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Evaluate the Windows Server 2008 Public Beta...
The next generation of the Windows Server operating system gives IT professionals more control, greater flexibility, and increased protection for their server infrastructure. The powerful new management tools and security enhancements offer more control over your servers and network and provide advanced protection for your applications and data. Download the beta.
When you download or order the beta software, you're automatically registered to access valuable beta resources from Beta Central. There are also many other resources available on TechNet to help you through the evaluation process including virtual labs, webcasts, the Windows Server 2008 Tech Center, and the Windows Server 2008 Learning Portal. If you have any specific questions, feel free to drop us a note on our blog. We're all evaluating the new technologies, so would be happy to share experiences.
To see Microsoft Windows Server 2008 in action, join us at Energize IT in Toronto on Saturday June 16th. This action pack action packed day of innovation, technology, community, and learning will re-energize your IT career and your IT passion. If you are an IT professional, developer, designer, student or simply a geek at heart, this day is dedicated to you. Registration is now open.
If you can't make it to Toronto all of the content will be recorded and posted online for your viewing pleasure. Content will be posted 2-3 weeks after event. Stay tuned for details.
We hope you enjoy evaluating Microsoft Windows Server 2008!
Sincerely,
The Microsoft Canada TechNet Team.
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Evaluation Center Updates
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The next generation of the Windows Server operating system gives you more control, greater flexibility, and increased protection for your server infrastructure while helping to reduce time and costs. And when you download or order the beta software, you're automatically registered to access valuable beta resources assembled in one convenient Beta Central location.
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Use the Scenario Voting tool to access a list of 380 validated scenarios for more than 43 different server categories for Beta 3. You can use this list to build test plans, access related technical documentation, and send feedback about Windows Server 2008 Beta 3. Scenario Voting enables you to establish a direct connection with the product teams by allowing you to try a list of featured end-user scenarios and easily "vote" on your experience.
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Top Stories and Featured Content
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Helping IT Professionals energize their careers and stay ahead of the curve. A day dedicated to the individual and the IT industry. If you are an IT professional, developer, student, seasoned professional or simply a geek at heart, this day is dedicated to you. It's time to get you excited about technology, innovation and your future in IT. This year's event will be taking place in Toronto on Saturday June 16th, 2007. Join us for an action packed day of innovation, technology, community, and learning. Re-energize your IT career and your IT passion. Register now by clicking here.
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If you are looking for a grass roots technical Security conference to go to this year, try the Security Education Conference Toronto ( www.SecTor.ca). Dubbed the 'Black Hat of the North', SecTor runs two full days, November 20th and 21st. The event features Keynotes from North America's most respected and trusted experts. Speakers are true security professionals with depth of understanding on topics that matter.
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Take advantage of this great opportunity for your Customers to get more value out of their Microsoft Office system. To schedule a session, please contact Sherri at MSOffice@nexientlearning.comEligibility Criteria:Deployed Office or SharePoint 2007, Core MM and up, Minimum 25 attendees per session minimum, Limit 2 sessions per customer while quantities last.
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Be one of three winners in the ultimate competition to find the latest, greatest Canadian Windows Vista gadget.
Prove your mettle and steely resolve by building the next coolest gadget. Show your fellow developers what you've got. Score serious bragging rights-not to mention wicked prizes Find out more.
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This 3-day conference will deliver a variety of keynote speakers, 90+ sessions in multiple tracks including best practices, business solutions, developer and IT professional topics and more. Come see how organizations everywhere are obtaining remarkable business value out of Microsoft's Enterprise Project Management Solution. REGISTER TODAY and take advantage of limited Early Bird pricing!
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Mark Russinovich explains that User Account Control (UAC) is one of the most misunderstood new features in Windows Vista. But its goal -- to enable users to run with standard user rights -- can solve many security issues. Get an inside look at the problems UAC addresses and see exactly how this new feature works.
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Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 with Service Pack 3 (SP3) brings organizations full life-cycle support for Windows Vista, including software distribution, update services, and inventory. Adding the optional capabilities to enhance the software and hardware inventory functionalities provided in Systems Management Server 2003, SP3 provides organizations with better asset intelligence.
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Get a set of custom templates designed for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the My Site functionality. Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My Site provide a personal portal and dashboard with data relevant to specific job roles within an organization.
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Read about Jim's database-driven application for automating the file transfer, categorization, and processing of the numerous data files his organization receives daily. The solution was built using Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 as a Windows-based service with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database, and support for Office SharePoint Server 2007 was recently added.
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Solution Accelerators
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Wondering if your computers are ready to migrate to Windows Vista? The Windows Vista Hardware Assessment solution accelerator is a network-wide assessment tool, designed to quickly assess hardware and device driver compatibility for Windows Vista upgrades.
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This is the second of three planned Solution Accelerators explaining key IT capabilities necessary to move from one of four defined levels of IT service maturity to the next. This guide will help customers learn how to move their infrastructure from "Standardized" level with some automation, enforced configuration standards, and best practice operations to the "Rationalized" level with zero-touch deployment and management, defined service level agreements, and enhanced security.
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Be sure to check out these other Solution Accelerators:
Security
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Microsoft announced the release to manufacture of Microsoft Forefront Client Security, a security solution that helps protect business desktops, laptops, and server operating systems from viruses, spyware, and other current and emerging threats.
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Support and Troubleshooting
How-to Articles
Hotfixes
Knowledge Base Articles
See a selection of new Knowledge Base articles on the TechNet Web site. KB articles feature an Article Translations box in the right column. You can select a language from the drop-down list and read the article in the selected language. Also available via RSS 
Featured Downloads
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Download this cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering media and rich interactive Web applications.
