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Microsoft Extends Branch Office Promotion

Microsoft is extending its branch office promotion to enterprises with a large number of remote branch sites, with discounts as deep as 43 percent, the company announced Wednesday.

Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 to RTM in March

Microsoft says in late March it will release to manufacturing (RTM) the latest version of one of the most significant administration tools in its emerging System Center brand.

PowerShell Pipe Dream

String along those Powershell expressions using this nifty trick.

Vista Service Pack 1 This Year?

Microsoft hasn't quite gotten Windows Vista out the door but it has already started working on the first service pack for the new system. But if you're thinking you'd like to be on the list for testing it, that may be difficult.

Run Along, Virtual Doggies

Manipulate how your VMs work using the vmrun command.

Microsoft Antitrust Plaintiffs Allege Misconduct over Lack of API Sharing

The plaintiffs in Iowa's class-action antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. claim they have uncovered information that indicates the software company is violating its 2002 agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.

Microsoft Ships Updated Vista Deployment Tools

Microsoft has released its Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment 2007 (BDD 2007), a set of tools and guidance on how to use them to enable IT shops to deploy desktops running Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, 2007 Microsoft Office system, or Microsoft Office 2003.

It's GPO Time

Another nifty command line management tool, the Group Policy Time Utility, from the GPO Guy.

'Longhorn' To Be Officially Dubbed...

It's official. Well, sort of. Windows enthusiast site ActiveWin.com reported this week that an unnamed Microsoft official has confirmed the final name for "Longhorn" server.

The Missing Link to the Virtual Infrastructure

The ZXTM Virtual Appliance provides load balancing and traffic management within the virtual network infrastructure.

Mount Up!

Sneak a peek at the contents of your virtual drives.

Take Command of GPO Processing

Apply policies throughout your network without requiring users to reboot or log off their systems.

Cybercrime -- An Epidemic

Also: How Argonne Labs got users to help clean up network security.

Physically Manage Virtual Disks

A three-part look at VMware command-line tools. First up: vdiskmanager.exe

Virtual PC 2007 Release Candidate Ships

Microsoft began shipping the release candidate for Virtual PC 2007 this week, putting the virtualization environment on track for final shipment in the first quarter as expected.

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