Free Software from Windows Server 2008 Launch Events Starting This Week

[don]

Launch events for Windows Server® 2008 operating system, Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008, and Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008 start in LA this week. If anyone is interested, I'll be at the Chicago event on March 11.

Take a test drive

Come to an event and test drive Windows Server® 2008 operating system, Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008, and Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008.

Meet the experts

Enjoy hands-on labs, face-to-face Q&A sessions with software experts, and other opportunities to interact with development team members.

Bring the products home

Want more? To say thanks for taking part of this exciting launch, you’ll take home a promotional kit with versions of all three products.

http://www.microsoft.com/heroeshappenhere/register/default.mspx

Don

[BillV]

In addition, anyone that is a student at a participating school, has free download access to Server 2003 Standard, Visual Studio Pro 2008, SQL Server Developer and some other programs.

The idea behind it is for MS to gain some ground on Open Source. We'll see how that goes....

In the meantime, here's the link to DreamSpark

[don]

You beat me to the punch. I was going to submit that in another thread. Oh well. It's great to see participation ramping up in the forums. So, while we're at it, here's a link to some Windows Server 2008 Security Resources:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/learning/ws08security.mspx

Don