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Download the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report vol. 13
Tim Rains
Download the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report vol. 13
Tuesday, Oct 9
Download Windows Server 2012 Essentials
John Helmon, MSFT
Download Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Tuesday, Oct 9
Deploy & Configure a SQL Server Windows Azure Virtual Machine
Yung Chou, MSFT
Deploy & Configure a SQL Server Windows Azure Virtual Machine
Tuesday, Oct 9
Use the Cloud Security Readiness Tool
Frank Simorjay, MSFT
Use the Cloud Security Readiness Tool
Tuesday, Oct 9
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Building Windows 8

Updates to Windows 8 for General Availability

We are pleased to be releasing a set of improvements to Windows 8 in broad areas of performance, power management and battery efficiency, media playback, and compatibility.

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Network World: Internet Explorer 9 Blows Away Competition in Security Test

Microsoft IE9 blew away Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari in new tests by NSS Labs to measure the ability of web browsers to block malware and catch click fraud.

Test Lab Guides

100 Test Lab Guides and Counting

As of August, there were over 100 published Test Lab Guides (TLGs) , which show you how to configure and demonstrate a Microsoft technology, feature, product, or solution in a standardized test lab environment. There are 16 TLGs for Windows Server 2012 alone.

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Important Changes to Forefront Product Roadmaps

To better align security and protection solutions with the workloads and applications they protect, Microsoft is announcing changes to the roadmaps of some of the security solutions made available under the Forefront brand.

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With Windows Azure Virtual Machines, you can easily deploy and run Windows Server and Linux virtual machines in minutes. Get up and running today for free.

 

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Join the IT Camps On-Demand and  IT Camps live events , featuring presentation, demos and hands on-lab covering   Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V 2012 .

 

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