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== | {{Infobox project | ||
| title = TechNet | |||
| image = TechNetHomepage.png | |||
| URL = https://technet.microsoft.com/ | |||
| project_status = {{closing}} | |||
| archiving_status = {{partiallysaved}} - [[Talk:TechNet|see discussion page]] | |||
}} | |||
'''TechNet''' is/was [[Microsoft]]'s platform for IT professionals. It is slowly being dismantled since 2013, along with [[MSDN]]. | |||
== | == Components == | ||
* Forums: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums (redirects to http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/de-de, http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us, etc. for different language settings with different content) | |||
* Evaluation Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/evalcenter/ (redirects to http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/evalcenter/, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/, etc. for different languages, although the content should be the same). Redirecting to {{URL|https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/}} as of July 2020. | |||
* Downloads: https://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/securedownloads/ (there are also localized variants but they offer the same content). This is where the 11TB of downloads are. You need a TechNet account (~200€ per year) to access most of the stuff. You could only get one until August 2013, after which TechNet registration closed down. | |||
* Blogs: blogs of Microsoft employees. The blogs were "archived" in July 2019 and are available at {{URL|https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/}} (together with [[MSDN]] ones) as of July 2020. | |||
* Wiki: {{URL|https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/}}, to be migrated. Archived at Wayback Machine.<ref>{{URL|https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/teamblog/msdn-technet-migration}}</ref> | |||
* Library: technical documentation for professionals and advanced users. The Library content was migrated into Docs in 2019 and is redirecting to there since January 2020. | |||
== | == Archival == | ||
* [[User:Mithrandir]] ran [[Talk:TechNet#Partial_backup|a wget grab]] on the main site in July 2013, which is definitely incomplete. | |||
== | * Microsoft has put their software from TechNet Gallery into a [https://github.com/MicrosoftArchive|GitHub organization]. This does not include community contributions. | ||
* A partial backup of TechNet Gallery is available on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201226125433/https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ Internet Archive] and allegedly in a [magnet:?xt=urn:btih:3347da46613654362dcfe4a8cb09053995d505cd&dn=technet.7z 8460 MB torrent] (info_hash 3347da46613654362dcfe4a8cb09053995d505cd ). | |||
* The blogs are now available at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/. | |||
* TechNet Library was migrated to https://docs.microsoft.com/ and is now available there. | |||
* The Evaluation Centre has been moved to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/. | |||
* The Wiki has been archived on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210312195447/https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/|Internet Archive]. | |||
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[[Category:Microsoft]] |
Latest revision as of 15:01, 22 March 2022
TechNet | |
URL | https://technet.microsoft.com/ |
Status | Closing |
Archiving status | Partially saved - see discussion page |
Archiving type | Unknown |
IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
TechNet is/was Microsoft's platform for IT professionals. It is slowly being dismantled since 2013, along with MSDN.
Components
- Forums: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums (redirects to http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/de-de, http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us, etc. for different language settings with different content)
- Evaluation Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/evalcenter/ (redirects to http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/evalcenter/, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/, etc. for different languages, although the content should be the same). Redirecting to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] as of July 2020.
- Downloads: https://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/securedownloads/ (there are also localized variants but they offer the same content). This is where the 11TB of downloads are. You need a TechNet account (~200€ per year) to access most of the stuff. You could only get one until August 2013, after which TechNet registration closed down.
- Blogs: blogs of Microsoft employees. The blogs were "archived" in July 2019 and are available at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] (together with MSDN ones) as of July 2020.
- Wiki: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb], to be migrated. Archived at Wayback Machine.[1]
- Library: technical documentation for professionals and advanced users. The Library content was migrated into Docs in 2019 and is redirecting to there since January 2020.
Archival
- User:Mithrandir ran a wget grab on the main site in July 2013, which is definitely incomplete.
- Microsoft has put their software from TechNet Gallery into a organization. This does not include community contributions.
- A partial backup of TechNet Gallery is available on the Internet Archive and allegedly in a 8460 MB torrent (info_hash 3347da46613654362dcfe4a8cb09053995d505cd ).
- The blogs are now available at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/.
- TechNet Library was migrated to https://docs.microsoft.com/ and is now available there.
- The Evaluation Centre has been moved to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/.
- The Wiki has been archived on the Archive.