watch it here     Lots of R3 info !   cheers niall

The availability of Windows 7 Enterprise (Eval) 90-day Trial is being extended to Dec 31, 2010. Intended primarily for IT pros, the 90-day trial is the full-featured Enterprise SKU that will enable any organization to explore, test hardware and applications, perform pilot activities, and develop deployment scenarios.     http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2010/04/20/video-recap-of-mms-so-far.aspx     and from the Video, here are some highlights:-   an update to MDT 2010 will be released (most likely Sp1 based on Modena),   R3 beta is mentioned !! and that's all about Power Management in Configmgr 2007   "we are very excited to release the R3 beta !!"   the screenshot below is from the video and its the Power Management tab on a collection in SCCM 2007 R3.     The next screenshot show

The System center team is in Las Vegas for #MMS2010, and are hanging out backstage setting up all the 11 keynote demos.   Here are some cool videos of the behind the scenes……..DemoMate looks cool...     http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2010/04/19/back-back-back-stage-videos.aspx

Microsoft has just kicked off the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2010. This year’s theme is Manage the Future: Desktop to Cloud. This theme really reflects where IT systems management is headed right now. During customers conversations the past 6 months, and conversations at MMS so far, there’s a keen interest to understand how the economics, scalability and time to market of cloud services are being applied to desktop and datacenter management. These people want to understand the pros and co

Microsoft is releasing "Fix It Center", a tool that allows users to quickly solve their PC problems by letting Windows do everything for them. This tool, currently in beta, will be available to anyone using Windows XP SP3 or higher, including Server 2003 and 2008. It builds on the already implemented automated troubleshooting tools found in Windows 7, and allows for a three tiered troubleshooting system. If the solution isn't found in the local database, it goes online and searches for any updat

Some of the latest security updates for Windows XP will not be installed on machines infected with a rootkit virus. A rootkit is sneaky malware that buries itself deep inside the Windows operating system to avoid detection. Microsoft said it had taken the action because similar updates issued in February made machines infected with the Alureon rootkit crash endlessly.   The latest updates can spot if a system is compromised by the Alureon rootkit and halt installation.     Find and fix

I am very excited to share some great news with you. Earlier today we reached the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) milestone for Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010!   RTM is the final engineering milestone of a product release and our engineering team has poured their heart and soul into reaching this milestone. It is also an appropriate time to re-emphasize our sincere gratitude to the more than 5,000 organizations and partners who have worked with us on rapid deployment