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Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 and DVD Offerings
Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 recently released to MSDN Subscriber Downloads, and you may have noticed...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/09/2006
Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2
We recently became aware that the final build of Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 that was...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/31/2006
Windows Vista July 2006 CTP now available!
MSDN Subscriptions is pleased to bring you the Windows Vista July 2006 CTP (Build 5472). The July...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/19/2006
Windows Server 2003 SP2 Beta 1 and Windows Vista build 5456
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Beta Program Now Open Microsoft and MSDN Subscriptions invite you...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/29/2006
TechEd 2006 and Other Items
Wow! It’s been a big week keeping up with the announcements coming out of TechEd and all of the new...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2006
The Betas are here! The Betas are here!
Windows Vista Beta 2 and 2007 Office System Beta 2 are now available for immediate download from...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/23/2006
Coming Soon! - Windows Vista Beta 2 and 2007 Office System Beta 2
Not surprisingly, we're starting to receive more and more inquiries concerning the availability of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/18/2006
Managing Subscription Media and Other Items
Managing Your Subscription Media Here’s a topic that never seems to go out of style. We periodically...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/08/2006
Recent news from the world of MSDN Subscriptions
I wanted to bring you up to date with a number of new items from MSDN Subscriptions: TFS Ships...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/23/2006
Upcoming Content Changes (Updated 12/16/2005)
(Note: Post updated to reflect continued availability of affected products until late December...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/16/2005
Upcoming Content Changes
Today, I’m writing to raise awareness of an upcoming change to some of the content that ships within...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/18/2005
Ready to Rock!
It's launch day! Longtime musical group Cheap Trick opened up this morning's launch of Visual Studio...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/07/2005
Reflections on MSDN Subscription Changes
It’s been nearly two weeks since I returned from what was, for me, one of the best PDC events in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/29/2005
Almost forgot - MSDN Subscriber Downloads now supports Firefox!
And Opera. Funnily enough, when we were doing the initial planning for our 3.0 platform I got some...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/08/2005
See you at PDC
For those of you who will be attending, I'll be at PDC (as an attended) but at the MSDN booth most...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/08/2005
Setting download UI language
A quick update on how the download language can be set in the MSDN Subscriber Downloads site....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/22/2005
Ticking off the TOC
Every now and then I get mail along the lines of: "Hey Micro$oft, how come yer Subscriber Downloads...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/13/2005
MSDN Subscriber Downloads Personalization (well sort of)
There is some high-level personalization that gets done within the MSDN Subscriber Downloads site....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/12/2005
Product Search in MSDN Subscriber Downloads (Finally!)
I have on my wall an original poster (dated 1997) announcing the new MSDN Subscriber Downloads site....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/11/2005
One Passport / Many Subscriptions
One of the restrictions in our current system is that all of our account management requires a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/10/2005
Upcoming changes to Subscriber Downloads site
Now that we're in our final launch planning, I'm going to try to introduce some of the major new...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/09/2005
Windows Vista Beta 1 - Trillions and Trillions Served
Bytes, that is… By now, many thousands of you have successfully downloaded Windows Vista Beta 1 from...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/05/2005
UI Content for MSDN Subscriber Downloads
On to the next part of MSDN Subscriber Downloads planning: One of the areas that we're going through...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/23/2005
Multiple Subscriptions, Part II
Thanks for the feedback on multiple subscriptions. We're looking for the edge-case to support in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/02/2005
Multiple Subscriptions
One of the big changes in our upcoming revision to the MSDN Subscriber Downloads program is that...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/26/2005
MSDN Subscriber Downloads Update
Andy Boyd here - your friendly MSDN Subscriber Downloads Program Manager. Some folks may have...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/11/2005
Quick Survey: Your Feedback Desired
With Visual Studio 2005 releasing later this year, we’re very interested in learning more about how...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/20/2005
New MSDN Subscription Offerings and You
MSDN Subscriptions recently announced several changes to the MSDN Subscriptions program to better...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/07/2005
New Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 CTPs
Some of you may be aware that the new February 2005 Community Technology Previews for both Visual...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2005
Take care, Mike!
I’m taking over the reins from Mike Kinsman and am pleased that we’ve had a chance to work together...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/18/2005