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Windows 8 Jump Start: October 18th
Stephen Rose, MSFT
Windows 8 Jump Start: October 18th
Tuesday, Oct 16
Experience Windows Server 2012 on Windows Azure for Free
Angela Harris
Experience Windows Server 2012 on Windows Azure for Free
Tuesday, Oct 16
TechNet Radio: Using New Features in SQL Server 2012
Jeannine Dealy, MSFT
TechNet Radio: Using New Features in SQL Server 2012
Tuesday, Oct 16
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Yung Chou, MSFT
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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.

 

Top Tips for Windows 8 App Certification Success
Join us Thursday, October 18 at 4pm PST for a special webcast , presented by Kevin Ashley that will answer your questions about how to get your app or game into the Windows Store. Our Windows 8 Technical Evangelist team will be live, online to answer your questions and available for 1:1 conversations after the webcast. Don’t miss this opportunity. Register today .

 

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