The system that hosts the MSDN and TechNet Subscriber Downloads content will be unavailable intermittently over this weekend for a database upgrade.

Start: Friday, October 5th, 2007 5:00 PM PDT
End: Monday, October 8th, 2007 2:00 AM PDT

Duration: 57 hours

Impacted Services:

Subscribers will have intermittent or no access to Subscriber Downloads.  

Not Impacted Services:

Product Keys are expected to remain available.

Chat service will be available for its normal operating hours. 

Newsgroup no-spam alias registration will remain available.

I will post again once the upgrade is complete.

Julie H. Cairn
Product Manager - MSDN and TechNet Subscriptions