You may have missed the recent MSDN Webcast on the new Non-Uniform Memory Access and User-Mode Scheduling API’s.   No worries.   Catch the replay here .

A short-list of online resources …

A new posting on MSDN Channel9 with an accompanied resource list on MSDN Code Gallery .

The excellent Server Core "Step-by-Step" Guide has been updated with Windows Server 2008 R2 "how-to" information. Read more here .

A new blog posting explains when applications should take advantage of Server Core, parallel processing using NUMA, PowerShell 2, Windows Web Services, and more. Links are also provided on getting Windows Server 2008 R2, getting the updated Windows SDK...

See the new Hyper-V Server Role page as well as the Technical Resources page.

The Windows SDK release supporting Windows 7 RC is now available on the Microsoft Download Center: ISO: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6db1f17f-5f1e-4e54-a331-c32285cdde0c Web setup: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...

Yesterday the new “Windows Events” MSDN forum went live: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/etw/threads The forum is for Event Log, Event Tracing for Windows, and WPP technologies: · APIs: ETW, Event Log, WPP, TDH, and the related...

Please note the following new “how-to” demos for Windows Server 2008 R2. Parallel Programming with .NET Parallel Extensions How to use the new PowerShell V2 IIS Provider PowerShell V2 Remote Sessions And many recent videos from the series at the following...

MSDN and TechNET subscribers may now download an ISO image of Windows Server 2008 R2 RC1. Watch for new feature demo videos on Channel9 and general evaluation availability soon.