I want to take this opportunity to let you know that the Windows in Higher Education Conference is set for April 12 – 14 . We are currently working on the logistics. More details are soon to follow including a request for session recommendations and peer...

Windows® Internet Explorer® 8 is Microsoft’s latest web browser, now available to download * . Safer . Built-in phishing and malware protection along with click-jacking and cross-site scripting prevention protects you from threats on the Internet...

For those that need the IE8 blocking tool, you can get it here.. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21687628-5806-4ba6-9e4e-8e224ec6dd8c&displaylang=en

2/12/2009 · VSTS 2008 – Database Edition - http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=134523 · VSTS 2008 – Testing Edition - http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=134524 2/19/2009 · VSTS 2008 Overview – http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=134525 2...

SA’s are some tools that will help you do the following and more!!!! Check them out… http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/cc197101.aspx Assess your existing environment with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP...

MSL Virtualization Learning Portal – Get FREE E-Learning Collection The Microsoft Learning Virtualization v-team has been working hard over the last several months to develop a solutions based learning portfolio, PR story and marketing offer set aligned...

Ever wonder what REALLY are AD Domain functional levels??? Here is a great doc that explains it… http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754918.aspx

Top line – We are now “officially” supporting SQL Server in virtualized environments (hyper-v, vmware). Details - Go to http://support.microsoft.com/?id=956893 for the details. Good place to send customers to as well. For licensing questions please...

Want to see what Microsoft is doing in Education? Stop by here http://www.educationwebcasts.com/ and take a look at some great webcast’s…..

Visual Studio: October 2nd VSTS Overview - http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=131946 October 9th Team Foundation Server Overview - http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=131947 VSTS – Development Edition Overview - http://www.clicktoattend...

Go here for new tool..... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3403d74e-8942-421b-8738-b3664559e46f&displaylang=en

· Microsoft will be ending support for the Antigen for Exchange 8.0 and Antigen for SMTP Gateways 8.0 products on December 31, 2008. After that time, all engine updating services will cease to operate, and the products will no longer provide up-to-date...

The Microsoft Higher Education Team is organizing a Higher Education Business Intelligence Panel and Summit to be held in conjunction with the Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference 2008. Microsoft BI Conference 2008 The Microsoft Business...

Consistent with our efforts to promote further interoperability across the Web, Microsoft will be releasing Internet Explorer 8 to render content in its most standards-compliant way by default. Giving top priority to Web standards interoperability allows...

How are you doing with your Core Infrastructure? Want to find out what you can do to improve it and as a bonus lower your TCO and get some ROI on that new project... Go here and find out... http://www.microsoft.com/infrastructure/default.mspx

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 for Hyper-V As many of you know, the much-anticipated Hyper-V hypervisor feature was just released last week. Many of the IT professionals like you have now began to use Hyper-V server virtualization technology...

Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 (updated to include Hyper-V) This guide describes important tuning parameters and settings that can result in improved performance for the Windows Server 2008 operating system. Each setting and...

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/ Well, we are very pleased to say, "Yes!" and "Yes!" to both questions by announcing the Podcasting Kit for SharePoint (PKS), available as an open source project at http://www.CodePlex.com/PKS . The PKS is an accelerator...

General Information: Windows Server 2008 Technologies – http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/technologies.aspx Learn about the technologies behind Windows Server 2008, and get specifics on how each area can support your organization...

We are pleased to announce that the beta version of Producer for PowerPoint 2007 is now available to customers on Microsoft’s Connect site! We are releasing this add-in because of the vocal requests we’ve been getting from customers deploying Office...

Messenger for Mac has been released on Tuesday, April 29th. Messenger for Mac includes new features for both the corporate service (works with Office Communications Server) and personal services (works with the Windows Live service). Price: Free Delivery...

Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now available for download for MSDN and Technet subscribers. You will find the Service Pack download listed under New Subscriber Downloads in MSDN and New Content in Subscriber Downloads in Technet Plus. Windows® XP...

Want to try out software that we haven’t released yet for Office.. Well mosey on over to “Office Labs” to check things out.. We just put up two new prototypes… Community Clips- Create your own video clips… Office Search Commands- Find commands easily...

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2008 Released, read about it here... http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/04/01/microsoft-desktop-optimization-pack-2008-released.aspx

Ok, so if you’re having VISTA SP1 issues, please visit https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11274&gprid=500921 . You can do choose the support mechanism that best fits what you need to do.. Email, Chat or Phone..