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From the Editor
You'll notice some changes to the Microsoft Ireland TechNet website over the next few weeks. The first major change is that we'll be conducting a survey to make sure that the content we're supplying both from the website and in the TechNet Flash newsletter is relevant and valuable. We're also going to look at the importance of having local Irish content. There are over 70,000 IT professionals working in Ireland and we would like to hear from you. In the next edition of TechNet Flash we'll add the link to the survey and simply by answering a few multiple choice questions you'll be entered into a draw to win one of two top-of-the-line laptops - can't say fairer than that!
Two things to watch out for this week are the release of Windows Vista SP1 to TechNet subscribers and the release of the feature-complete CTP release of SQL Server 2008.
Ten-times more applications have 'certified' or 'works with' Windows Vista logos than at launch and there is support for an additional 700K devices - making it the most supported OS ever.
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Significant reliability improvements - measurable file copy performance (25-50 per cent faster) speedier resume times and reduced hangs and crashes
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Even greater security - Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption in Windows Vista Ultimate now encrypts all local drives and enables simultaneous authentication
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Capabilities to further simplify system administration - simplified remote access, easier use of Terminal Server and Virtual PC, and improved self help tools and network diagnostics.
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Thank you for reading - until next time.
Colm Torris
TechNet Manager
Microsoft Ireland
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Learn about changes made to address specific reliability, performance and compatibility issues; support new types of hardware; and add support for several emerging standards. For more information see the Overview of Windows Vista SP1.
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The Windows Automated Installation Kit is designed to help corporate IT professionals customise and deploy the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 family of operating systems.
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The Infrastructure Planning and Design Beta Release for Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services and Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services is available as an open beta download.
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Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 uses information about user availability to route communications to the most appropriate place - whether it's by using voicemail, email or IM, or holding a video conference. See how the OCS 2007 system uses presence to connect endpoints.
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Integrating Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 with an existing PBX system can be challenging: you need to select an integration scenario, understand call routing, know how to configure user settings, deal with number plans, and more. But don't worry, this overview will show you what you need to know.
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The 2007 Microsoft Office system includes design changes you must be aware of before deploying it in your Terminal Services server farm. This article gives you an overview of the changes.
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This Windows Mobile and Microsoft Exchange Server Set-up Guide helps you develop a solution deployment plan based on proven Microsoft Mobile messaging architectures.
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This guide provides an overview of new enterprise messaging features, security and performance best practices, and network architecture options, and teaches you how to integrate a mobile solution into a network infrastructure.
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In this pair of webcasts we will examine how you can configure and monitor a web proxy server on both Windows Server 2003 and Ubuntu Linux.
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Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 provides a security-enhanced, easy-to-manage platform for developing and reliably hosting web applications and services. Moreover, IIS7 is a major enhancement to the Windows web platform and plays a central role in unifying Microsoft web platform technologies.
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Watch this webcast to learn more about the features and benefits of using Windows Server Virtualisation and System Center working together and about the competitive differentiators for the current virtualisation offerings.
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Microsoft is releasing a series of Virtualisation Solution Accelerators that will help you confidently assess, plan and securely deploy Microsoft Virtualisation technologies such as Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Terminal Services and Microsoft Application Virtualisation. Download these Virtualisation Solution Accelerators including Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, Windows Server Security Guide and Microsoft Deployment.
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The new Port 25 is home to the open source community at Microsoft and to a conversation dedicated to Linux, Windows and open source interoperability.
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The Forefront edge security and access products provide enhanced network edge protection and application-centric, policy-based access to corporate IT infrastructure. Find out more by visiting the Forefront edge security website.
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Learn how simplified deployment, management and analysis features allow Forefront Client Security to integrate easily with your organisation's IT infrastructure and help you keep your infrastructure secure.
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Learn about the new features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 that provide a high-performance data warehouse and will allow you to manage large-scale data warehouses and integrate growing volumes of data. In addition to webcasts, virtual labs and podcasts are also available.
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Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, the next evolution of Live Communications Server, delivers streamlined communications for your users so they can find and communicate with the right person, right now, from the applications they use most, such as Microsoft Office Outlook.
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Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 is a top-down portfolio management solution that helps your organisation realise its potential by identifying, selecting and delivering a set of investments that best align with your business strategy.
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You can take the Windows Server 2008 test drive to try the latest release from Microsoft instantly. By simply logging on to our test-drive environment using your web browser, you'll be able to experience Windows Server 2008 first hand through a collection of short virtual labs and video walk-throughs.
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Prepare for success with a detailed and solid understanding of the IT infrastructure. With the new Microsoft Assessment and Planning tool, you have the ability to conduct network-wide assessment and determine the readiness for migration to products like Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Virtualization, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Terminal Services, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system.
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March 19, 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Attend this webcast to learn how virtualisation can help you consolidate servers, maximise uptime, recover from disruptive events and reduce the application-to-application conflicts that can cause compatibility problems in your IT environment.
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March 25, 11:30 AM Pacific Time
In this webcast, we discuss HPC in Windows compared to a Linux solution. We first look at what comes built into Windows Compute Cluster Server, compared to what you get with a Linux solution. We then examine demanding workloads and show how to configure an HPC solution.
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Now with support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and Windows Server 2008, Forefront Security for Exchange Server SP1 helps provide comprehensive protection for Exchange Server 2007 environments through the integration of multiple industry-leading antivirus scan engines, content filtering and enhanced manageability.
Looking to protect Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server environments? Get started by downloading the new Antigen 9.0 SP1 trial software.
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Find out how to help protect your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 collaboration environments with Forefront Security for SharePoint with SP1 and download free trial software.
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Watch these 90-minute Windows Server 2008 webcasts and learn how your organisation can use the enhancements in Windows Server 2008 to improve your organisation's networking infrastructure and security, server performance and reliability, remote resource access, and client deployment. Tune in for live webcasts and stream or download webcasts for on-demand viewing.
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In this TechNet Radio session, we will discuss the Server Core architecture and functionality and how this installation option compares to Linux.
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Try Windows Server 2008 and experience how it will affect your daily routine. These virtual labs give you a chance to test drive the new features of Windows Server 2008, which include improvements to management, network protection and Terminal Services. Sign up for a free 90-minute block of time, download a manual, and step through a lab.
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Learn how to use the new Event Viewer and Task Scheduler to perform preventative maintenance and react to system events. You will schedule tasks that occur based on event triggers, and configure actions such as email messages. Finally, you will explore WinRM for remote system management using WMI.
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