Microsoft's goodies for you

[Gene C]

quote from a mail I got.
Microsoft MOM Upgrade To Roll in January
Microsoft's Management Business Group is set to start the new year off with a bang.
In early January, the group is slated to roll out a refresh for the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) platform. Included in the refresh will be Service Pack 1 (SP1) updates and fixes, management pack updates, a new software development kit and a new resource kit.

MOM is software that is designed to aid customers in providing "enterprise-class" application and sever management, via event management, proactive monitoring and alerting, reporting and trend analysis.

MOM SP1 will include customer-requested fixes, multi-language support and "support for some new environments," according to Microsoft brass.

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also
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1763e644-1a29-4a33-b525-b270744c7585&displaylang=en

[Gene C]

snaged this off a ?????

o/s timeline or how you should judge your upgrades to not hender your servers ect.


Specific operating systems
For specific versions of the Windows client OS, we offer the following examples and recommendations:

Windows 95

Released: August 1995
Latest date to have critical users off: December 2001
Latest date to have all users off: June 2003

Windows 98

Released: September 1998
Latest date to have critical users off: June 2003
Latest date to have all users off: December 2004

Windows NT Workstation v. 4

Released: July 1996
Latest date to have critical users off: June 2003
Latest date to have all users off: December 2004

Windows 2000

Released: February 2000
Latest date to have critical users off: February 2006
Latest date to have all users off: August 2007

Windows XP

Released: October 2001
Start deploying on new PCs no later than: YE03
Latest date to have critical users off: October 2007
Latest date to have all users off: April 2009

These recommendations are based on Microsoft's currently planned support life cycle as of November 2002. Enterprises should allow at least six months to test and repackage applications and build images, and often longer, depending on enterprise size and complexity.

[Mntsnow]

looks correct from what they have told me

[Gene C]

hot off the wire!! 1/2/03
Microsoft is set to release its first mainstream consumer software application protected by product activation, in what could be a first step toward expanding use of the antipiracy technology.

On Tuesday, Microsoft plans to officially launch Plus Digital Media Edition (DME), a $19.95 add-on pack for Windows XP. Microsoft has offered various versions of Plus since the release of Windows 95. But unlike earlier versions, Plus DME is protected by product activation, meaning that consumers will have to enter a 25-key code to install the software and then "activate" Plus DME over the Internet.

The change comes as the Redmond, Wash.-based software titan also has been experimenting with new methods for distributing software.

"Plus Digital Media Edition is the first Microsoft product to be sold digitally online," said a Microsoft representative in an e-mail response to questions about product activation. "In order to enable digital commerce, we needed to use a technology that allows consumers to easily purchase and use the product as well as protect against casual piracy."

The new Plus version offers features aimed at enhancing Windows XP's digital media capabilities, such as creating stories using digital photos or enabling a special party mode for Windows Media Player 9 Series.

Microsoft will be launching Plus DME as part of its participation in the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The software titan also plans to release on Tuesday the final version of Windows Movie Maker 2 and Windows Media Player 9 Series. Beta versions of both products have been available for several months.