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Mitch Irsfeld, MSFT

Download Service Pack 2 CTP for SQL Server 2008 R2

Thursday, May 17

Bob Hunt, MSFT

Overview of System Center 2012 Operations Manager

Thursday, May 17

Chris Caldwell

Webcast: Transitioning from BPOS to Office 365

Thursday, May 17

Anne Legato, MSFT

Microsoft IT Showcase: Environmental Sustainability

Thursday, May 17

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Windows Server Blog

Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services

We added the most desired features and resolved the top pain points in Remote Desktop Services. Klaas Langhout, Director of Program Management, summarizes some of the many dramatic improvements we have made.

Building Windows 8

Cloud Services for Windows 8 and Windows Phone: Windows Live Reimagined

Windows 8 provides us with an opportunity to reimagine our approach to services and software and to design them to be a seamless part of the Windows experience.

Review

InfoWorld: SQL Server 2012 Stands Tall

Huge HA and indexing improvements top the list of great new features in Microsoft's latest database release, causing InfoWorld's Test Center to give SQL Server 2012 high marks.

In the News

Network World: Users Find System Center 2012 Simplifies Virtual Systems Management

Switching from VMware to Microsoft's Hyper-V environment is saving money for two businesses that are also using Microsoft's System Center 2012 to manage and monitor applications and the infrastructure that supports them.