Windows, SBS OEMs Get Competency Exam

Partner competency exams continue marching out of Redmond, this time with the release of an exam targeting original equipment manufacturers who build Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Small Business Server-based systems. Exam 74-134, Pre-installing Microsoft Products using the OEM Pre-installation Kit, was released Wednesday, January 26.

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MCP Magazine Tests 4 Entry-Level SBS Servers

For this roundup, MCP Magazine contacted the top national server vendors, and a few smaller outfits. The parameters were that the computer should cost no more than $1,000 (IBM edged past this by a few bucks), without monitor or software, and that they should pick something offering good value to a small workgroup, department or remote office. The result was the four systems in this roundup, from HP, IBM, Polywell and Dell, which we loaded with Microsoft’s Small Business Server 2003. Of course, there are other national vendors who build servers in this price range. In some cases, schedule conflicts between our deadline and the launch date of new machines, or other factors, kept them from being included. For instance, relative server newcomer Gateway declined to send a unit. Consider this a representative sampling of what you can get for $1,000 rather than an exhaustive list.

Complete story: http://www.mcpmag.com/features/article.asp?EditorialsID=415

Sneak Peek At Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta

Microsoft just finished distributing an internal Beta 1 escrow build to internal beta testers. “Atlanta” is the code-name for Microsoft’s rehashed GIANT Software Anti-Spyware. In a memo internally, the company looks clear to distribute the software this coming Thursday calling it “new, it’s fresh, and it’s all good”.

Encouraging employees to install the Beta is one of the many ways Microsoft tests Beta products internally. It’s not clear whether the release this Thursday will be a public beta or a private external beta.

Check out screenshots here: http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=26501&category=main

And more information on Microsoft’s anti-spyware efforts is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/default.mspx