Download the Beta releases, and take advantage of this opportunity to provide valuable feedback on these new compliance guides and resources for Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Download the IT Compliance Management Series for Windows – Beta at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=56419
The Compliance Solution Accelerators team has just released valuable extensions to the IT Compliance Management Series. And with “Companies now spend(ing) about 8.5 percent of their IT budgets on compliance needs," says French Caldwell, an analyst at Gartner (CIO Magazine, Sept 2007), these couldn’t be more timely. These new offerings provide specific technical guidance and resources for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
The IT Compliance Management Series will help you shift the burden of your IT governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) efforts from people to IT systems and implement controls to address IT GRC requirements that apply to your organization. This series is intended for IT managers and IT professionals who must plan, implement, or configure Microsoft products and who want to ensure that IT GRC requirements are addressed efficiently and effectively.
During this Beta period, reviewers are being asked to provide feedback on guides, resources, and compliance baselines that provide direction on how to enable Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 to support your organization’s key IT GRC initiatives by taking advantage of features and technology inherent in the operating systems. Successful implementation of these recommendations will allow organizations to simplify the enforcement and management of their IT GRC objectives.
Looking for other Windows 7 resources from the Solution Accelerators team? Check out the Windows Desktop Solution Accelerators page.
Want more Windows Server 2008 R2 resources? Visit the Windows Server 2008 R2 Solution Accelerators page.
Solution Accelerators for every stage of Windows Server 2008 R2 migration
Plan
Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides
Streamline the design processes for Windows Server 2008 roles and Hyper-V server virtualization.
Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 4.0
Generate custom proposals and reporting for Windows Server 2008 R2 hardware compatibility and Hyper-V virtualization.
Deliver
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010
For faster, cost effective, automated Windows Server 2008 R2 deployment.
Windows Server 2008 Security Compliance Management (SCM) Toolkit
Meet security and compliance requirements.
Operate/ Manage
Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool
Keep offline virtualized servers up to date, protected from security threats.
Service Level Dashboard 2.0 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
Keep mission-critical applications available and running at peak performance.
Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF)
Gain a competitive advantage through increased efficiency and lower costs.