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    On April 29th, join Microsoft Technical Fellow, Mark Russinovich, as he will be leading a discussion around the process of planning, testing, assessing and rolling out Windows 7 in an enterprise organization.

     Mark will be joined by a panel of IT professionals who are currently in the piloting and deployment process, along with Microsoft subject matter experts who can speak in depth about the technologies. The event will be broadcast live over the web at 9:00 am PDT, and will be available for on-demand viewing following the broadcast. The discussion will be open and candid, with the panel sharing insights, dispelling myths and getting down to the real story around technical adoption of Windows technologies. Specific topics will include the role of the pilot and the critical information it provides, best practices and tips & tricks for ensuring a successful effort, tools and technologies that will help automate the pilot and deployment processes, and conducting a frank post-pilot assessment. During the event, Mark will field questions coming in via the web from viewers across the globe.

     Missed a previous Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable? Gain insight, tips, and tricks from Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich, industry experts, and IT professionals from around the world from these recordings:
http://technet.microsoft.com/windows/dd421882.aspx

Access the VRT live at:

http://ms.istreamplanet.com/springboard/

Access Springboard  for information on of planning, testing, assessing and deploying Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 operating Systems

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I stumbled across this site and thought it was a good thing to blog on. This one site has some great tool for the IT manager or It pro who need to deal with security issues.

On the site there are;

• White Papers
• Reports
• Privacy and Governance docs
• Links to security guides
• Download of security Awareness tools ad presentations that will help you create training programs for you company

To see all the content click here 

This is a cloud based solution for windows 7 clients This solutions includes a way to manage you companies computer from the cloud!

Now you will have process for working remote working via the cloud.

You be able to see system state, Malware, Av, Health of the computer from a cloud based solution.

Picture from Microsoft Site.

You be able to access what happing on you companies computers for this one portal! you can Manage pc the are remote and make sure that they meet you companies compliance and security rules.

• Add functions include
• Manage updates and service packs
• Protect computer with Forefront end point Protection and Microsoft Security Essentials.
• Provide Remote help desk where you or your users are located.
• Track hardware and software inventory
• Set Security policies
• Get Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) as well.

And here the best there is a opening for those who like to BETA Microsoft Intune

To learn more go here

To join the beta go here

With Office 2010 being release May 12 here a good book to download

You can get it here

This is a bible on Microsoft Virtualization Solutions, Includes desktop to server

get it here

Here another free ebook: Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft, by Katherine Murray. The ebook contains eight chapters and an appendix describing how you can assess and build your technology-based job skills.

get it here

Here a link to a free eBook on Microsoft SQL server 2008 r2

get it here

FIX IT CENTER is a new location to help users get quick fixes to common problems. It is currently in a ‘soft launch’ beta stage.

Release site: http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com

Product info page: http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal/WhyFixIt

Getting started information: http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal/GetStarted

vChat agent for frequently asked questions: http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal/AskFixit

The scope of this first release is limited to client versions of Windows XP. Vista, and Windows 7 only (includes Media player and IE).

The release is available in 6 languages (English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish, and German).

Remember Microsoft also has free support for Virus, Malware, and Failed service packs by calling 1-866-pc safety

Registration is now open for first Windows Summit this May in Redmond

We would like to invite you and others in your community to explore in-depth how Window 7 and Internet Explorer can help you provide great solutions for your customers at our first Windows Summit!

Windows Summit 2010 runs May 25-27 at the Microsoft Conference Center on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, WA and is designed for people who engineer and test Windows 7 PCs, devices, and software.  We will offer three technical tracks to help you create the best systems, devices, and software using Windows 7 and Internet Explorer:

· System Track – includes sessions on optimizing performance and energy efficiency, tips and tricks to implement touch-enabled PCs, user experience design guidance, Windows Logo Program, and image creation and deployment.

· Device Track – offers sessions on Windows 7 Device Experience, the Windows Device Logo Program process, and how to use the Windows 7 platform to create a custom device experience.

· Software Track – provides sessions on touch, the Windows desktop, libraries, the Windows Sensors and Location platform, Windows Error Reporting, and building rich web applications using Internet Explorer.

· Besides networking with Microsoft technical experts and leaders at breakout sessions and chalk talks, we will have an Ask the Experts and social evening, all starting with an opening keynote by  Michael Angiulo, General Manager of Windows Planning and PC Ecosystem Teams.

Register and get more information on Windows Summit 2010 at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-summit/default.aspx.

"Microsoft announces U-Prove technology, an advanced form of cryptographic protocols and tokens when combined with information cards, enables people to disclose a minimal amount of identifying information to access applications and services."

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS

Microsoft U-Prove technology release: open standards and Community Technology Preview (CTP)

Microsoft Corporation, 2010

U-Prove, a privacy-enhancing security technology, helps address people’s need to protect their identity-related information. U-Prove tokens make it possible for people to disclose minimal amounts of identifying information when they can access applications and services. At Microsoft, we are taking an initial step to make the U-Prove technology available to the public and interested parties.

First, we have partially opened up the U-Prove intellectual property with a cryptographic specification under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise (OSP). Two open source software toolkits are being donated —C# and Java editions—so the broadest audience of commercial and open source software developers can access the technology.

Second, we released a public Community Technology Preview (CTP), which is an integration of the U-Prove technology with the Microsoft identity platform technologies. The purpose of the CTP is to gather feedback from the technical community on the technology.

Although this release is a community preview, the U-Prove technology is especially important for enhancing the security and privacy of e-government initiatives and national ID programs. To demonstrate how minimal disclosure works, Microsoft has partnered on a project with Fraunhofer FOKUS, a research institute that hosts the German government’s eID (electronic identification) system, which will begin to roll out electronic identity cards to citizens in 2010. The project brings together the legal, privacy, and technology aspects of the eID system and extends them into a university setting, featuring key capabilities of Microsoft’s identity platform, information cards, and U-Prove tokens.

to see video go here

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