Microsoft is now offering a Community Technology Preview of Microsoft Services Connector – a new Windows Server component that seamlessly connects Active Directory users to a suite of Live services and Microsoft Online Services. After Microsoft Services Connector is installed, users are able to log into their Active Directory account and be given seamless access to Microsoft services as if those services were hosted on your organization’s own network. Microsoft Services Connector leaves full administrative control of users and accounts in the hands of the customer.

About Microsoft Services Connector
Microsoft Services Connector is a server component that enables you to quickly and easily connect groups of users in your organization to Microsoft services and to services built on the Microsoft services infrastructure. With the connector, your users can seamlessly access Microsoft services by using the Active Directory® credentials that you control.

As a Community Technology Preview (CTP), this early release includes software and documentation that is in a preliminary state and is not intended for use in a production context.

Contents of the CTP Release
This release includes the following:

• Microsoft Services Connector CTP software package (MSCInstaller.exe)
• Microsoft Services Connector Administrator’s Guide (MSCAdminGuide.doc)
• Release notes (MSCRelNotes.rtf)

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