Dear Bart,

This is information that will be of interest to your members.  Please consider distributing it to them.

We have 4 Longhorn offers to tell you about now.

1. FREE passes to the IT Pro Magazine Longhorn Roadshow
2. Microsoft announces the availability of Longhorn Beta3
3. TechNet Radio is looking to interview a User Group Leader about Longhorn
4. Free E-Learning

1. IT Pro Magazine is offering free passes to their one day conference on Longhorn. Passes (worth $99) are limited so please contact your Culminis Community Manager to request yours.  Each city has a limited number available, but they will go fast!

There are 3 different sessions scheduled during the day-long event:

• Virtualization and Server Management
• Accessing Applications Remotely and Securely
• Maintaining Web Applications and Branch

Please see http://www.windowsitpro.com/roadshows/longhorn/ to review the conference description and to register (after you get your free pass code).

The upcoming cities are:

Detroit - May 08, 2007

Dallas - May 10, 2007

Minneapolis - May 15, 2007

Seattle - May 22, 2007

Phoenix - May 24, 2007

St. Louis - May 31, 2007

Washington DC - June 12, 2007

Houston - June 14, 2007

Philadelphia - June 19, 2007

2. Beta 3 of Microsoft’s next release of Windows Longhorn Server is available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/getbeta3. This is a significant milestone for Microsoft and their customers and partners. “Longhorn” Beta 3 allows people to evaluate the increased control, protection and flexibility that the next release of Windows Server will offer. The final version of Longhorn is on track to release to manufacturing in the second half of 2007.

You can also check out http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/longhorn/default.mspx for product overview, v-labs, webcasts and other resource that help you experience Longhorn this new version today.

3. TechNet Radio has been running some highly popular broadcasts lately and often asks Culminis for suggestions on potential radio guests. If you would like to be interviewed about Longhorn, how you are learning it, and how you are planning to use it, please contact your Culminis Community Manager

4. Free E-Learning training

Collection 5934: Introducing Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" (Beta 3)—Free for a limited time!
This online learning collection of five clinics introduces the new features and functionality in Longhorn. The courses cover server virtualization, security and policy management, branch office management, centralized application access, and server management. You can take the entire collection or just the courses that interest you.

·         Clinic 5936: Introducing Security and Policy Management in Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" (Beta 3)

·         Clinic 5937: Introducing Branch Office Management in Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" (Beta 3)

·         Clinic 5938: Introducing Centralized Application Access in Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" (Beta 3)

·         Clinic 5939: Introducing Server Management in Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" (Beta 3)

Over the next few months, even more training content will become available, including discounted books and free sample chapters from Microsoft Press, additional e-learning offerings, and classroom training delivered by Microsoft Certified Partners for Learning Solutions

Thanks,