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[Desktop Operating Systems] TechNet Magazine: Deploying Windows XP with the WAIK
The Windows Automated Installation Kit was designed primarily for Windows Vista
and Windows Server 2008. But did you know that it can also help you deploy Windows
XP and Windows Server 2003? Here's what you need to know to get started.
[Desktop Operating Systems] Five Ways to Speed Up Your PC
This article discusses how to use the tools available in Windows XP Service Pack
2 (SP2) and Windows Vista to more efficiently maintain your computer and safeguard
your privacy when you're online.
[Security Systems] TechNet Magazine: Where Is My PII?
Before you can effectively protect your Personally Identifiable Information, you
must know where it's stored on your PC. Here's a look at how to write scripts that
will locate personal data stored on your computer. You just might be surprised at
what these scripts uncover.
[Security Systems] Webcast: What's New with ISA and IAG and a Road Map for the Future
of Edge Security (Level 300)
April 30, 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Join us for this webcast, in which we walk through new features of Microsoft Internet
Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) 2006 Supportability Pack and Intelligent
Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 Service Pack 1. We also talk about support provided
by the Windows Vista operating system, pre-authentication with Active Directory
Federation Services (ADFS), smart-card only authentication with Kerberos Constrained
Delegation (KCD), and other performance improvements.
[Virtualization] [Server Operating Systems] Windows Server Virtualization 10-Minute
Tour
In this video, Keith Combs discusses a general overview of Windows Server 2008 Virtualization
including how you create and manage virtual machines.
[Virtualization] [Server Operating Systems] Webcast: Overview of the Next Version
of System Center Virtual Machine Manager Beta (Level 200)
April 25, 8:00 AM Pacific Time
In this webcast, we cover management of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Windows Server
2008 clusters, and VMware ESX Server. We give a technical overview of the new features
in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager and provide a live demonstration
of the product. Do not miss this chance to get a sneak peek at the new Microsoft
virtualization management offering.
[Web Site Design, Production, or Operation] TechNet Magazine: Web Capacity Analysis
Tool
Web logs and traffic analysis can give you a good idea of the kind of traffic you
can expect over time. But how can you determine what your infrastructure can handle?
The free Web Capacity Analysis Tool can help you to see how your systems will perform
under stress.
[Mobile Devices] Windows Mobile Series Webcast: Messaging and Collaboration for
Small and Mid-Sized Companies (Level 100)
April 17, 11:30 AM Pacific Time
In this session, we address how Windows Mobile devices make it possible for mobile
employees to access their Microsoft Office Outlook e-mail, contacts, calendar, and
tasks. See how, with the integration with Microsoft Exchange Server (hosted or on-premise)
or Microsoft Small Business Server, you can open and edit Microsoft Office Mobile
documents and access files via Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies.
[Mobile Devices] Windows Mobile Series Webcast: Get the Facts on Comparing Windows
Mobile and Blackberry (Level 300)
April 18, 11:30 AM Pacific Time Attend this session to hear a feature- and
scenario-level discussion of two different mobile communications solutions: one
using Windows Mobile with Microsoft Exchange Server, Direct Push, and Microsoft
System Center Mobile Device Manager, and the other using a BlackBerry Enterprise
Server infrastructure with BlackBerry Connect.
[Messaging and Collaboration] Webcast: Speech Recognition and Grammar Generation
in Unified Messaging for Exchange Server 2007 (Level 300)
April 18, 1:00 PM Pacific Time
In this discussion, we talk about the speech recognition feature of Microsoft Exchange
Server 2007 Unified Messaging, how grammar files are generated, and how the speech
engine uses grammar files for speech recognition. We also briefly discuss regular
expressions that are used to customize grammar files.
[Desktop Productivity Applications] Deploy Proofing Tools for the 2007 Microsoft
Office System
Proofing Tools enable users to edit documents in more than 50 languages and, for
some languages, include spelling and grammar checkers, thesauruses, and hyphenators.
