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Office 2010 products finally on Technet and MSDN
02 years ago
Today is a great day! Microsoft finally released the complete Office 2010 experience on Technet and MSDN.
Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 RTM
02 years ago
Source: Microsoft System Center Team Blog
System Center Essentials 2010 (SCE 2010) provides IT professionals in mid-sized organizations with a unified physical and virtual management experience. It enables you to better secure, update, monitor, and troubleshoot from a single console, so you can efficiently and proactively manage your IT environment.
The main addition to this second System Center Essentials release is the seamless integration of Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 technology, making it quick and easy for midsize business to begin realizing the cost-cutting benefits of server consolidation using virtualization. SCE 2010 will enable you to rapidly move from a physical to virtual server environment while maintaining the control and simple management you have come to expect from the product.
Download management packs here.
SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM
02 years ago
Source: Microsoft SQL Server team blog
We are very excited to share that today, Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 R2 to manufacturing! Customers can expect availability in the next few weeks through Microsoft’s distribution channels. For more information, visit www.sqlserverlaunch.com.
SQL Server 2008 R2 enhancements continue to support mission-critical workloads providing a trusted, scalable platform, increased developer and IT efficiency and managed self-service business intelligence reporting and analytics. It is for these very reasons that SQL Server 2008 R2 is setting records for performance and price/performance on industry standard benchmarks.
Microsoft releases Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta
02 years ago
by Bart Timmermans
in Uncategorized
DPM 2010 Beta builds on the success of DPM 2007 as the Microsoft backup and recovery solution for Windows customers in four significant areas:
1. Continuous data protection of Windows application and file servers to seamlessly integrated disk, tape, and cloud—with support for a growing list of Microsoft technologies, such as:
- Windows Server from 2003 through 2008 R2
- SQL Server 2000 through 2008
- Exchange Server 2003 through 2010
- SharePoint Server 2003 through 2010
- Dynamics AX 2009
- Essential Business Server 2008 and Small Business Server 2008
- SAP™ running on SQL Server
Along with new workloads and support of the latest generation of Microsoft application servers, these platforms are gaining several new protection and recovery capabilities. Some enhancement examples include:
- SQL Server database administrators will see up to 2000 databases protected by a single DPM server and will get a self-service restore capability so that authorized DBAs can restore data themselves. Also, you will be able to protect entire instances of SQL Server, where all new databases will be automatically protected.
- SharePoint administrators will also see new content databases be automatically protected and will no longer need a recovery farm for Office “14” servers to do individual item recovery from DPM 2010.
2. Robust and flexible protection and recovery for the following Microsoft virtualization environments:
- Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2
- Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V
- Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V
- Hyper-V Server 2008 and 2008 R2
- Protection of Live Migration-enabled servers running on CSV in Hyper-V R2
- Flexibility to protect virtual machines from Windows guests or from the hypervisor host
- Host-based backups will now enable single-item restores from within the VHD
- Ability to restore virtual machines to an alternative host
3. Industry-leading Windows client protection:
- Protection of Windows XP through Windows 7
- Centralized policy management from DPM 2010, but backups occur while laptops are online or offline by managing policies within the local VSS client/backup tools
- Restores can also be done while online or offline—from the local repository or the DPM media
- Intelligent and customizable filtering to ensure the right data gets backed up
4. Scalability, reliability, and manageability:
- Up to 100 servers, 1000 laptops, or 2000 databases protected by a single DPM server
- Significant auto-protection, auto-healing, and reduced alerting for a more “fire and forget” experience
- Enhanced disaster recovery options for long-distance data protection and business continuity initiatives
This list is a partial representation of the full feature set planned for DPM 2010. Test out it yourself by downloading DPM 2010 Beta.
Microsoft releases Forefront Identity Manager 2010 RC1
02 years ago
Forefront Identity Manager 2010 offers a comprehensive solution for managing identities, credentials, and identity-based access policies across heterogeneous environments. Users can create their own security and email distribution groups and decide who to include in those groups. They can reset their passwords without calling their help desk. IT Pros can use FIM to manage certificates and smart cards. FIM embeds self-help tools in Outlook so users can manage routine aspects of identity and access. FIM also gives IT professionals rich administrative tools and enhanced automation, and delivers .NET and Web Services–based extensibility for developers.
You can download the release candidate here.
Product information can be found here.
Microsoft releases System Center Essentials 2010 beta 1
02 years ago
Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 provides IT professionals in mid-sized organizations, a unified physical and virtual management experience. It enables you to better secure, update, monitor, and troubleshoot from a single console, so you can efficiently and proactively manage your IT environment.
You can download the beta here.
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