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	Service Manager 2010 expected this week Rand Morimoto: Microsoft will likely be announcing the public availability of their long awaited System Center Service Manager 2010 "helpdesk" product at the Microsoft Management Conference (MMS) in Las Vegas this week. Read More VIRTUAL EVENT: CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld & Network World Live Security Panel – April 28th Join us on April 28th for a live virtual event that will provide candid, expert advice on top security challenges and issues – all from the comfort of your desktop. Get in on the discussion - from the unique challenges presented by cloud computing and virtualization to the mass adoption of social media. Attend and you may win a Kindle! In this Issue How to force an IP-HTTPS connection on a DirectAccess client… Microsoft tool for Martians now available for politicians Microsoft nurtures software to save the world After three years effort, Microsoft's open source IronRuby stable and available Data Protection Manager 2010 Protection Best Practices Microsoft sponsors gaming competition for a good cause How Microsoft technology drives IT job growth Operations Manager 2007 R2 Operations and Security Reporting Best Practices U.S military aggressive on fighting cyber attacks Operations Manager 2007 R2 Monitoring and Alerting Best Practices From Microsoft Subnet WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here! How to force an IP-HTTPS connection on a DirectAccess client… Tyson.Kopczynski: Pop quiz hotshot, you've got a DirectAccess client on a NAT'ed home network and you want to force it to use IP-HTTPS. What do you do? Read More Microsoft tool for Martians now available for politicians Microsoft has released a new social tool for political campaigns dubbed Town Hall. TownHall is currently being used by NASA for its Be A Martian site. Read More Microsoft nurtures software to save the world Robert Mullins: The Imagine Cup competition is pitting 10 finalists against each other who have created games that put the spotlight on global issues like child mortality, conservation, health, gender equality and poverty. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! After three years effort, Microsoft's open source IronRuby stable and available Microsoft Subnet: Microsoft developers has released v 1.0 of IronRuby, an open-source project that integrates .Net code and the .Net framework with the popular open source programming language Ruby. Read More Data Protection Manager 2010 Protection Best Practices Rand Morimoto: The following are best practices in protecting applications using Microsoft's backup and recovery tool. Read More Microsoft sponsors gaming competition for a good cause Robert Mullins: Many video games feature competition among Mafia hit men, post-apocalyptic armies or cops and robbers. But how about a battle between medicines and disease? Read More WEBCAST: ShoreTel A Lower Cost Approach to UC Learn about a switch-based architecture that provides the industry's lowest total cost of ownership while exploiting the full power of IP. See why this system beats the market leaders and has over 1 million users like Big Brothers/Big Sisters who candidly discuss their selection process, goals and ultimate success in moving to UC. Learn More! How Microsoft technology drives IT job growth Microsoft Subnet blog: IT job seekers would be smart to explore gaining an IT certification with Microsoft, according to the software maker, who says a revamped training catalog addresses emerging technologies such as virtualization and cloud computing as well as foundational high-tech skills. Read More Operations Manager 2007 R2 Operations and Security Reporting Best Practices Rand Morimoto: The following are best practices when configuring operations and security report in OpsMgr 2007 R2. Read More U.S military aggressive on fighting cyber attacks Robert Mullins: A nominee to head the United States' Cyber Command is expected to tell a Senate committee Thursday that the U.S. should retaliate against cyber attacks even when the identity of the attackers is unknown. Read More Operations Manager 2007 R2 Monitoring and Alerting Best Practices Rand Morimoto: The following are best practices when setting up monitoring and alerting in OpsMgr 2007 R2. Read More From Microsoft Subnet This is Network World's Microsoft Subnet news alert in which we focus on the top items from Microsoft Subnet, your daily source for Microsoft news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more. Follow Microsoft Subnet on Twitter @microsoftsubnet 15 copies of Microsoft System Center Enterprise Suite Unleashed up for grabs. Read More
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