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Download a unified virtual-machine based demo environment showcasing Forefront and System Center products at work.
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This demonstration toolkit will help you set up an entire test lab on a single computer and learn how Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 publishes and helps protect applications like Exchange Server 2007, SharePoint Server 2007, Network Connect, Terminal Services, File Access, and even proprietary Web applications.
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Use the power of virtual machines to evaluate ISA Server 2006, without the need for dedicated servers or complex installations.
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Case Studies and White Papers
Forefront Security Solution and System Center Joint Product Case Studies
Together, Forefront and System Center help maximize productivity, simplify administration, and integrate with existing infrastructure so that you can help reduce costs, empower your business, and maintain control. Learn how the companies have realized the benefits of a well-managed infrastructure by reading the case studies below.
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Del Monte Foods
See how Del Monte, one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of branded food products in the United States, is using Forefront security solutions and System Center to help secure and manage its global infrastructure.
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Analog Devices
See how Analog Devices, a leading maker of integrated circuits, is using Forefront and System Center to help secure and manage its desktops.
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Guardian Management
See how Guardian Management, a Portland-based real estate developer, is using Forefront security solutions and System Center to manage and help secure its environment.
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Kelly Tepera, Senior Vice President, Information Services, and Jason Beaudreau, Vice President, Information Technology, discuss how delivering technology tools to customer has allowed Altair Global Relocation to view IT as a strategic asset.
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By choosing Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 over open source alternatives, AREVA Challenge deployed the high-performance computing environment it needed. This choice decreased the time required to process complex data, simplified exchanging information across machines, and boosted security.
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Leading online game provider NCSoft chose Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition over Linux. Now it offers uninterrupted access to games for hundreds of thousands of users and can readily access strong developer talent and support for its computing environment.
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This paper explains the benefits of integrating Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 with Platform Computing's LSF grid-enabled solution, and describes the architecture and configuration of this integrated high-performance computing (HPC) solution.
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FLUENT 6.3 running on the Windows Compute Cluster Server operating system yields a cost-effective parallel processing solution for CFD analysis. FLUENT 6.3 users running simulations on Windows can exploit the larger memory address space provided by 64-bit systems to run more detailed FLUENT simulations.
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MEPO (SPT software) is the first commercially available optimization tool that enables simulation engineers to generate a representative range of possible history matches and to assess these based on quantitative measures of the match quality.
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The combination of Windows Compute Cluster Server with ECLIPSE reservoir simulation software enables the enhanced detail of 3D modeling jobs and does so with high-performance computing speed. Such jobs no longer take days to process.
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Upcoming Webcasts
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Tuesday, June 12, 9:30 AM Pacific Time
In this webcast, we explain how you can use Network Access Protection to institute requirements for accessing the network, create policies that check for compliance with those requirements, and update and manage devices that are not in compliance.
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Tuesday, June 26, 9:30 AM Pacific Time
Attend this webcast to hear the engineer who was responsible for the internal deployment of Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) at Microsoft discuss ways to configure the ADFS components -- including the federation server, federation server proxies, and ADFS Web agents -- as well as deployment challenges.
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On Demand
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Learn how the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool can help you quickly assess the hardware and device compatibility of your computers for Windows Vista network-wide. View the on-demand webcast and learn more.
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Learn how Microsoft IT implemented Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) to control how sensitive business e-mail messages and business productivity documents could be shared and used without risking losses in productivity.
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Listen in as David Lowe, Senior Product Manager for Windows Server, and Matt Hester discuss how Windows Server 2008 server roles map to workloads, how workloads combine to deliver clear value in specific customer scenarios, and why Microsoft has chosen certain high-priority scenarios as the focus for the launch. In addition, Kai Axford and Mark Griesi, from the Security Response Team, discuss the May Security Updates.
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Matt Hester talks with Iain McDonald, Director of Windows Server Program, about the new and enhanced features of Windows Server 2008 Beta 3. They discuss some of the design principles and key architectural changes behind Windows Server 2008 and provide background on the joint development work with the team for Windows Vista.
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The Microsoft IT hosts discuss how Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, the next generation of Microsoft Operations Management and successor to MOM 2005, significantly changes the way that the Microsoft Enterprise Monitoring Team monitors its operations.
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IT is fast becoming a strategic partner with the overall business of Microsoft to build better products, test out solid solutions, and act as a role model to other IT environments. Gain insight into how we define the role of IT within Microsoft.
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Virtual Labs
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Try out all the cool new features of IAG 2007 and ISA 2006 in this virtual lab that walks you through integrated scenarios. See how IAG 2007 performs endpoint detection and provides policy-based remote access to almost any application. Also learn how ISA Server 2006 publishes Exchange Server and SharePoint Server, integrates with Windows Server R2 to provide branch office security, and helps protect environments from Internet-based threats.
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See the new and enhanced features of Windows Server 2008 including Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.0, Server Core, the Active Directory directory service, Terminal Services, and Server Manager.
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Training/Books
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Free E-Learning for Windows Server 2008
Learn about the new features and functionality in Windows Server 2008, including server virtualization, security and policy management, branch office management, centralized application access, and server management. This online learning collection is free for a limited time. |
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Microsoft Forefront Client Security: Free E-learning
Learn about key features of Microsoft Forefront Client Security and the considerations for deploying Forefront Client Security in a network environment. |
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Learn how to design, plan, implement, and manage Exchange Server 2003 with a collection of online courses. These effective, self-paced courses help you strengthen your skills and train for certification exams. Save 20 percent for a limited time. |
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From May 4 through June 5, visit any Barnes & Noble store or shop online at bn.com to save 40 percent on select Microsoft Press certification and related resources for IT professionals. |
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