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WHAT IS WINDOWS INTUNE:
Windows Intune simplifies how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows cloud services and Windows 7—so your computers and users can operate at peak performance. Windows Intune delivers cloud-based management and security capabilities that can be administered through a single Web-based console, enabling your end users and your IT staff to work from virtually anywhere-all that’s required is an Internet connection.

Use the Windows Intune cloud service beta to:

• Manage updates
• Protect PCs from malware
• Proactively monitor PCs
• Provide remote assistance
• Track hardware & software inventory
• Set security policies

The Windows Intune console (below) is a Silverlight client that provides a rich administrative experience that provides both guidance as well as configuration management for the devices that you are managing using the Intune cloud service:

This beta is limited to 1,000 customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Customers will be able to sign up until May 16, 2010. The beta may be used on up to 20 devices.

If you’re participating in the beta program and have questions, you can visit the Windows Intune IT Professional Forums on TechNet and for technical guidance visit the Windows Intune area on the Springboard Series on TechNet.

• PRODUCT SITE:
  http://www.windowsintune.com
• BETA SIGN UP:
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsintune/default.aspx
• Q&A FORUMS:
  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsintune