Our friends over in the Solution Accelerators team just released the beta version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning tool (MAP) 4.0.  Many of you have discovered just how valuable these Solution Accelerators have been, based on the feedback we receive.  We want to bring this particular...

Our friends over in the MDOP team just released the beta version of the Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 today.  We know that many of you are looking at application virtualization in both the context of your existing environment and also as part of your migration planning to Windows...

Today on the Windows For Your Business blog , we announced the beta of our next release of Windows Intune. Some key new features include: Simplify the task of distributing software and updates- In addition to Microsoft patches and updates, you can now use Windows Intune to deploy third-party applications...

Today I am featuring guest Blogger Jeremy Chapman from the Windows Product Team. To see more of Jeremy, view our latest VRT on Application Compatibility. To learn more, click here. Below is his interview with Jeff Wettlaufer from the System Center Team. I recently interviewed fellow product manager...

Have you downloaded the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP Beta yet ? The Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta helps keep your PCs and servers on the latest support level, provides ongoing improvements to the Windows Operating System (OS), by including previous updates delivered over Windows...

This week I had a chance to sit down with Craig Ashley, product manager for Microsoft’s Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) , to discuss the next release of the toolset and the public beta that is now available. DaRT has been a favorite tool for many IT pros, dating back to its days as part of Winternals...

Take a minute to learn about the exciting new features available in the MAP Toolkit v5.5 Beta and get involved in our Beta program. IT pros like you make a tremendous difference in the quality and effectiveness of the products we release and we want you to know how much we’d like you to be involved....

This morning on the Windows for your Business blog , we announced a new Desktop Virtualization product called Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V), which will be available via the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) once it’s complete. The central idea of UE-V is to enable users to...