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Monday, July 21, 2008 11:20 AM

Green IT and the Environment

Hi All, The environment is high on the agenda of many corporate board rooms. With this in mind and with IT services highlighted as a contributor to the company carbon footprint it seemed relevant to highlight the Microsoft website devoted to this subject.
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Friday, July 04, 2008 11:45 AM

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 (MAP) Solution Accelerator NOW AVAILABLE!

Officially released on 30-June-2008 to the general public, this tool could be very useful to you to perform hardware inventory, compatibility analysis and readiness reporting on our newest products. If you are interested in assessing your IT infrastructure
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Monday, June 09, 2008 12:34 PM

The New, Windows Client TechCenter

Hi All, We recently launched the new Windows Client TechCenter, merging the Windows XP and Windows Vista TechCenters with the Springboard Series lifecycle approach to give IT pros a one-stop source for all of the Windows Client guidance, downloads, and
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 12:33 PM

Implementing Volume Activation 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Microsoft introduced Volume Activation 2.0 with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. This paper describes how Microsoft IT manages the Volume Activation 2.0 process. Technical Case Study
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:08 AM

WS2008 RSAT tools (Vista SP1 required) now available for public download

Hi All, Many customers have noticed that installing Vista SP1 removes the GPMC, if it was previously installed. This has come up several times over the past few weeks, so I wanted to put the word out that the RSAT tools are now available for public download.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 3:11 PM

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and BDD 2007 are now Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008-Ready!

Hi All, Microsoft® Deployment Toolkit 2008-Unified Tools and Guidance for Desktop and Server Deployment Automation. Download it today! We are pleased to announce that Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 has been released! This is an update to Microsoft
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:42 AM

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator Released!

Hi All, We are pleased to announce the RTM release of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator (MAP). MAP is the next-generation version of the agent-less assessment platform from Microsoft. In this new release, we have added an improved
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Friday, February 15, 2008 8:47 AM

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Overview

Hi All, I came across this tool which I thought could be valuable when you are looking at upgrades to Vista, Windows 2008 or indeed, virtualisation. This network-wide assessment tool gives you not only the capability of hardware inventory and assessment
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:40 AM

Microsoft Releases Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 to Manufacturing

Hi All, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) was released to manufacturing today and will start being available to customers in March, starting with Microsoft Volume Licensing customers. Windows Server 2008 was also released to manufacturing today and will
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Monday, February 04, 2008 9:19 AM

Hotfixes and Security Updates included in Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Hi All, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 includes all previously released updates for Windows Vista. Many of these updates are available to the public on the Microsoft Download Centre and Windows Update, while others are only available to specific customers
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:22 AM

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh Public Availability Program

Hi All, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh is available to Beta testers through Windows Update. Experience the WU installation path for Windows Vista SP1 by following these simple steps and give us your feedback to improve our quality. Before You
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007 9:43 AM

New Zealand time zone differs between Windows Vista and down-level Windows OSes - 1st of January is approaching!

Hi All, We sent this information out in September during the mad rush of customers preparing for the Daylight Savings change, however this may have fallen off the radar for customers running Vista and Outlook. Customers running Windows Vista and Outlook
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:21 PM

MSTSC /console switch in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1

Hi All, In Windows Server 2003, the /console option was used for several purposes. With the introduction of the /admin option in Windows Server 2008 this have changed. Windows Server 2008 doesn’t have a concept of a console that you can login to as that
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Thursday, November 08, 2007 11:17 AM

Microsoft Product Activation for Windows Vista & Windows 2008

Hi All, Please find below a link to a technical bulletin that describes the technologies used for product activation as applied to versions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 acquired through retail, original equipment manufacturer, or volume license
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Thursday, October 04, 2007 11:12 AM

Two new updates for Windows Vista published yesterday

Hi All, An update is available that improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941649 This update resolves some compatibility and reliability issues in Windows Vista. Cumulative update rollup
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