Today I got selected as a TLG (Technical Learning Guide) at TechEd EMEA 2009 in Berlin. So if you are in to the labs, don’t hesitate to visit the HOL-area!

Microsoft have done it again – this time free antivirus and antimalware for home users! Finally today the public download was released!

Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for the home PC and guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple. Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want—without interruptions or long computer wait times.

Go to http://www.microsoft.com/SECURITY_ESSENTIALS and download it and test it for yourself!

A dear collegue and friend, Tobias Zimmergren, have recently released a fantastic forum solution for Sharepoint. This is a complete one-stop-shop and have a lot of exciting features such as categories, avatar support, top-poster webpart, recent discussion webpart and a search webpart amongst other features. If you are looking for a dynamic and easy to maintain forum then don’t hesitate to check out his company website and his forum solution.

If you don’t already have a TechNet Plus subscription go and get one now, until the last of october you will have a 25% discount if you enter the code TNWIN7RTM when ordering. If you don’t already know what Technet is then check it out at techet.microsoft.com or read more about the offer at www.TechNetPlusTryWindows7Now.com

A early release is of MS50248 is now availiable. Please contact me if you are a MCT and interested in teaching this course. In this three-day instructur-led course the student will learn how to administer a Microsoft Online Services installation. The couse will walk you trough planning, setup and maintinance of all the online services, integration components, and how to get the system availiable and working with the on-premise systems. The course requires a active Internet connection during the whole course, and a account at Microsoft Online Services. This course is intended for systems administrators who will administer Microsoft Online Services, and combining on-premise and hosted services. The course is availiable trough http://cwlibrary.mslearn.net to order by CPLSes and MCTs.

The Infrastructure Planning and Design team is working on a new guide: DirectAccess. This IPD guide provides actionable guidance for designing a DirectAccess infrastructure. The guide’s easy-to-follow, four-step process gives a straightforward explanation of the infrastructure required for clients to be connected from the Internet to resources on the corporate network, whether or not the organization has begun deploying IPv6. While still at beta I would still recomend it as it is good prepparation.

Please goto Microsoft Connect and apply to participate in the beta to download.

Nu har Microsoft släppt en 90-dagars demo som man kan ladda ner direkt från webben. Det är tänkt så att du har möjlighet att testa Windows7 på all din hårdvara som du har och se att det verkligen kommer fungera så bra som löftet säger. Denna versionen är INTE uppgraderingsbar till en skarp version utan endast för testning, det är en Windows 7 Enterprise som är den vanligaste versionen. Kraven för din maskinvara?

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