Today's News: Reporter's notebook -- Deconstructing TechEd

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Title: Windows Week that Was

Published by SearchWin2000.com   May 28, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  SearchWin2000.com Career Center: Visit the Career Guide today  Top News of the Week  >>  Kodiak's demise, XP SP2's shining star SPONSORED BY: SearchWin2000.com Career Center Searching for career resources? Visit the SearchWin2000.com Career Center powered by Dice.com and find training, certification and resume resources along with over 27,000 IT job openings to search through. Get e-mails when a listing matches your search criteria, have your profile automatically sent to Dice.com member companies, access a host of career resources and tips and much more. Visit now!  Week In Review  Reporter's notebook: Deconstructing TechEd By John Hogan, Senior News Editor As workers at the San Diego Convention Center begin dismantling the displays for TechEd today, what will be the key takeaway from this year's signature Microsoft event? Two words: life cycle. Probably the biggest news from the TechEd 2004 conference was that Microsoft will now offer 10 years of support for its software products, instead of its previous life-cycle policy of seven years. Some TechEd attendees wondered why anyone would stay on one version of software for a decade, but others saw the policy shift as a positive change. Click here to read the rest of John Hogan's wrap-up of Microsoft's TechEd conference. More on this topic: >  Microsoft extends its product life cycle >  Euthanized Kodiak signals shift for Exchange >  Ballmer pushes greater platform integration >  Firewall is XP SP2's shining star >  Microsoft releases new Web services enablers  Survival Tips for the Windows Manager   Chapter of the Week: 'Win Server 2003 Registry' This chapter from the book Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed, 2nd edition, by Rand Morimoto et al, provides the nuts-and-bolts information you need for dealing with the Windows Server 2003 registry. The chapter walks through how the registry architecture is laid out, how to use the new registry editor, and best practices for protecting, maintaining and backing up the registry. Featured Topic: The 2004 Microsoft Report Card Check out what your peers had to say about Microsoft. Do these ratings surprise you? If so we'd love to hear why! TRUE IT BLOOPERS Oops! True IT Blooper #137: Automatic PC transmission State prisons, stiletto heels and PCs with foot pedals. There are just some things that even the most experienced IT Manager cannot anticipate. Welcome to the "blooper zone." WHITE PAPER ALERTS Enter your e-mail and start receiving White Paper Alerts. E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription.   Contact Us   SENIOR NEWS EDITOR John Hogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. SENIOR SITE EDITOR Marilyn Cohodas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your original articles and best practices. SITE SALES MANAGER Mike Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact me to sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter.   A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R Contact us: SearchWin2000 MemberServices 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 This e-newsletter is published by SearchWin2000.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. TechTarget offers magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters, Webcasts and conferences for enterprise IT professionals. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Windows Week that Was": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?track=NL-118&ad=483880 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed.