Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: Ready to Get Down to Business?

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May 2009 In this Issue: New Releases! Featured Beta Program Upcoming Events Get visibility for your customer engagements.. We're building case studies about Partners who use Solution Accelerators. Interested? Contact us. Subscribe to the Solution Accelerators news feed. Visit the Solution Accelerators page on the Microsoft Partner Portal. Contact us with your questions and comments. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are just around the corner! Ready to get down to business? The Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 launches are coming! Together, they represent a great business opportunity for Microsoft Partners. Want to get ahead of your competition and get this business? Use Solution Accelerators for Windows 7! Solution Accelerators give you the tested guidance and automated tools you need to successfully migrate customers to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Want to learn more? Visit the Windows 7 Solution Accelerators page. Check out the Windows Server 2008 Solution Accelerators page. Keep reading for a complete list of Solution Accelerators to help kick-start your Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 business! Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides. Get the guidance you need to streamline the design processes for planning and implementing Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. This set of proven guidance takes you through the necessary steps to select the right server or desktop virtualization technologies-including Hyper-V, Terminal Services, App-V, and MED-V. Check out all of the IPD guides for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: . IPD guide for Active Directory Domain Services . IPD guide for Windows Server Virtualization . IPD guide for Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios . IPD guide for MED-V . IPD guide for App-V . IPD guide for Terminal Services Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit. Are your customers getting ready for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 hardware upgrades? Join the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 4.0 Beta, and find tools to help you quickly determine if a customer's servers and desktops meet hardware and device compatibility requirements. Map 4.0 also conducts virtualization assessments for Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. Register to join the MAP 4.0 Beta program and you will be notified when the toolkit is available in the next few weeks. (Windows Live ID and registration required) Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Beta 2 program will provide unified tools and guidance in a common deployment console to help you deploy Windows 7 quickly and efficiently. Join the MDT Beta 2 program today. Already a member? Bookmark this link to get the latest project details. Security Compliance Management (SCM) Toolkit. The Security Compliance Management (SCM) Toolkit combines best practice guidance and automated tools to help your customers keep their computers running Windows 7 safe from attack. Sign up for the SCM Beta to be notified of new Beta updates for Windows 7, or download the currently released version, which includes baselines for previous versions of Microsoft technologies. Already a member of the Beta program? Bookmark this link to get the latest project updates. New Releases! Service Level Dashboard 2.0 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Help Customers Keep their Mission-Critical, Line-of-Business Applications Up and Running! The Service Level Dashboard 2.0 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 automatically displays organization-wide application or system availability and performance in near-real time. Using the dashboard, you can help customers measure and report on performance trends, and head off problems before they occur. The dashboard also lets you easily create role-specific dashboards to support different departments, like HR, Finance, or Operations. Want more details about Operations Manager 2007 R2? Check out the System Center Team Blog. MOF Framework Comparison Companion Guides Tackle Today's Service Management Challenges and Deliver Effective IT Services. The MOF team is pleased to announce the extension of additional core content with the release of two new MOF companion guides. Addressing some of the toughest IT challenges, this latest series of companion guides focuses on framework comparisons. The guides will help you understand how MOF aligns with and compares to the leading service management frameworks and how you can take informed steps toward ISO/IEC 20000 implementation. Download the guides now: Cross Reference ITIL V3 and MOF 4.0 Using MOF for ISO/IEC 20000 Featured Beta Program System Center Configuration Manager Extensions for SCAP Beta Now Available The System Center Configuration Manager Extensions for SCAP allow organizations to use Configuration Manager 2007 to scan computers for compliance with the Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) mandate issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). These extensions enable Configuration Manager to consume Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) data streams, assess systems for compliance, and generate report results in SCAP format. Join the Beta program today. Already a member? Bookmark this link to get the latest project details. Upcoming Events Coming Soon: WPC 2009. Join the Solution Accelerators team at the Worldwide Partner Conference! You'll hear firsthand about the latest guidance and tools to help build your business and get ahead of your competition. Learn more about WPC 2009.