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Free E-Book on Terminal Services

This month’s free E-Book from Microsoft Press is Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Resource Kit. Download it now!

Skill up on SQL Server 2008

The MS Learning team in APAC has put together two Live Meetings on SQL Server 2008, one for all of you who are new to SQL Server: Jumpstart SQL 2008 Skills and one for you who are already knowledgeable on SQL Server 2005: Upgrade Your SQL Skills.

Jumpstart SQL 2008 Skills on May 26th at 12.30 Singapore time (What time is this in my country?)
If you are new to SQL 2008, this session provides you with information on why and how to jumpstart your skills to SQL Server 2008. Our speaker will share real-life application examples and putting knowledge into context.

Upgrade Your SQL Skills on May 28th at 12:30 Singapore time (What time is this in my country?)
If you have been running existing databases and applications on SQL Server 2005, this Webcast session show you exciting new capabilities to improve your applications and reduce support needs within a familiar management interface

Some short notes:
1. You need Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 installed on your PC to view this session. In case you do not have the requisite software, click here to download.
2. Internet Audio and Video broadcast for the webcast session would be done directly to your computer. Please ensure that you have Windows Media Player 9 or above installed. Click here to download.

Register now!

Sign up for Office 2010 Technical Preview now!

Here is something fun to finish off our week, Office 2010 the Movie! Check it out and sign up for the Technical Preview that will be released in July.

Talking About Windows

Talking About Windows is a new site with lots of videos about Windows 7, both available for streaming and download. Meet people in the Windows product team at Microsoft, like Mark Russinovich talking about things like security but also hear from IT Pros in the community, like Doug Miller, and why he thinks that the way to Windows 7 is through Windows Vista.

Windows 7 Release Candidate

Now it’s here, the Release Candidate of Windows 7! The number of product keys will not be limited as was the case with the Beta so if you don’t manage to download it right away, don’t worry! It will be available at least until end of June and then it expires June 1 next year. My colleague in Australia, Jeff Alexander, wrote a great blog post about some of the news so I recommend you to check his blog here. On TechNet EDGE, Adam has also put together a list of links to more information, check that here.

Download Windows 7 RC here. For those of you who are running the Beta version today, remember that it expires on August 1 but already from July 1 Windows will start warning you about expiration, more details on that here

Good luck!