Kevin’s TechNet “New Day” Readiness
Event Resources – Jan-Mar, 2007

 

You can find this resource document online (and with live hyperlinks) at:

http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/pages/Q32007TNRes.aspx

 

E-mail Technical Questions: Kevin Remde – Kevin.Remde@microsoft.com

 

Kevin’s Blog “Full of I.T.” – Additional Resources and Discussion

http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde

 

Feedback e-mail to my boss: Melanie Brunner – mbrunne@microsoft.com

 

Future Live, In-Person Event Information

TechNet (for IT Pros): http://www.technetevents.com/kevinremde

MSDN (for Software Developers): http://www.MSDNEvents.com

Microsoft Across America: http://www.microsoft.com/acrossamerica

 

Hear Kevin on TechNet Radio – Tune in!  Geek out!

http://www.microsoft.com/tnradio

 

TechNet Events Bloggers – http://techneteventsbloggers.net

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Windows Vista,  2007 Office System and Exchange 2007 Business Value Information

http://www.microsoft.com/businesslaunch2007

Desktop Deployment –
Windows Vista and 2007 Office System

Test Windows Vista and 2007 Office System

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/default.mspx

 

Free Desktop Deployment Tools

http://www.microsoft.com/desktopdeployment

 

Business Desktop Deployment for Windows Vista

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/deploy/bddguid.mspx

 

Introduction to the OMPM (Office Migration Planning Manager)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/d0373697-31f5-4fc5-8dd1-1b9d7f35842f1033.mspx?mfr=true

 

Windows Application Compatibility – Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows/appcompatibility/default.mspx

 

Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c7d4bc6d-15f3-4284-9123-679830d629f2&DisplayLang=en

 

Office System Tech Center

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office/default.mspx

 

Exchange Server 2007 Deployment and Operational Efficiency

Exchange Best Practices Analyzer v2.7 (includes readiness checks for Exchange Server 2007)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/downloads/2003/default.mspx

 

Getting to Know Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/preview/default.mspx

 

Exchange Server 2007 Product Overview

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/preview/evaluation/overview.mspx

 

Exchange Server TechCenter

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/default.mspx

 

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Technical Resources

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2007/default.mspx

 

Exchange Server 2007 Learning Resources  (FREE e-Learning for a limited time!)

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exchange2007/default.mspx

 

Exchange Server In-Depth – Webcast Series

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/tnexchangeserver.mspx

 

Exchange Team Blog – “You Had Me At ELHO”

http://msexchangeteam.com/

 

Infrastructure Protection

Network Access Protection

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/network/nap/default.mspx

 

Exchange Hosted Services

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/services

 

Evaluate Microsoft Forefront Client Security

http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/clientsecurity

 

 

Windows Vista Operational Efficiency

 

Windows Vista Resources for IT Professionals

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/

 

Application Compatibility Toolkit

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows/appcompatibility/

 

Business Desktop Deployment Solution Accelerator

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/bddoverview.mspx

 

What’s New in Group Policy in Windows Vista and Windows Server “Longhorn“

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/gpol/a8366c42-6373-48cd-9d11-2510580e4817.mspx

 

Identifying Group Policy Client-Side Extensions

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216357

 

Recommendations for managing Group Policy administrative template (.adm) files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816662

 

User Account Control Overview

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/security/uacppr.mspx

 

Windows Vista Features – Security – User Account Control

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/foreveryone/security.mspx#more

 

Additional Windows Vista Resources

Main Windows Vista Site

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista

 

IT Pro Vista website

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista

 

Fun little informational videos on Windows Vista (See Tom Skerritt)

http://www.seewindowsvista.com

 

Community Newsgroups, MVP’s, RSS Feeds, blogs, etc…

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/community

 

Microsoft sponsored website with Windows Vista Bloggers

http://blogs.technet.com/windowsvista

 

Community Discussions, blogs, and forums that include topics such as Vista

http://hive.net

 

Hardware Guidance

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/default.mspx

 

BitLocker™ Drive Encryption – Executive Overview

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/security/bitexec.mspx

 

BitLocker ™ Step-by-Step Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/library/c61f2a12-8ae6-4957-b031-97b4d762cf31.mspx

 

AntiPhishing Technologies Overview

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/safety/technologies/antiphishing/default.mspx

 

User Account Control Overview

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/security/uacppr.mspx#E4B

 

Prepare for Windows Vista!

http://PrepareForWindowsVista.com