powershell, Unified Messaging, permissions, installation, web services, migrating, Policies, features, On Demand, Monitoring, routing, Transport, DevMSGTeam, Client Access, configuring, Learn in 24 hours, Toolbox, Sample Chapters; Microsoft Press books; training kits; Exchange Server 2007; ebook, Trasitioning

• Interesting Downloads for Week Ending - 08-08-2008

  As a heads up, I am posting the interesting DL info in the long format one more time. Partly because of a time crunch to get the info posted and partly because the alternative means of posting I wanted to do has caused me to raise some questions that... Posted Aug 12 2008, 12:32 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Downloads, Virtualization, Zune, Powershell, Linux, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Competitive, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, Tech Support, twitterfeed

• My Favorite Windows Vista Runtime Improvements (RTI)

  There’s an acronym from the past for you.  Run Time Improvements (RTI).  I am always looking for ways to squeeze another speed improvement out of Windows Vista .  In fact, a few weeks ago I made some changes to my Dell Latitude D820 and... Posted Jul 29 2008, 09:57 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Security, Active Directory, Search, Windows Vista, Group Policy, Storage, Management, Virtualization, Laptop Stuff, Windows Server 2008, x64 OS and Apps

• TMSAM02 gets you 15% of NEW TechNet Subscription....

  When you sign up for a NEW TechNet Subscription over at the TechNet site , at some point you will get prompted for a discount/promotional code. Use TMSAM02 and it will net you 15% off. This only applies to NEW subscriptions at the moment and it it should... Posted Jul 15 2008, 12:43 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, Windows, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Deployment, Virtualization, Powershell, Linux, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Competitive, communicator, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, Live!, 64bit Computing

• IT Pro Momentum Program - Helping you test/pilot Microsoft Technologies...

  Need some help to test/pilot the latest Microsoft infrastructure technologies list here? Windows Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 IIS7 Forefront Edge (ISA) Forefront Client & Server Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 or Windows Server Virtualization Windows Vista... Posted May 19 2008, 11:01 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, IE, Windows, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, Xbox, ISA, Live Events, Interviews, Deployment, Virtualization, Zune, Powershell, User Groups, Linux, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Digital Imaging, Academia, Competitive, On the Edge, Beta, communicator, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, Live!, 64bit Computing, Developery Stuff, Learn me somethin...

• Upgrading Windows XP machines?

  During the conference call my team had on Friday, we were discussing the upcoming content we are planning for the August-December timeframe.  One of my team members who shall remain nameless stated that most of the customers he has talked to aren't... Posted May 17 2008, 09:39 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Security, Search, Windows Vista, Group Policy, Mobility, Networking, Deployment, IIS7

• Blogging catchup and mailbox spring clean

  Having recently spent some time in India attending training on Microsoft Search Server 2008 , and having been quite sick as a result, I've got a bit of a backlog of SharePoint blogging to catch up with. First of all, to comment on Search Server: This... Posted Mar 06 2008, 07:50 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, SharePoint, Search

• Speaking of content....

  What do you want to know about in June when we switch content again? Should we continue talking about Windows 2008? IIS 7? Vista SP1? The next version of SBS? I suspect that we will have at least a brief discussion about that today and I would love to... Posted Feb 20 2008, 07:57 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, SBS, Xbox, ISA, Virtualization, Zune, Powershell, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Blather, On the Edge, Unified Messaging, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management, 64bit Computing

• The Book of Longhorn - get it here

  As you'll recall, there was a really nice book about Windows Vista and explored all of the features in the desktop operating system.  Wouldn't it be nice if such a book existed for Windows Server 2008?  Your wish is my command. Unfortunately... Posted Feb 11 2008, 11:56 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Active Directory, Search, Group Policy, Networking, Deployment, Management, Virtualization, Windows Media Services, IIS7, Windows Server 2008, x64 OS and Apps

• TechNet Webcasts & Seminare Februar / März 2008

  TechNet Webcasts Internet Information Services 6.0 (Teil 1) Werkzeuge für Administratoren und Entwickler (Level 200) 13.02.2008 15:30 bis 16:15 SQL Server 2005 Datenbanksicherung und -wiederherstellung leicht gemacht (Level 200) 18.02.2008 11:00... Posted Feb 08 2008, 08:02 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Search, Web, Office System, server, infrastructure, IT-Professionals, Developer, Database

• Breaking News: RTM of Windows Server 2008!

