TechNet Flash - Volume 11, Issue 25: November 18, 2009
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](mitchirs@microsoft.com)November has been a big month on the identity and security front. In addition to the release of the Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Release Candidate and Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server, the new release of Forefront Online Protection for Exchange 9.3 offers enhanced policy control capabilities (such as enhanced regular expressions support, and custom dictionaries) for IT admins to more effectively adhere to your compliance needs.
To help ensure a successful implementation of Forefront Unified Access Gateway, download the beta release of the new Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Forefront Unified Access Gateway.
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Download the Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta
Get the new Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 beta release. Also check out the new Microsoft Visio 2010 beta.
Evaluate the SharePoint Server Enterprise 2010 Beta
Download the new SharePoint Server Enterprise 2010 beta release. You can also download the new Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint beta.
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Evaluate Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Test out the new release of Exchange Server, and don’t forget to check out the new Exchange Server TechCenter, which features new resources for Exchange Server 2010.
Download the SQL Server 2008 R2 November Community Technology Preview
SQL Server 2008 R2 delivers several capabilities that will enable your organization to scale database operations, improve IT and developer efficiency, and enable highly scalable and well-managed business intelligence on a self-service basis for your users.
Evaluate Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server is now available for testing, and you’ll find new resources on the Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server home page. Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server provides fast and effective protection against malware and spam by including multiple scanning engines from industry-leading security partners.
Download Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 RC
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 (TMG) provides multiple layers of continuously updated protections – including URL filtering, antimalware inspection, intrusion prevention, application- and network-layer firewall, and HTTP/HTTPS inspection - that are integrated into a unified, easy-to-manage gateway.
Download the Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day Trial
Begin testing your organization’s software and hardware by downloading the Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day Evaluation. Designed just for IT pros, this limited-time trial offer lets you begin developing your organization’s best practices for configuration and deployment.
Windows Server 2008 R2: a Primer
Take a guided tour through the new and enhanced features of Windows Server 2008 R2. Important stops along the way include Windows PowerShell cmdlets, tools for remote management, core parking options for processors, Active Directory changes, and branch caching.
Download the Windows Home Server Trial for Centralized Storage and Automatic Backup
Windows Home Server is designed for up to 10 PCs and used by families or small and home offices for storing and organizing files in a central location, along with providing data recovery, automatic backup, remote access, and document management.
Free Microsoft IT Environment Health Scanner Available Now
Ensure your IT environment is healthy and up-to-date before you migrate. Designed for administrators of small or medium-sized networks, this tool takes a few minutes to scan your IT environment, perform more than 100 separate checks, and collect and analyze information.
Download the New SDL Developer Starter Kit
Educate yourself and your organization on how to build more secure applications. The SDL Developer Starter Kit offers content, labs, and training to help you establish a standardized approach to rolling out the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) in your organization.
Latest Security Intelligence Report Shows Resurgence in Worm Attacks
Review the latest Security Intelligence Report (SIRv7) to find deeper analysis and recommendations based on data input from over 450 million computers worldwide to help you successfully plan and manage protection technologies.
Download IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.0
IIS Application Request Routing (ARR 2.0) is an extension for IIS that enables Web server administrators, hosting providers, and content delivery network (CDN) providers to increase Web application scalability and reliability through rule-based routing, client and host name affinity, load balancing of HTTP server requests, and distributed disk caching.
Microsoft VDI Part I: Server-Side Configuration (Video)
Part 1 in a 3-part series focuses on the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) capabilities in Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services. In these videos, Partner Technology Specialist Matt McSpirit, from Microsoft U.K., walks through configuring Microsoft VDI.
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