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Windows – Extended lifetime support for Windows Vista and Windows 7

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Microsoft has silently extended the support lifetime for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Indeed, according to the ‘original’ Microsoft’s support lifecycle, Windows Vista support should end in April 2012. The support lifecycle is now: April 2017 for Windows Vista – http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?c2=11732 January 2020 for Windows 7 – http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?c2=14019

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Microsoft Products – Schedule delivery date for incoming products

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As you may already know, there is a lot of incoming new product version for the next 12 to 24 months, including the waited Windows 8. Microsoft has published an initial schedule of delivery. Keep in mind this may still change will product groups are still working on many of these products. Windows 8 Anticipated

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Office 365 – Active Directory Federation update 1 provides better multiple UPN management

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As you may already know, with Office 365 you can configure your cloud services to use your own Active Directory for user authentication. This allow single sign on and password policy management independently of Office 365. However, until now, there was a limitation which obliged you to use multiple ADFS implementation in case of you

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Windows Home Server / Windows Phone 7 – Connector in RC

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Microsoft has announced the Release Candidate of the Windows Home Server Windows Phone 7 Connector. The purpose of this Add-in is to enable Remote Server Management tasks and relay Media Streams for WHS 2011 including: alert user management media (streaming, pictures…) For more details and testing, go to http://connect.microsoft.com/windowshomeserver

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Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2 – SP1 now available to download

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Few days after releasing the Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 as RTM and made it available to download to TechNet/MSDN/Premier subscribers, Microsoft has provide public download for this Service Pack http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda&displaylang=en In the mean time, the SP1 is also available through Windows Update

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Windows / Security – Check the vulnerability surface

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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.​

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