TechNet has launched a news feed on the homepage which provides daily updates of new resources for IT professionals. The Today’s News feed offers links to the newest resources that help you become more successful with Microsoft technologies. Updates include...

Forefront TMG 2010 TechNet documentation is now live with Forefront TMG Release to Web content. Forefront TMG is a secure Web gateway that helps protect employees from Web-based threats. It also delivers simple, unified perimeter security with integrated...

The new Exchange Deployment Assistant is a Web-based tool that walks you through various upgrade and deployment scenarios, including upgrades from Exchange Server 2003 and/or Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010. Currently, the Upgrade from Exchange...

This document describes the steps to limit, control, or prevent Internet communication in an organization and assists administrators in deploying and maintaining Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 in a way that helps provide an appropriate level of...

Take a guided tour of Windows 7 . The short virtual labs and supporting videos will give you a chance to explore Windows 7 by feature with no installation required. Try out a few of the virtual labs and watch a few videos today and learn how Windows 7...

Starting on December 11, 2009, customers using Office 2003 will not be able to open Office 2003 documents protected with the Active Directory Rights Management Service (AD RMS) or Rights Management Services (RMS). To download the hotfix, see KB 978551...

The newly released Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Forefront Unified Access Gateway (Forefront UAG) takes you through the logical three-step planning and design process of selecting the Forefront UAG features required, determining the number...

Updated today, t he Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT professionals is a Microsoft Office Excel-based spreadsheet listing software applications and respective Windows 7 compatibility information. Compatibility information has been verified...

It's time to exercise your minimalist creativity and get back to basics - back to optimizing every little byte like your life depended on it. The MIX 10K Challenge is back, and this time we've upped the game with an expanded set of web technologies and...

Receive 30% off on all Microsoft Expression version 3 design software (both full and upgrade versions) through Microsoft Online Store when you buy before December 28, 2009. (Promotion applies to US only) More to come, Mitch Subscribe to...

Find documentation (seven guides, in all) that you can download and print to help you deploy, operate, and maintain System Center Virtual Machine Manager VMM 2008 R2. Get the guides here . More to come, Mitch Subscribe to the TechNet Flash...

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The December 2009 Security Bulletin summary is now available on Technet. For information about how to receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft security bulletins are issued, visit Microsoft Technical Security Notifications . Microsoft...

The Office Environment Assessment Tool scans your environment and assists in the assessment phase of deployment by identifying currently installed applications, add-ins currently in use by Office clients, and programs that are not registered as add-ins...

This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2. It focuses on Active Directory Domain Services, Hyper-V, Internet Information Services, Remote Desktop Services (including Virtual Desktop Infrastructure...

FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Beta provides powerful high-end search delivered through SharePoint. It includes all the search features and integration capabilities of SharePoint Server 2010, plus the use of context to provide specific search...