  It's the day we've all been waiting for! Today - Windows Server 2008 has RTM 'd.  For those of you who don't know - RTM stands for "Released to Manufacturing".  In other words, put a fork in it!  It's DONE.  SHIPPED... Posted Feb 04 2008, 11:19 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Search, news, Windows Server, Longhorn Server, TechNet Events, IT Pro Resources, Microsoft Resources, Virtualization, Sex, Violence, Breaking News

• Resources for TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 5 of 6): SharePoint Server 2007 Security, from Service Accounts to Item-Level Access

  Here are some resources relating to part 5 of the SharePoint Server 2007 webcast series I'm presenting, entitled " SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 5 of 6): SharePoint Server 2007 Security, from Service Accounts to Item-Level Access ". I hope you find them... Posted Jan 28 2008, 05:53 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, SharePoint, Office, Search, Webcasts, Windows Server, IT Pro Resources, Management, Microsoft Resources, TechNet Webcasts, Sex, Violence, IIS

• Windows Vista SP1 is coming and I'm digging it now

  One of the benefits of working for a software company is watching a product release develop then ship. Of course sometimes dogfooding software has pitfalls so some would debate the "benefit" statement.  It's pretty rare for our internal... Posted Jan 27 2008, 02:42 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Active Directory, Search, Windows Vista, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, Networking, Deployment, Management, Laptop Stuff, x64 OS and Apps

• Resources for TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 4 of 6): Compliance and Records Management

  Here are some resources relating to part 4 of the SharePoint Server 2007 webcast series I'm presenting, entitled " SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 4 of 6): Compliance and Records Management ". I hope you find them useful. Kevin — SharePoint Series Landing... Posted Jan 25 2008, 10:52 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, SharePoint, Search, Webcasts, Windows Server, IT Pro Resources, Management, Microsoft Resources, TechNet Webcasts, Sex, Violence

• Register NOW for Windows Server 2008 launch events !!!

  If you have not registered for the Windows Server 2008 launch events in the US, what are you waiting for?  REGISTER NOW at http://www.microsoft.com/heroeshappenhere/register/default.mspx .  Let's not forget we'll also be launching SLQ Server... Posted Jan 23 2008, 01:42 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Active Directory, Search, Group Policy, Mobility, Networking, SQL Server, Deployment, Management, Virtualization, Powershell, Windows Server 2008

• What do you want in a Webcast?

  For that matter.....Do you even like Microsoft Webcasts? My team is on a conference call right now and we are discussing webcast attendance and how to get more people to attend. All of us are raising some interesting questions but we are on the inside... Posted Jan 11 2008, 11:06 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, IE, Windows, Webcasts, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, ISA, Live Events, Deployment, Virtualization, Powershell, User Groups, ForeFront, Media Center, IIS, Learning, Competitive, Unified Messaging, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Systems Management

• Great new Microsoft Spoof video.....

  There have been some funny spoof videos over the years, but this is one of the best. It is also the single most star studded video (that I have seen us do). And it is long! Clear the next 7 minutes.....and laugh out loud...it's good for you! Bill Gates’... Posted Jan 07 2008, 11:57 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Tablet PC, Security, Vista, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, Active Directory, Search, Messenger, Books, IE, Windows, Webcasts, Business Intelligence, SQL, TechNet, Group Policy, Mobility, SBS, Networking, Xbox, ISA, Live Events, Interviews, Deployment, Virtualization, Zune, Opinion, spam, Podcasts, Powershell, User Groups, Linux, ForeFront, Media Center, IPv6, IIS, Screencasts, Learning, Digital Imaging, Academia, Blather, Competitive, Demos, On the Edge, music, Beta, Travel, communicator, Unified Messaging, Live Event Q&A, Home Theater, Windows Server 2008, Karaoke, Zunecasts, Tech Ed, Systems Management, Live!, 64bit Computing, Books I am reading..., Developery Stuff, Tech Support