[Business Applications] Download Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express
Search doesn’t have to be complicated. Deliver search solutions to your organization
quickly and easily for free with Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express.
[Database Management Systems] Free SQL Server 2008 E-Learning
With this online collection of learning resources, IT professionals and developers
can learn about the new features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
[Application Design and Development Tools] Integrating Office Outlook 2007 and PeopleSoft Using Visual Studio Tools for Office (3.0)
Learn to use the 2007 Microsoft Office System to extend the Office client and integrate PeopleSoft business data into the context of an information worker's everyday experience.
[Application Design and Development Tools] Webcast: How Microsoft IT Does Secure
Application Development
May 29, 11:00 AM Pacific Time
In this webcast, Microsoft IT's Application Consulting and Engineering team discusses
the state of the industry, application security challenges, and how application
security fits into the development life cycle for IT.
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and discriminatory words in eleven languages. Download the trial today, along with
our new evaluation guide.
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TechNet Magazine: Our Favorite Shell Games
Find out how what you can do with the Shell object. That might not sound exciting,
but there's some pretty cool stuff you can do with this object.
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System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 (English only) Now Available for Volume
License Customers
Volume license customers can now download the slipstreamed version of Microsoft
System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 (English only) via the Microsoft Volume
License Services (MVLS) Web site. Recently released for download were the evaluation and upgrade
versions of Ops Mgr 2007 SP1 for French, German, Japanese, and Russian.
New and Updated Management Packs (MPs) on System Center Pack Catalog
A number of new and updated System Center Operations Manager 2007 MPs were recently
released to the System Center Pack Catalog for System Center Operations Manager
2007, including Windows System Resource Manager 2003, Exchange Server 2003, Windows
2003 Cluster (update), SQL Server 2000/2005 (update), and AD Server 2000/2003 (update).
Application Compatibility Toolkit for Windows Vista (Level 300)
April 17, 8:00 AM Pacific Time
Learn how the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) can be used to migrate applications
to the new operating system. We cover the phases of the application migration process
and include a demonstration of the ACT tools and features. Beyond migrating to a
new operating system, ACT also helps enterprises assess the impact of Windows updates.
How Microsoft IT Executes with Its IT Lifecycle
April 24, 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Find out how Microsoft IT Lifecycle drives consistency and simplicity with a single
set of standardized processes based on the Microsoft Solutions Framework and Microsoft
Operations Framework. Microsoft IT Lifecycle provides a structured approach that
fosters cross-team collaboration and establishes a framework for standardized, repeatable
process solutions and governance.
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Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) - Detailed Process Guidance Now Available
As part of its commitment to a more secure and trustworthy computing ecosystem,
Microsoft is making the details of the SDL process generally available online for
the first time. IT policy makers and software development organizations can use
this content to enhance and inform their own software security and privacy assurance
programs.
Forefront Special Promotion
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for April 2008
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TechNet Radio: A Look Inside SQL CAT
With the launch of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on the way, the SQL Customer Advisory
Team (CAT) team has been working hard preparing lists of best practices, recommendations,
technical white papers, and technical end-to-end case studies on customer implementations.
Microsoft IT Compliance: Policy, HBI, SOX, and PCI
Join this webcast to learn how Microsoft developed High Business Impact (HBI) information
policy that complies with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and the Payment Card Industry (PCI)
standards.
More On-Demand Sessions
Managing Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Network Bandwidth with Policy-Based
Quality of Service
At the end of this lab, you will be able to adjust the priority of network traffic
based on application name, IP address, port, and protocol; implement Quality of
Service (QoS) controls using Group Policy; and monitor QoS controls to ensure that
they are functioning. Note that this lab is built using beta software. Some steps
in this lab document may not function as expected at all times.
Managing Windows Vista Using New Management Technologies
After completing this lab, you will be better able to manage event logs, subscriptions,
and views; configure event subscriptions; and analyze system performance and reliability
using reliability and performance reporting.
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