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Saturday, May 26, 2007 12:20 AM

System Center Essentials VHD Download Available

I know that you are getting the RC1 version of System Center Essentials when you attend our Momentum events, but if you want to try it out in a virtual environment and have it already installed for you. Go and download the VHD here on our site. Enjoy
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Saturday, May 26, 2007 12:10 AM

System Center Essentials Licensing Overview

Essentials 2007 requires a Server License for the management server and a Management License ("ML") for each managed operating system environment ("OSE"). A Server ML is required for management of each server OSE, and a Client ML is required for management
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Friday, May 25, 2007 11:45 PM

System Center Essentials Pricing Now Available

With the great reception of System Center Essentials from all of our attendees, pricing has been a question at each meeting. Well, pricing is now available at http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/sce/howtobuy/default.mspx . You may purchase SCE 2007
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Thursday, May 24, 2007 5:08 AM

Effective Innovation

IT innovation has moved to the forefront of CIOs' minds, a recent survey finds. But CIOs still need to close gaps with their business units to ensure that their IT innovations truly pay off. The votes are in, the tally has been taken and we have a winner
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Thursday, May 24, 2007 4:54 AM

Marines flex their muscle with SharePoint

While the Marines have been serving in every conflict since the Revolutionary War, there is one thing they have never had at their disposal – a virtual work environment to keep them connected. That has changed with the Iraq conflict as the Marines are
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:09 PM

Exchange Licensing Question

Will I need to purchase an Exchange Server license for each server that runs an Exchange role? You will need an Exchange Server license for each server on which it runs. If you run a Client Access Server/Hub Transport/MBX server on one server, you need
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Saturday, May 12, 2007 2:47 AM

Enabling Business Innovation

How can CIOs help their organizations innovate in ways that grow the business and benefit both internal and external customers? To find out, six IT leaders were asked. Read on to find out what types of responses were given. Full article .
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Saturday, May 12, 2007 2:35 AM

Innovating for Growth

CIOs help transform the business through smarter collaboration, automation and governance. Innovation is the new imperative for business today. But the challenge of building a business strategy around innovation is that innovation is difficult to plan
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Monday, May 07, 2007 8:46 PM

Office Professional 2007 Download

For those of you who have received the packets with your RTM product key for Office, you should be able to download the Office suite at this time. As mentioned, the site was due to deactivate at the end of this month, but it will remain online for a while.
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Sunday, May 06, 2007 11:18 PM

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Licensing

As mentioned during our Momentum events, if you are running Windows Serve 2003 you are already licensed to run WSUS. Windows Server Update Services 3.0 is free and is available to download at no cost. Each managed client requires a Windows Server CAL.
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Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:14 AM

Top six time-wasting practices CIOs should avoid

Research firm Gartner has released a 'hit list' which identifies six time-wasting practices that CIOs should avoid to maintain a focus on key priorities that maximize value to the business. Practices that will get them in the best position to take advantage
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:25 PM

Exchange 2007 Clustered Continuous Replication Licensing

An attendee yesterday asked if it is a requirement to license both nodes in an Exchange cluster if you are in an active/passive configuration. I wanted to get a definite answer because I have heard different things. The answer is yes you will have to
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