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Want a cut-rate, wholly genuine version of Microsoft Office 2007 at a nice discount? Then run out and buy Microsoft Equipt, while supplies last. Here's how it works.
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Give Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer a microphone and in no time, you're bound to get a couple of great zingers out of him. At a shareholder meeting this week, he did not disappoint.
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Microsoft's OneCare Replacement: Is Free Good For You?
When Microsoft announced its Windows OneCare utility suite back in 2005, there was a lot of speculation about what it would mean for security powerhouses like Symantec and McAfee. The answer turned out to be, "not much." Now that Microsoft has announced OneCare's replacement, a free anti-malware product code-named Morro, security companies should be a lot more concerned.
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With the ax falling on Jerry Yang, many people will be saying it was long overdue. The Yahoo press release says the board has initiated a search to replace Yang, who will stay on in his previous role of Chief Yahoo! (including the exclamation point) and remain a board member.
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Hurtful Google Docs Study Tied To Ex-Microsoft Employees
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Every month, the CLR team gives us insight into the core of managed code, .NET programming best practices, technologies underlying the CLR and .NET Framework, and other tips and suggestions.
In the December 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Erika Fuentes and Eric Eilebrecht cover some common issues developers encounter when tuning multithreaded managed code, particularly in multiprocessor hardware. They also describe how future changes in the ThreadPool should deal with some of these issues.
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Catching up with previous issues, in the November 2008 issue, Melitta Andersen discussed building world-ready applications for Silverlight and Windows.
And in the October 2008 issue, Andrew Dai explained how the code access security (CAS) Transparency model works in Silverlight, and what you can expect to see from it in the future.
For more installments of CLR Inside Out, see our MSDN Magazine archives.
Silverlight provides a browser interoperability layer that allows managed code to access the document object model (DOM) of the underlying page. At the same time, JavaScript code running in the page can access the XAML content of the plug-in and even make modifications.
In the November 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Dino Esposito discusses the browser interoperability layer of Silverlight 2 and how you can harness it in your Web applications.
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Dont forget to browse the sample code online, and check out our past Cutting Edge installments in the MSDN Magazine archives.
Because Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is based on a runtime that manages the execution of workflows and activities, testing must, in almost all cases, involve the use of the runtime and this can introduce some interesting challenges.
In the November 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Matt Milner presents some techniques for unit testing activities, workflows, and associated components.
You can browse the source code online. For more articles on testing, be sure to check out our MSDN Magazine archives.
November 20, 2008
The TechNet Online team has just posted two new series of webcasts, podcasts, and virtual labs about SQL Server 2008 & Exchange Server 2007. These are not only useful - but entirely free - resources. Take a look!
SQL Server 2008: Access Your Data Any Place, Any Time
See how the business intelligence (BI) technologies in Microsoft SQL Server 2008, like enhanced support for data mining tasks, can help the people in your organization make decisions that boost business and cut costs. Use these webcasts, podcasts, and virtual labs to learn how you can use SQL Server 2008 to drive BI throughout your organization and deliver intelligence where your users want it.
Optimize Your Communications Environment with Exchange Server 2007
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 can help you deliver the advanced protection your company demands to safeguard its messaging environment-anywhere access people require to boost productivity and operational efficiency to cut costs. Tune in to a webcast or take part in a virtual lab to learn how Exchange Server 2007 can help you optimize your hardware and networking investments and provide anywhere access to e-mail, voice mail, calendars, and contacts from a variety of client computers and devices.
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as youd think. Thats definitely the case when it comes to server uptime: if you want to report on server uptime, you need to be able to calculate server downtime. The Microsoft Scripting Guys present a Windows PowerShell script that can do this for you.
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It's been about 8 years since "The 10 Immutable Laws of Security" were first published, and a lot has changed since then. In the last few installments of our Security Watch column, Jesper Johansson has been analyzing the immutable laws to see if they still hold true after all this time.
In the December 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine, which is available online, Jesper wraps up his three-part series.
Read the complete series online now to see if the 10 immutable laws still stand true after all these years:
- Revisiting the 10 Immutable Laws of Security, Part 1
- Revisiting the 10 Immutable Laws of Security, Part 2
- Revisiting the 10 Immutable Laws of Security, Part 3
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December 2008
See how you can streamline your team projects using Process Templates in Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
December 2008
The heart of Windows Workflow Foundation is its declarative programming model. Here are some best practices to consider when using WF to realize software solutions in the real world.
December 2008
To introduce you to VSTO Power Tools Office interop API extensions, well walk through the development of an application that automates Outlook, Excel, and Word.
December 2008
Many IT shops are divided into two campsthe Windows team and the Linux teambut we all have the same ultimate goal of providing high-quality and cost-effective IT services. One way you can do this is by sharing core software infrastructure. Think Windows and Linux dont mix? See how you can configure Linux machines to use Active Directory for authentication.
December 2008
Today, the likelihood of a homogeneous network has become increasingly remote. Its in your interest not to limit yourself to a single platform. Instead, you can be known as the IT guy who can do whatever needs to be donewhether it be supporting Mac or Windows. Don Jones teaches what you need to know to set up a Mac on your Windows network, troubleshoot network problems, share files and folders among Macs and Windows-based systems, and configure Macs to use your network printers.
December 2008
How times have changed! These days it is fairly easy to bring Macs into your Windows network infrastructure. And with a little work you can even integrate some of the operating system services. Learn how to connect Macs to Active Directory, see how you can use Entourage with Exchange, integrate the Messenger for Mac 7 application with your Windows-based communications, and explore how you can bridge the platforms with virtualization.
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