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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Microsoft has provided a web site which allow you to know if your product is supported in a virtualized environment. http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/svvp.aspx?svvppage=svvpwizard.htm
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Today Microsoft is making Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate (SP1 RC) available to the technical beta program.
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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
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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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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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For selected beta testers, the SP 1 beta for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is now available on Connect.
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Today, I received invitation to take part of the beta program for the SP1 for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2.
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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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The PoC Jumpstart provides resources to deploy a desktop PoC with Windows 7, Office 2010, Internet Explorer 8, and Application Virtualization with Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack technology. This self-contained, self-service kit will help you complete a Proof-of -Concept (PoC) at your organization, allowing you to quickly evaluate the new Microsoft desktop technologies, including Windows 7,
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