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Volume
11, Issue 15: July 15, 2009
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From
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For
those of you starting to plan for Windows 7 desktop
deployment projects, we are glad to announce the public
release of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP)
Toolkit 4.0 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
You can now use this popular multi-purpose solution
accelerator to determine if your existing PCs meet the
Windows 7 hardware requirements and check for device
compatibilities. In addition, MAP offers Window Server
2008 R2 hardware compatibility assessments and Hyper-V
server virtualization candidate assessments. Download
the MAP Toolkit 4.0 for free. Speaking of
great tool kits for planning your operating system
deployments, you can now download
the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta 2. MDT
2010 will support deployment of Windows 7 and Windows
Server 2008 R2 in addition to deployment of Windows
Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, and
Windows XP. For details on the MDT 2010 Beta 2, see the
Microsoft
Assessment and Planning Toolkit Team Blog.
New Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8
Security Baselines Beta Opening SoonDoes your
organization waste valuable resources on security
issues? Elevate the security of Microsoft products with
these new security baselines for Windows 7 and Internet
Explorer 8.0. This beta launches mid-July 2009. Sign
up now to receive notification to ensure you get the
first look at this new release. Members, bookmark
this link. Product Activation Changes in
Windows 7Find out what is changing with product
activation in Windows 7 versus previous versions of the
operating system in this short new video on TechNet Edge
titled Volume
Activation Changes in Windows 7. Also, for upcoming
Windows 7 volume activation guidance, visit
the Widows Volume Activation page. New
from the Windows Sysinternals TeamCheck out the
new ProcDump
v1.0 command-line utility, aimed at capturing
process dumps of otherwise difficult to isolate and
reproduce CPU spikes. It also serves as a general
process-dump creation utility and can also monitor and
generate process dumps when a process has a hung window
or unhandled exception. The team also released
the 5th
Edition of Windows Internals, the official
book on the architecture and internals of the Windows
operating system. This release is 25% larger than the
4th Edition and is updated to cover Windows Vista and
Windows Server 2008. Watch Mark
and David’s Channel 9 interview on the
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New
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5
minutes, 10 seconds
In this video, Matt Hester
demonstrates Internet Explorer 8 and its newly enhanced
Delete Browsing History feature, which provides simple
checkbox control over which types of data are to be
removed while retaining your favorite sites
settings.
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3
minutes, 57 seconds
This video shows you how to
use Virtual Roundtrip Analyzer to check performance of
your Web site or Web application, and how to trace
frames in Network Monitor so you can see what is going
on in the network layer when you send a request and get
the response back from the server.
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Measure
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availability in near real time across your organization.
Using the Dashboard, you can easily spot trends and
prevent problems before they occur. The Dashboard also
lets you create role-specific dashboards to support
different departments, such as HR, finance, or
operations.
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Keep
your offline virtual machines safe from attack and in
step with new security policies. Use the free, tested
guidance and automated tools to help you get the job
done quickly and reliably.
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IT
Management
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MOF
team has released a new series of framework comparison
companion guides that will help you understand how MOF
aligns with and compares to the leading service
management and governance frameworks, including ITIL V3,
COBIT, Val IT, and ISO/IEC 20000.
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Learn
why Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is a practice
that helps businesses manage the process of custom
software development, helps synchronize business goals
and IT investment priorities, and ensures projects
satisfy strategically aligned business needs.
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To
stay updated on the next installment for IT Managers, visit
the IT
Management Hub.
Upcoming
Webcasts
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July
16, 2009, 11:00 A.M. Pacific Time
This session
will explore server migration capabilities and new
server administration improvements with the Initial
Configuration Tasks (ICT) and Server Manager.
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July
22, 2009, 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time
We’ll explore
using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP)
Toolkit to automate the hardware and software inventory
process and assess which computers need to be upgraded
to meet Windows 7 operating system requirements.
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Identity
and Security
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Microsoft
Forefront delivers leading malware protection solutions
across endpoints, messaging and collaboration
application servers, and the network, while Microsoft’s
identity-based access technologies and Forefront
solutions build upon Active Directory’s infrastructure
to enable policy-based user access to applications,
devices, and information.
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Improve
protection for Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000
Server with the SP2 release of Microsoft Antigen 9.0.
New features include visibility of all actively
published engines, alerts and notifications of new
engine availability, improved anti-spam detection
through integration of Cloudmark engine, and rollup of
software fixes.
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On
Demand
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Learn
how volume activation supports new types of license keys
and several new modes of activation for customers in
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
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Microsoft
IT created Work Smart Guides to provide employees with
scenario-based, re-usable, best-use productivity aids on
Microsoft products and IT technologies, and enable more
consistent, productive, and cost-effective use of
software and service offerings across the company.
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Virtual
Labs
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This
lab presents an overview about how integrating portfolio
management (PPM) and application development and
deployment (AD) processes helps to improve visibility
across the entire project lifecycle and connects two
disparate worlds.
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This
lab presents an overview about how integrating portfolio
management (PPM) and application development and
deployment (AD) processes helps to improve visibility
across the entire project lifecycle and connects two
disparate worlds.
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