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Windows 7/2008 R2 – Service Pack 1 now RTM

After few month of beta testing, the Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is now RTM. It has already been delivered to OEM for integration and if you are MSDN/TechNet subscribers, you can download it starting next Wednesday. As part of enhancement, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 is providing dynamic …

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Windows / Security – Check the vulnerability surface

Microsoft has released a tool to analyze the vulnerability surface of your platform before or after a product installation. This tool is now in beta. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=e068c224-9d6d-4bf4-aab8-f7352a5e7d45&displaylang=en It’s compatible with Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 (R1 and R2) in x32 bits and x64 bits.​

Windows Server 2008 R2 – Free ebook offer

Learn about the features of Windows Server 2008 R2 in the areas of virtualization, management, the web application platform, scalability and reliability, and interoperability with Windows 7. Sign in to download Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2, written by industry experts Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker along with the Windows Server team at Microsoft.   https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysProfileCenter/wizard.aspx?wizid=0a180c17-32d4-4151-93a0-92b384d15ca6&lcid=1033​

Windows Home Server – Next version in beta

Windows Home Server is part of a long-term vision by Microsoft to create a new platform for the home. Windows Home Server helps families and home-based businesses with multiple computers to organize, share, and automatically back up photos, videos, music, and other important documents. With over 130,000 registered Microsoft Connect users, there is a stong …

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Windows 7 – Office 2010 – Deploy it quickly and simply

Microsoft has released on update of his MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) to help achieving Windows 7 and Office 2010 deployments. As part of this update, you will find: For System Center Configuration Manager 2007 customers: New “User Driven Installation” deployment method. An easy-to-use UDI Wizard allows users to initiate and customize operating system and application …

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Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 – Member of AD 2000 domain

If you (still) have Windows 2000 AD domain mode running and add Windows 7 clients or Windows Server 2008 R2 server, you may experience issue when resolving user name. Browsing the directory is successful and you can find the user/group you want to apply security but after the validation it changes to display the SID. …

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