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November/December 2009 Download New Solution Accelerators Join a Beta Review Program Take Advantage of Additional Resources You spoke, we listened. Thanks for your feedback on the Solution Accelerators newsletter. For the next few months, we'll be experimenting with the structure and content of this publication to incorporate your comments. Stay tuned, and continue to tell us what you think! Solution Accelerators Winter 2009 Update Keep current with our new releases and beta programs Download New Solution Accelerators New Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (OVMST) 2.1 now available! Are your customers concerned with keeping their offline virtualized environment safe from attack and in compliance? Download the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1. You'll get free, tested guidance and automated tools to help customers keep their virtualized machines updated, without introducing vulnerabilities into their IT infrastructure. Kick-start efficient operations with the Getting Started with MOF 4.0 guide. The Getting Started with MOF 4.0 guide is the first step to a more efficient MOF implementation. The guide provides role- and situation-specific guidance, focused on helping users understand where to apply MOF and how to get the most from its recommendations. Download the Getting Started with MOF 4.0 guide and help your customers take the first step toward organizational efficiency. Select the right virtualization technology with the new Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guide. Updated to include coverage of Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), this guide walks the reader through the process of selecting the right virtualization technology for each workload, in just five steps or fewer. Download the IPD guide for Selecting the Right Virtualization Technology today. Simplify design and planning with the IPD guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services. Streamline the planning and design process for implementing the Remote Desktop Services infrastructure by using the simple, nine-step process presented in this guide. Download the IPD guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services to enable customers to save time and clarify their design and planning process. Reduce the costs of addressing PCI DSS compliance requirements. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) guide helps IT managers in organizations that process, store, or transmit payment cardholder information to comply with PCI DSS version 1.2. An overview provides the knowledge that is needed to start addressing PCI DSS compliance requirements, and dedicated sections focus on Microsoft technology solutions that can help automate and reduce the cost of compliance. Download the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard guide. Join a Beta Review Program Preview new MOF Reliability Workbooks for Active Directory, System Center Operations Manager, and Hyper-V. This new series of MOF Reliability Workbooks provides the knowledge necessary to keep technologies running smoothly so IT can provide the services an organization expects. Each workbook includes maintenance and monitoring tasks, lists of common risk areas, and standard changes for the ongoing care of specific technologies, plus an administrator's guide for customization. Join the MOF beta review program today. Already a member? Bookmark this link. Preview Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0. The MAP 5.0 Community Technical Preview Program (CTP) gives you the opportunity to preview and provide feedback on planned new features of MAP 5.0. We want to hear from you! Join the CTP and influence future MAP capabilities and features. (Live ID Required.) Address IT governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) objectives with new beta solutions from the Compliance Solution Accelerators team. Help your customers reduce the cost and complexity of compliance with new GRC solutions. Start with the guidance offered in the IT Compliance Management Series. The series includes guides and resources designed to help configure Microsoft products to address specific IT compliance requirements for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, including updates for Windows Server 2008 R2 and compliance baselines formatted as configuration packs for automated validation with System Center Configuration Manager. Are your customers interested in automating control activities in Configuration Manager and Operations Manager? Check out the Compliance and Risk Process Management Pack and the IT Compliance Management Library for Microsoft System Center Service Manager. Visit the System Center Service Manager 2010 Beta 2 site to join this beta program; once logged in, users will find these new tools in the Download section of the left sidebar. Take Advantage of Additional Resources New screencast series for Service Level Dashboard 2.0. Using this free, fully-supported dashboard, you can help customers keep track of system availability and performance in near-real time, heading off problems before they occur. In these three short "how to" screencasts, IT Pro Evangelist Matt Hester shows you how to easily locate, install, and configure the dashboard. Part 1: SLD overview Part 2: How to install SLD Part 3: How to configure SLD Private cloud webcast: Help customers build a private cloud infrastructure using the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprises. The Microsoft Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprises (available first half of 2010) is a free, partner-extensible toolkit you can use to build a cost-saving, private cloud IT infrastructure for your customers. The toolkit comes with an architectural road map, deployment guidance, best practices, and familiar tools for creating agile, virtualized IT infrastructures. Check out this webcast and get an advance look at the components of the toolkit, and learn how you can help customers lower their IT service costs with a private cloud. Live Webcast on Friday, December 11, 2009 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register for Building a Private Cloud with the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprises (Level 300). © Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft, Active Directory, Hyper-V, Windows, and Windows Server are trademarks of the Microsoft Group of companies. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. 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