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Microsoft is closing the beta of its Windows Intune management services to new participants,Office 2007 Serial, officials said on September twenty. However the company is asking customers and partners who want automated notification of coming milestone releases to indicator as much as obtain phrase of what;s coming next.The “thousands” of partners and consumers who are participants in the existing Intune beta participants will still be able to use the current beta, execs mentioned.Microsoft execs reconfirmed that Windows Intune still is expected to be generally available in 2011. (Earlier this summer, the phrase was “early 2011,” but 2011, nonetheless.)Windows Intune (codenamed “Florida”) is the successor to the Microsoft project formerly known as System Center Online Desktop Manager (SCODM). Microsoft launched the initial beta, targeting 1,Microsoft Office 2010 Professional,000 mid-size clients and partners, in April 2010. The company is meant to appeal to users who don;t want to indication up for the business;s Software Assurance annuity-licensing plan.Microsoft execs have stated Intune will cost $11 per seat,Office 2007 Enterprise, per month, which includes the management services,Windows 7 Pro, as well as Windows 7 Enterprise upgrade rights. For $1 per user per month more,Microsoft Office 2007 Key, Microsoft will also provide the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack of on-premises tools as part of the bundle.