The Microsoft Enterprise Library is a collection of application blocks designed to assist developers with common enterprise development challenges. Application blocks are a type of guidance, provided as source code that can be used "as is," extended,...

Hi All, Last week two important announcements were made for the Project Community: · Microsoft Project 2007 and Project Server 2007 Service Pack 2 The Office Service Pack Team announced Service Pack 2 for 2007 Microsoft Office System .  This new...

Hi All, During a keynote speech at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC2008), Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp.’s chief software architect, announced Windows Azure, the cloud-based service foundation underlying its Azure Services Platform...

Today Microsoft released a security update that fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Server Service. This is a serious vulnerability and we have seen targeted attacks using this vulnerability to compromise fully-patched Windows XP...

Hi All, Microsoft recently updated its software licensing terms for 41 server applications, and updated its technical support policy for 31 server applications so that customers can receive technical support when deploying those applications on Windows...

Windows Live OneCare for Server has all the award-winning functionality of Windows Live OneCare, with exciting support for the Windows Server environment. With OneCare for Server and OneCare, small business owners can protect the Windows-based servers...

Microsoft is pleased to announce the release to manufacturing (RTM) of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 – the next generation of Microsoft’s solution for managing the virtualized infrastructure. A key member of System Center – a centralized...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Deployment Planning for BitLocker Drive Encryption for Windows Vista, which discusses how Microsoft IT is deploying BitLocker Drive Encryption to increase data security on laptop and desktop...

This is your chance to tell us what you think about Microsoft! We want to hear from you. Tell us what you love and hate about Microsoft! Every year we use your feedback to improve our products and services. This year, in addition to the annual online...

Hi All, Please find attached the listings of new or updated downloads for the week ending 10th October 2008.  Key ones include Infrastructure Development & Operations • Transcript - Under the Hood: Windows Vista Performance...Need Answers? •...

Microsoft IT Showcase is pleased to announce the publication of Microsoft Australia Uses RoundTable to Improve Productivity, Save Costs, and Reduce Carbon Footprint , which discusses how Microsoft Australia uses Microsoft Office Live Meeting and Microsoft...

Hi All, On November 4-6 we are running three one day training courses aimed at DBA's which are designed to jumpstart your knowledge of SQL Server 2008 planning and deployment. If you design solutions on SQL Server, maintain SQL Server databases or are...

Hi All, This document describes new features and technologies, which were not available in Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), that will help to increase the security of computers running Windows Server 2008, increase productivity, and reduce...

Hi All, The Infrastructure Planning and Design series for Windows Server 2008 has been updated with File Services and Print Services guides. Download the entire IPD series of guides or download an individual guide here. Download now . These guides provide...

Microsoft provides technical support for SQL Server 2005 and for SQL Server 2008 that are running in the following hardware virtualization environments: • Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 • Configurations that are certified...

Hi All, Today Microsoft we released the following update rollup for Exchange Server 2007: Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 (KB952580) Visit here to download information for Update Rollup 4 for Exchange 2007 SP1 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...

Hi All, Please find attached the listings of new or updated downloads for the week ending 3rd October 2008.  Key ones include Infrastructure Development & Operations • Hyper-V Server 2008 Getting Started Guide • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008...

Hi All, For those of you lab’ing, testing, and deploying IE8 Beta 2 , here’s a number of resources that you should find useful, as well as provide some answers to typical IT Pro and Dev questions. IE8 Group Policy IE8 Tab...

Hi All, The September release of the Podcasting Kit for SharePoint is available for download here . As a Codeplex project it provides a great place to start building out your own Media Knowledge portal that is tailored to your organizational needs. There...

Hi All, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, a bare metal hypervisor-based server virtualization product, is now available as a no-cost Web download at http://www.microsoft.com/Hyper-VServer . Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 provides a simplified, reliable and...

Hi All, Please find attached the listings of new or updated downloads for the week ending 26th September 2008.  Key ones include Infrastructure Development & Operations • Troubleshooting replication with repadmin • ADMT v3.1 Guide: Migrating...

Hi All, There’s a large amount of eLearning available on our website which you may not be aware of. These are a great resource of training and documentation that enable customers to come up to speed with a wide variety of technologies. Please see the...