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! Microsoft to start selling Office programs by subscription later this month

Petizme — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:11:14 GMT

Hi,

"Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software.

The software bundle, which also includes Microsoft's Live OneCare computer security software, will be sold at nearly 700 Circuit City stores for $70 per year.

Bryson Gordon, a group product manager for the Office group, said in an interview that the agreement with Circuit City Stores Inc. is not exclusive, and that the bundle will be available at other retailers and on PCs sold by the likes of Dell Inc. in the future.

Subscription pricing for software has become commonplace in businesses but is a relatively new concept for consumers. The Microsoft Equipt bundle - formerly code-named "Albany" - includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, plus OneCare and a handful of existing free Windows Live applications.

Buying those programs the traditional way would cost about $200; consumers who want to replace Office 2007 with "Office 14," rumored to be set for a 2009 release, would have to pay full price.

Under the subscription model, upgrading to a new version is included in the annual cost.

Gordon said Equipt is aimed at people who wouldn't ordinarily buy Office at the same time they purchase a new computer. Instead, they'd repurpose their old Office disks or pirate a friend's copy, he said. ..."

More information and source here.

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Eduardo Petizme
MVP Forefront Security
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! Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with SP1 (x64)

Petizme — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:21:06 GMT

Hi,

Download now:

· Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with SP1 (x64)

· Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with SP1 (x86)

More information here.

Bye,

Eduardo Petizme
MVP Forefront Security
Site: http://petizme.com
Blogs: http://blog.petizme.com ( USA | BRA )

! ISA Best Practices Analyzer v6 - Available to Download

Petizme — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:38:34 GMT

Hi all,

The ISA SE Team make available the v6 of ISA BPA.

"The ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a diagnostic tool that automatically performs specific tests on configuration data collected on the local ISA Server computer from the ISA Server hierarchy of administration COM objects, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes, the system registry, files on disk, and the Domain Name System (DNS) settings.

The resulting report details critical configuration issues, potential problems, and information about the local computer. By following the recommendations of the tool, administrators can achieve greater performance, scalability, reliability, and uptime.
The ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer is supplied with two supplemental tools.

• The ISA Data Packager enables you to create a single .cab file containing ISA Server diagnostic information that can be easily sent to Microsoft Product Support Services for analysis.
• BPA2Visio generates a Microsoft Office Visio® 2003 or Visio 2007 diagram of your network topology as seen from an ISA Server computer or any Windows computer based on output from the ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool.

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Download here.

Best,

Eduardo Petizme
MVP Forefront Security
Site: http://petizme.com
Blogs: http://blog.petizme.com ( USA | BRA )

! Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) Beta is available

Petizme — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:53:36 GMT

Hi,

"This is something that of you have been waiting for a while now! Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) is essentially the WS08 version of the "Admin Pack". RSAT allows you to install many of the WS08 management tools on a Vista SP1 computer so you can remotely manage WS08 servers (full servers and server core). Some of the tools included in RSAT can also be used to manage WS03 servers as well. "

Microsoft® Remote Server Administration Tools enables IT administrators to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server® 2008 from a computer running Windows Vista with Service Pack 1. It includes support for remote management of computers running a Server Core or Full Server installation of Windows Server 2008. This feature has been requested by customers as a replacement for the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack.

To test the Remote Server Administration Tools Beta and obtain customer feedback, Microsoft offers a Feature Focus program for this update, starting November 28, 2007 on the Microsoft Connect site. By participating in the program, you have the opportunity to try the new Remote Server Administration Tools, and provide feedback directly to the product team. The download is available as part of the Windows Beta program at http://connect.microsoft.com/windows/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=9561.

Source: Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) Beta is now available!

Technorati Tags: Windows Server 2008

Bye,

Eduardo Petizme
MVP Windows Server System - ISA Server
Site: http://petizme.com
Blogs: http://blog.petizme.com ( USA | BRA )

! New KB - How to recover from a computer virus infection and how to prevent future infections from computer viruses in Windows operating systems

Petizme — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:47:56 GMT

This article discusses the following:

• How to recover from a computer virus infection

• How to prevent future infections from computer viruses

Apply to most of Windows Client and Server.

More information: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;940831

Eduardo Petizme
MVP Windows Server System - ISA Server
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! Live pack.. Windows Live Unified Installer Released

Petizme — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:26:37 GMT

"Only days after the initial announcement, the unified installer for all desktop Windows Live products has already released to the web, although not exactly in the expected way.

The "suite" replaces older Windows Live product installers with a single one for every of them, where we expected it to be a standalone package alongside the product installers. You simply download the 1.7MB file, then choose what products you want to download and install. The installer is pretty efficient, as it downloads other products while one of them install instead of waiting for it to finish.

The package can install Photo Gallery, Messenger, Writer, Mail, Family Safety and Toolbar.

Though the changes added to them are unknown, new builds for Mail, Writer, Photo Gallery and Messenger 8.5 Beta have also been released. "

Download at source.

More information at Kez.

Bye,

Eduardo Petizme
MVP Windows Server System - ISA Server
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! Limit bandwidth on ISA 2004/2006

Petizme — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:52:46 GMT

Hi,

Many people ask me about the bandwidth control on ISA 2004/2006, because who used ISA 2000, we had this feature.

You can use a 3th. software, http://www.bsplitter.com/download.aspx for free to 10 users.

Thanks to Paleo.

Bye,

Eduardo Petizme
MVP Windows Server System - ISA Server
Site: http://petizme.com
Blogs: http://blog.petizme.com (Português - Brasil | English - USA)

! Tools AdExplorer and AdRestore by Mark Russinovich

Petizme — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:33:41 GMT

Hi,

Active Directory Explorer (AD Explorer) is an advanced Active Directory (AD) viewer and editor. You can use AD Explorer to easily navigate an AD database, define favorite locations, view object properties and attributes without having to open dialog boxes, edit permissions, view an object's schema, and execute sophisticated searches that you can save and re-execute.

The Sysinternals AdRestore utility enables you to restore deleted objects on Windows Server 2003 domains

AdExplorer: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/adexplorer.mspx

AdRestore: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/adrestore.mspx

Best,

Eduardo Petizme
MVP Windows Server System - ISA Server
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