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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 is the newest version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, a Solution Accelerator for operating system and application deployment. MDT 2012 supports deployment of Windows 7, Office 2010 and 365, and Windows...

Administration Guide for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server

This download contains a compiled help file (.chm) version of the administration guide for Team Foundation Server.

Office 365 for Enterprise Service Descriptions

Office 365 is a suite of Internet-based services that are designed to help meet your needs for robust security, 24/7 reliability, and user productivity. This set of documents provides service descriptions for the components of the suite.

Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Help

This download contains a standalone version of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Help.

Retail Deployment Guide for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack

Detailed procedures for planning and performing an installation of the Retail components of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack.

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 White Paper: Service Tax Point of Taxation Inquiries

This white paper describes how to reverse the service tax credit (CENVAT credit) on vendor open invoices that are unpaid within three months, and then reclaim the service tax credit upon payment of the vendor invoices.

Windows Server “8” Beta Core Network Companion Guide: Deploying Computer and User Certificates

This companion guide tothe Core Network Guide explains how to build on the core network by providing instructions for deploying client computer and user certificates with Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS).

SCDPM 2010 Interoperability Hotfix for Centralized Management, with System Center Data Protection Manager 2012

This interoperability patch enables your SCDPM 2010 servers to be centrally managed using the Central Console feature available with SCDPM 2012. Once you have installed this hotfix, you can monitor and manage both SCDPM 2010 and SCDPM 2012 servers using the same console.

Microsoft HealthVault Connection Center for Windows (United States)

...HealthVault Connection Center enables you to send measurements from health and fitness...blood pressure monitors and pedometers) to your online HealthVault account. You can...download, view, and burn medical images that you store in HealthVault.

Itron, Inc.: SDL Chronicles

How Itron adopted Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle and why that influenced both the hardware and software elements of their products.

Government of India Embraces Secure Application Development: SDL Chronicles

The government of India through CERT-In, National Informatics Centre and the new draft five year plan puts a focus on secure application development principles, many of which are defined by the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL).

The Compliance Benefits of Better Application Security

This paper discusses the overlap between compliance and software security. At first glance, this overlap is limited tothe specific software security requirements posed in standards such as the PA DSS. In practice however, software security...

Open Specifications Preview Specifications

From timetotime, Microsoft may publish preview or pre-release versions of Open Specifications for community review and feedback.

Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit v3.0

A toolkit for deploying and configuring security mitigation technologies

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 6.1 Licensing Guide

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Express

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Express is a powerful and reliable free data management system that delivers a rich and reliable data store for lightweight Web Sites and desktop applications.

Tracingthe Execution of MPI Applications with Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 3 (SP3)

This article describes how to use Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) in combination with Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 starting with SP3 totrace MPI applications.

Cumulative Update 6 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (KB2626076)

Cumulative Update 6 contains a number of fixes for Operations Manager 2007 R2, as well as all of the fixes from Operations Manager 2007 R2 CU5. A number of fixes may require manual steps to install.

System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform

The System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform enable discovering, monitoring, and managing UNIX-based and Linux-based computers by using the same interface and toolsthat you use to manage your Windows-based computers.

System Center 2012 – Configuration Manager Component Add-ons and Extensions

Download and install add-ons and extensions for the System Center 2012 – Configuration Manager component.

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 SP2 Community Technology Preview - Express Edition

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express with Service Pack2 is a free and feature-rich database for developing and deploying SQL Server 2008 R2.

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Community Technology Preview

Download Service Pack 2 for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 SP2 Community Technology Preview Feature Pack

The Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone packages which provide additional value for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2.

Creating Excel 2010 Bubble Charts for Use with Excel Services

This Excel 2010 sample workbook accompanies the MSDN article "Creating Excel 2010 Bubble Charts for Use with Excel Services." The workbook uses built-in Excel functions to generate the series data dynamically and is completely compatible with Excel Services.

Microsoft® Silverlight™ Release History

The Microsoft® Silverlight™ Release History

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Monthly Update April 2012

Download this set of updates for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 environment released during the period of April 1 - April 30, 2012.

Windows 8 Camp in a Box, Consumer Preview Edition

Hands-on-labs, presentations, samples and resources from the Windows 8 camps.

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 (64-bit), Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

System Center Monitoring Pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance

This monitoring pack provides capabilities to discover, monitor, and manage your SQL Server PDW appliances. The management pack simplifies the monitoring process for PDW.

Preparing to Develop Metro style Device Apps for Mobile Broadband

This paper provides information about how to get started developing a Metro style app for mobile broadband.

Windows Embedded Compact 7 Evaluation Edition

Windows Embedded Compact 7 Evaluation Edition toolkit is valid for 180 days from the day of installation.

Microsoft IRM support extension for PDF specification

Specification of PDF format extension to support Microsoft IRM protection

Microsoft® Codename Trust Services Samples

The samples provided here are for use with the SQL Azure Lab - Microsoft Codename Trust Services, an application-level encryption framework that can be used to protect sensitive data.

Web Camps Training Kit

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830) x64

Thistool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found. Microsoft will release an updated version of thistool on the second Tuesday of each month.

Unified Communications Phones and Peripherals Datasheets

These datasheets list the phones and peripheral devices that are qualified to display the "Optimized for Microsoft Lync" logo.

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools are provided to help make some routine tasks easier for IT administrators who deploy and manage Lync Server 2010.

Windows Azure Libraries for Java 0.2 February 2012 CTP

The Windows Azure Libraries for Java are a set of JARs that allow Java developers to access Windows Azure services from their client-side Java code.

Management Reporter 2012 for Microsoft Dynamics ERP: Installation, Migration, and Configuration Guides

Download installation, migration, and configuration information for Management Reporter 2012.

Windows Embedded Compact 7 Monthly Update April 2012

Download this set of updates for Windows Embedded Compact 7 released during the period of April 1 - April 30, 2012.

Advanced Systems Format (ASF) Specification

The Advanced Systems Format (ASF) is the file format used by Windows Media.

System Center 2012 – Service Manager Component Add-ons and Extensions

Download and install add-ons and extensions for the System Center 2012 – Service Manager component.

Windows Azure Datacenter IP Ranges

IP ranges for Windows Azure Datacenters.

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

May 2012 Security Release ISO Image

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on May 8, 2012.

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (32-bit)

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac, Web Services Edition

Totake advantage of the latest innovations that Exchange 2007 has to offer, Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition uses Exchange Web Services to communicate with Exchange Server. In this update, Entourage uses Exchange Web Services to provide...

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 on Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.

Microsoft Office 2011 14.2.2 Update

This update fixes critical issues and also helps to improve security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code.