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Volume 11, Issue 21: September 23, 2009
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Note from the Editor
Greetings, and welcome to TechNet Flash.
Getting your arms around all the new features
in Windows 7 in preparation for delivering it to your users in a seamless fashion
can be a bit daunting. But TechNet Magazine just published
Windows 7: The
10 Things You Must Do First to help you prioritize and focus your
learning curve.
Here's a big heads-up regarding Windows 7
planning and deployment - the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2009 R2 will be released
in late October 2009 and will add Windows 7 support. MDOP can help you rapidly migrate
to Windows 7, deploy applications with greater ease, resolve application incompatibility,
and reduce desktop management costs. Moreover, MDOP 2009 R2 provides the ability
to optimize Windows 7 application deployment using Application Virtualization (App-V).
App-V helps you transform applications into
centrally-managed virtual services to reduce the cost of deployment. And a Windows
upgrade is the best time to adopt App-V since all applications are tested and re-deployed
as part of Windows 7 deployment. This is a great time to take a look at your application
delivery strategy and adopt application virtualization with minimum overhead and
cost. For more on that, check out the App-V Cost Reduction Study.
On October 8 at 9:00 A.M. Pacific Time, IT
Evangelist Kevin Remde will host a chat to discuss how Windows 7 can add more value
to businesses. Kevin and his guests will address how Windows 7 provides improvements
that can reduce total cost of ownership by helping to increase automation, improve
user productivity, and provide flexible administrative control to meet compliance
requirements. Register for the webcast.
Tips and Tricks for the IT Pro at
Home
Want to get to know Windows 7 inside and out, and be better prepared for all those
"quick" questions from your friends and family? Check out the new videos on the
Springboard Series IT Pro at Home zone and learn more about:
- Windows Internet Explorer 8
- Organizing with Windows 7 Libraries
- Windows 7 HomeGroup
- Location Aware Printing
- Security on Your Terms
- Windows Search
Sign Up for Microsoft Project 2010
Beta
Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Project 2010 beta will become available for
testing later this fall, but you can now pre-register for the Microsoft Project 2010 beta. Microsoft
Project 2010 will be generally available in the first half of 2010.
Thanks for reading,
Mitch Irsfeld
Editor, TechNet Flash
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Ensure that the content most relevant to you is presented in this section.
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Download
a 90-Day Trial of Windows 7 Enterprise
Brought to you by the Springboard Series, a 90-day trial can help you test
and evaluate the final, released to manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 7 Enterprise.
Designed specifically for IT professionals, this 90-day trial is offered in English,
Spanish, French, German, and Japanese.
Note: If you already have Windows 7 through
MSDN, TechNet, or Software Assurance, you do not need to download this trial.
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Now Available:
IPD Guide for DirectAccess (Beta)
This IPD guide provides
actionable guidance for designing a DirectAccess infrastructure. The guide's easy-to-follow,
four-step process gives a straightforward explanation of the infrastructure required
for clients to be connected from the Internet to resources on the corporate network,
whether or not the organization has begun deploying IPv6.
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Get Essentials
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Developing SharePoint Applications
Find guidance for
building collaborative applications that extend your LOB systems. This guidance
helps architects and developers design, build, and test intranet and enterprise-scale
SharePoint applications. Two reference implementations demonstrate solutions to
common issues.
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BizTalk Server
2009 Click-Through Demo
This Silverlight
demo shows how BizTalk Server 2009 enables seamless integration with external systems
and services, business process automation through workflow and orchestrations, as
well as agility of (and visibility into) business processes. |
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New IIS7 Virtual Lab Series
Ever wanted to test IIS7 software in a sandbox
environment? Wouldn't it be great to be able to test new servers immediately, without
formatting hard drives or dedicating one or more computers to the project?
Check out the new 90-minute modules.
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Microsoft
Office 2010 Live Preview Paste Explained
Despite its usefulness, Paste doesn't always work like users expect it
to. In the Office 2010 Engineering blog, Mirko Mandic walks you through the Paste
Options gallery, including Live Preview which allows you to hover over each Paste
item to preview the Paste formatting.
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New Videos for IT Pros
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Expand Searches in Windows
7
8 Minutes, 48 Seconds
Find out how to expand the search capability of Windows 7 to include not only local
data, but external data. This demonstration will cover the creation of a new search
connector to an external site and other activities.
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Featured Downloads
Get the Final Release of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010
As you prepare to
deploy Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, get a jump start with Microsoft Deployment
Toolkit (MDT) 2010. It includes new features such as flexible driver management,
optimized user interface workflow, and Windows PowerShell command line interface
to help simplify deployment and make your job easier.
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Upcoming Webcasts
Using Visio 2007 Professional for IT Asset Management
October 13, 2009, 8:00 A.M.
Pacific Time
In this webcast, we focus
on using Visio 2007 Professional to create and maintain:
- Physical network
layouts through plan-based diagrams
- Logical network diagrams
through logical network topology diagrams
- Rack diagrams to
document the physical IT assets in server rooms and equipment closets
- Wiring diagrams as
overlays to floor plan diagrams
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The Business
Reasons for Migrating to Windows 7
September 30,
2009, 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time
With the release
of Windows 7 to the general public just weeks away, we will be taking a look at
the real business reasons that make migrating to Windows 7 the logical choice for
the majority of IT managers and IT professionals.
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Training and Books
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Don't Miss Steve Ballmer's Talk About the New Efficiency
If
you have not already saved the date for September 29th, see how innovations in Windows
7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, and Microsoft Forefront
offer familiar, integrated solutions that help you meet cost, innovation, and productivity
challenges head on.
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