Windows Home Server 2011 now available to download

Starting today MSDN and TechNet subscribers will be able to download Windows Home Server 2011 for testing and evaluation purposes. 

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Link – https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/subscriptions/securedownloads/default.aspx

Visio 2010: Visio Viewer

Microsoft Visio 2010 Viewer allows anyone to view Visio drawings and diagrams (created with Visio 5.0 through Visio 2010) inside their Microsoft Internet Explorer (versions 5 through 8) Web browser.

Link –http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=f9ed50b0-c7df-4fb8-89f8-db2932e624f7

Evolving Hotmail with IE9 desktop notifications

One way we are evolving Hotmail is to help you do more with your email right from the inbox. Another way is to bring the features you expect from traditional desktop mail experiences into Hotmail. With Internet Explorer 9, we can now tailor Hotmail and deliver application-like experiences on Windows 7.

Link – http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2011/03/31/evolving-hotmail-with-ie9-desktop-notifications.aspx

IE9 Reaches 3.6% Usage Share on Windows 7

SOFTWARE MAKER Microsoft has been enjoying something of a success with one web usage outfit reporting that its Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) web browser is used by 3.6 per cent of all Windows 7 users on the web.

Link – http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2011/03/31/ie9-reaches-3-6-usage-share-on-windows-7.aspx

Update Rollup 3-v2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3

Update Rollup 3-v2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2007 SP3 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2007 SP3 customers.

Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=17615f50-8a56-428c-bc1a-629795692da1

Windows Home Server 2011 is Ready for Release

Today, the Home Server engineering team signed off the release version of WHS 2011. An exciting milestone which now starts the process to make it available for purchase.

Affordable and easy-to-use, Windows Home Server 2011 is the ideal solution to help families keep their important digital files and data automatically backed up, organized, and accessible from virtually anywhere.

Link – http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowshomeserver/archive/2011/03/29/windows-home-server-2011-is-ready-for-release.aspx

Microsoft releases Windows Thin PC public test build

Microsoft has made available for download, as of March 28, the first Windows Thin PC Community Technology Preview (CTP) test build.

Although the final product will be available only to Software Assurance volume licensees, Microsoft is making the Windows Thin PC (Win TPC) available to the general public, officials said. The test build is available via the Microsoft Connect site and — interestingly — is listed under Windows Embedded Standard.

Link – http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-thin-pc-public-test-build/9033

Windows Embedded Handheld 7 slips off the Microsoft roadmap

A year ago, Microsoft officials went public with their roadmap for the company’s various embedded mobile operating systems. At that time, the Redmondians said to expect Windows Embedded Handheld 7 — an enterprise-targeted update to its ruggedized-device operating system — to arrive in the second half of calendar 2011. But those plans seemingly have changed.

Link – http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/windows-embedded-handheld-7-slips-off-the-microsoft-roadmap/9005

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 Available Now!

Support for new features of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

  • Dynamic Memory: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V supports Dynamic Memory enabling customers to better utilize the memory resources of a Hyper-V host. VMM 2008 R2 SP1 allows administrators to create and deploy Virtual Machines onto Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V hosts and will report on the memory currently in use for these VMs where Dynamic Memory is enabled. Using Dynamic Memory for supported VMs allows for more efficient utilization of memory, with consistent performance, and higher consolidation ratios.

  • Microsoft RemoteFX: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 introduces a new set of end user experience enhancements with Microsoft RemoteFX. VMM 2008 R2 SP1 allows administrators to create and deploy Virtual Machines with RemoteFX enabled to qualified Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V hosts. This enables a rich, local-like desktop environment over the network.

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Microsoft Expression Web 4 Service Pack 1

Expression Web 4 Service Pack 1 (SP1) applies significant fixes and improvements to publishing, SuperPreview, file management, extensibility, and other areas of the programs.

Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=f6e1bbd9-2b1b-40e8-948b-1276e3b5daa3&displaylang=en

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Beta – Evaluation

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 delivers industry leading fabric managment, virtual machine management and services deployment in private cloud environments.

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 delivers industry leading fabric managment, virtual machine management and services deployment in private cloud environments. Virtual Machine Manager 2012 offers key new features that include hypervisor creation and management, network management, storage management, private cloud creation, self-service usage and service creation. It features deep investments in server application virtualization, service design and service modeling all of which can be used to efficiently offer an on-premises private cloud.

Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0fbb298-8f02-47e7-88be-0614bc44ee32&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Beta – Evaluation

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 delivers industry leading fabric managment, virtual machine management and services deployment in private cloud environments.

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 delivers industry leading fabric managment, virtual machine management and services deployment in private cloud environments. Virtual Machine Manager 2012 offers key new features that include hypervisor creation and management, network management, storage management, private cloud creation, self-service usage and service creation. It features deep investments in server application virtualization, service design and service modeling all of which can be used to efficiently offer an on-premises private cloud.

Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0fbb298-8f02-47e7-88be-0614bc44ee32&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29

Internet Explorer 9 Released

You can download Internet Explorer 9 in the language that matches your version of Windows or choose the English version, which works with all versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Link – http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/downloads/ie-9/worldwide-languages

Microsoft sets Internet Explorer 9 release date

The next generation of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser will be available to download from 14 March according to comments from Ryan Gavin, senior director of the Internet Explorer business.
Gavin revealed the release date of the release-to-web (RTW) version of IE9 on the Windows Team Blog on Wednesday.

Link – www.microsoft.com/ie

Update Rollup 3 for Exchange 2010 SP1 and Exchange 2007 SP3

Earlier today the Exchange CXP team released the following Update Rollups for Exchange Server 2010 and 2007 to the Download Center. Release via Microsoft Update will occur on March 22nd 2011.

Link – http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2011/03/08/458566.aspx