14 DAY TRIAL // On July 22nd, 2009, Microsoft released Windows 7 client and Windows Server 2008 R2 to manufacturing, and it is currently working its way to the general availability of the two platforms, scheduled for October 22nd. The RTM stage provides sufficient reason for customers looking to adopt the latest iteration of the Windows client and server operating systems to start planning. In this regard, the Redmond company is not focusing its efforts solely on helping potential customers plan migrations, but is also working to enable partners to be equipped for dealing with the deployment of its most recent Windows client and server releases. In this context, members of the Microsoft Partner Network now have the possibility to access two free web seminars on Windows Server 2008 R2, with two additional ones to be offered in the future.
“Are you interested in helping your customers reduce cost in your datacenter? Considering upgrading to Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V technologies. Starting this week, Microsoft will host 4 web seminars for Microsoft Partners on how to plan and deploy Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V with the latest tools called Windows Server Solution Accelerators,” revealed Baldwin Ng (Sr. Product Manager, Microsoft Solution Accelerators).
For two of the seminars, Microsoft is already accepting registrations. In this regard, company partners can take advantage of the information shared via WNS138AL: Planning and Deploying Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V: Part 1 August 20, 2009 from 8:00-9:00am Pacific Time and WNS141AL: Planning and Deploying Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V: Part 2 August 27, 2009 from 8:00-9:00am Pacific Time.
Baldwin Ng revealed that partners would be able to “Attend the [WNS138AL] web seminar and see how the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit and Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides can help you accelerate your pre-sales and migration planning for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V. [And by attending] WNS141AL [partners will be able to] see how new features like flexible driver management and access to deployment shares from any location will help simplify deployment and make your job easier.”