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WebsiteSpark is a program by Microsoft designed to help jumpstart website development for small web development / design companies and Individuals. To be eligible for WebsiteSpark, you must either be: An individual that does not own a company and does not work for a web design company. An employee for a privately held company whose primary business is providing web development / design services for its clients, and has no more than 10 employees. Surprisingly as an individual I was able to enrol in the WebsiteSpark program. Why would I want to enrol with WebsiteSpark? What intrested me about WebsiteSpark is that i could get a licence for Windows Server 2012, something which would cost £100’s if i wished to purchase it. When enrolled you will be able to obtain several licences for a couple of Microsoft Products, including: • Windows Server 2012 Standard (5x keys) • SQL Server 2012 Web Edition (Static activation key) • Visual Studio Professional 2012 (Static activation key) • Expression Studio 4 Premium (1x Key) • Expression Studio 4 Web Professional (1x Key) All the downloads are provided through MSDN. From reading the WebsiteSpark website i gather you will be enrolled in WebsiteSpark for three years, however you must re…

So what is Forefront? basically think of it as free antivirus for Windows Server, like Microsoft Security Essentials is for client versions of Windows. As you might know Security Essentials refuses to install on Windows Server, however this will install perfectly on Windows Server with no problems. Once installed you will receive virus definition updates through Windows Update, just as Security Essentials does. So you have me interested, how do i go about installing? First you will need to open your en_forefront_client_security_x86_x64_cd_x13-62435.iso which can be downloaded from Technet or MSDN, go in to the /CLIENT/X64/ folder and extract MP_AMBITS.MSI. A good application that will extract content from ISO’s is WinRAR: Next click on MP_AMBITS.MSI and it will automatically install:  After Forefront has installed on Windows Server you will be notified no new definitions or updates are available, don’t worry that is normal: Now load Windows Update from the start menu and click on “Findout more” where it says “get updates for other Microsoft Products”: A webpage will load up you will need to agree to the terms for Microsoft Update, then click the install button: All been well you should get a message saying Microsoft Update was successfully installed: Now load Windows Update again and you will see…