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Volume 10, Issue 13: June 25, 2008
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Note from the Editor
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Greetings and Welcome to TechNet Flash,
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Earlier this month, the SQL Server team rolled out Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 for you to preview the latest features prior to the release to manufacturing. Evaluate SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 and give the SQL Server development team your feedback. To assist in your evaluation, here are some recent TechNet Magazine articles that go in-depth on specific SQL Server 2008 features:
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The Windows Home Server team has announced that a Release Candidate of Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 (Build 1771) is now available for public download. Power Pack 1 solves the data corruption bug that was first identified late last year.
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This Month in TechNet Magazine
With the release of Windows Server 2008, clustering received a complete facelift. Check out Introducing Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering to see some of the most significant advancements in Failover Clustering, and see how this new implementation makes clusters much easier to set up and maintain. And if you are moving from an older voice-mail system to a unified messaging platform, see Planning Your Migration to Unified Messaging and find out how this can be done fairly easily and with little disruption to your end users.
Finally, the Microsoft HealthVault Be Well Fund announced the winners for its RFP to fund specific research or curriculum-development around the creation of innovative online health applications. See the list of winners.
Thanks for reading,
Mitch Irsfeld
Editor, TechNet Flash
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Evaluation Center Updates
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Windows Essential Business Server 2008 is an integrated and affordable solution that offers the Microsoft software midsize businesses require -- preconfigured, integrated, and manageable from a single administrative console, and at a significant discount compared with stand-alone products.
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Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 offers service-oriented monitoring that enables you to monitor your information technology services, scale monitoring across large organizations, and use Microsoft application and operating system knowledge to resolve operational problems.
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Designed for small businesses, Windows Small Business Server 2008 is an affordable, integrated server solution that helps you protect your business data, increase productivity, and present a more professional image to customers.
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With preinstalled, preconfigured server and software in virtual machines, partners and customers will benefit from faster testing, evaluation, and sales with the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) “Test Drive” program.
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Upcoming Webcasts
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July 17, 2008, 9:30 AM Pacific Time
This webcast will provide an overview of the changes in Distributed File System, Volume Shadow Copy Service, and storage management in Windows Server 2008.
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Security
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This kit provides you with the ability to protect your network infrastructure by configuring a compliance health policy for your network, monitoring the operational health of Forefront Client Security in real time, and remediating problems that arise.
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As part of its focus, the Microsoft U.S. National Security Team drives vertical security solutions for a wide range of industries and has produced a number of white papers that address the specific security needs of particular industries, such as the professional services and financial services industries.
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On Demand
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Terminal Services partner, Ericom Software is offering a no-cost software download with Windows Server 2008. Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect solution extends Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services with features including enhanced centralized administration, advanced load balancing, and two-factor authentication support. Watch this TechNet Webcast to learn more.
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TechNet Radio: Microsoft Forefront Code Name "Stirling" Overview (Part 1, Part 2)
Attend these sessions to get an overview of this new security system from Microsoft and see next-generation versions of Forefront Client Security, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, and Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA), which is to be renamed the Forefront Threat Management Gateway.
Virtual Labs
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In this lab, you will learn about scanning documents for viruses as well as running a manual scan job.
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