News Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Now available! (KB976932) Includes previous updates delivered over windows update as well as continuing incremental updates to the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 platforms. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2010/10/26/service-pack-1-release-candidate-now-available.aspx Windows Virtualization Team Blog http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization The World Simplified is a…
Year: 2010
November 2010–Technical Rollup Mail – Unified Communications
News Antigen & Forefront http://blogs.technet.com/forefront http://blogs.technet.com/fssnerds Exchange You Had Me At EHLO… http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/msukucc Hosted Messaging Collaboration Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting Office Communications Server Team Blog http://communicationsserverteam.com Lync Team Blog http://communicatorteam.com Outlook http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/default.aspx Other Next Hop Technical Resources – Office Communications Server | TechNet http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ocs/ee465814.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/themasterblog Documents Antigen & Forefront Exchange Exchange Server 2010…
November 2010–Technical Rollup Mail – SQL Server
News Announcing an updated version of PowerPivot for Excel http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/10/28/announcing-an-updated-version-of-powerpivot-for-excel.aspx HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF SQL SERVER!!! http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/10/27/help-shape-the-future-of-sql-server.aspx CIOs share insight on best practices and challenges in today’s enterprise environment http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/10/21/cios-share-insight-on-best-practices-and-challenges-in-today-s-enterprise-environment.aspx Other http://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx Downloads SQL 2005 Partial Database Availability SQL Server 2005 features that enable appropriately designed solutions to achieve partial availability and remain online…
November 2010–Technical Rollup Mail – Platforms
News Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Now available! (KB976932) Includes previous updates delivered over windows update as well as continuing incremental updates to the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 platforms. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2010/10/26/service-pack-1-release-candidate-now-available.aspx US EPA Publishes paper on Energy Savings from Energy Star-Qualified Enterprise Servers running Windows…
November 2010–Technical Rollup Mail – Manageability
News System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cumulative Update 3 Cumulative Update 3 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2 is now available. This update also includes Cumulative Update 3 for Cross-Platform Components (KB2222955). http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2251525 Microsoft Acquires AVIcode I am excited to announce that Microsoft has acquired AVIcode, Inc, a Baltimore-based private company…
November 2010–Technical Rollup Mail–Internet + Sharepoint
News Biztalk Server Investec Investec Uses Customised System to Double Revenue Without Increasing Support Staff 4-page Case Study posted: 10/14/2010 Investec Bank (Channel Islands)—a specialist provider of offshore private banking services—wanted to improve its core banking technology and manage its growing intermediary business more effectively. Vega Solutions replaced the bank’s previous banking system with a…
November 2010–Technical Rollup Mail–Security
News Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Version 9 Now Available http://www.microsoft.com/security/sir/default.aspx Covering the first half of 2010 (January 1 – June 30), Volume 9 of the Security Intelligence Report includes intelligence on botnets and how to combat this threat, details on botnet and malware infection rates worldwide, and the latest security data and trends analysis captured…
October 2010 – Technical Rollup Mail – Unified Communications
News Antigen & Forefront http://blogs.technet.com/forefront http://blogs.technet.com/fssnerds Exchange You Had Me At EHLO… http://msexchangeteam.com/default.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/msukucc http://blogs.technet.com/msukucc Hosted Messaging Collaboration Office Communication Server & LiveMeeting Office Communications Server Team Blog http://communicationsserverteam.com Office Communicator Team Blog http://communicatorteam.com Outlook http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/default.aspx Other Next Hop Technical Resources – Office Communications Server | TechNet http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ocs/ee465814.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/themasterblog Documents Antigen & Forefront Exchange Infrastructure…
October 2010 – Technical Rollup Mail – Platforms
News Childrens Hospital of Aurora Hospital Virtualizes Servers to cut IT costs by $1.8 million The Children’s Hospital of Aurora, Colorado, wants to direct as much of its nonprofit budget as possible to helping families rather than buying new servers. After using server virtualization to stem server proliferation, the hospital wanted to further lower data…
October 2010 – Technical Rollup Mail–SQL Server
News SQL Azure New Features in SQL Azure http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/09/23/new-features-in-sql-azure-august-update.aspx Other SQL Server for the Oracle DBA – Free DVDs at OpenWorld http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/09/20/sql-server-for-the-oracle-dba-free-dvds-at-openworld.aspx TRM http://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx Documents SQL 2008 Microsoft SQL Server Protocol Documentation The Microsoft SQL Server protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in Microsoft SQL Server 2008….