Microsoft released the second community technology previews of its Software Development Kit and Visual Studio extensions for the new Windows Azure cloud services platform.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 01/16/2009
Pink slips at the world's largest software provider may become a reality soon, according to several reports published this week, citing unnamed sources.
- By Herb Torrens
- 01/15/2009
Pink slips at the world's largest software provider may become a reality soon, according to several reports published this week, citing unnamed sources.
- By Herb Torrens
- 01/15/2009
Microsoft released a beta of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), which lets users run older OSes and applications on newer Windows systems.
Datacenter managers in both the public and private sectors report being caught between increasing demands for performance and shrinking budgets, according to a Symantec study.
- By Patrick Marshall
- 01/14/2009
Users of Windows Server service that haven't patched a previously disclosed worm hole (MS08-067) are taking a big risk.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/14/2009
Microsoft has begun ramping up the dialog about its upcoming Exchange 14 mail server solution, which is slated to become the successor to Exchange Server 2007.
Microsoft published an update to a Windows Media Player patch on Tuesday, the same day as its January general security update release.
- By James LaTour
- 01/13/2009
When the going gets tough, it's the jobs that get going -- increasingly overseas.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 01/13/2009
As expected, it's a one-patch Tuesday, with a single item deemed "critical" in Microsoft's first security update for the year.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/13/2009
Microsoft released Windows 7 Beta tools that let system administrators perform remote management of Windows servers from their desktop PCs.
Microsoft extended the general availability of its free Windows 7 Beta trial offer through Jan. 24 and removed the cap on the number of downloads within that time.
New global research forecasts a swift rise in development plans for Software as a Service applications in the next 12 months.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 01/12/2009
Microsoft is the key investor in the latest round of funding to N-trig, a supplier of digitizers and software that enable touch-based computing.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/12/2009
Users of Apple's iPhone may have been able to connect to Microsoft's Exchange Server, but they haven't been able to edit Office files in their native file format. Quickoffice this week moved to change that.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/09/2009
The beta of Windows Server 2008 R2 is currently available for download by TechNet Plus and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers, as well as by technology enthusiasts.
TechNet Plus and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers have reportedly had problems getting product keys for the Windows 7 Beta, and the free general public version is slightly delayed, Microsoft says.
The beta release of the update to Windows Server 2008 will be of special interest to those who work with virtualization, as it unveils a key technology long-promised by Microsoft.
Improved power management got briefly mentioned among the expected benefits of Windows 7 on Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show.
- By Jim Barthold
- 01/08/2009
Microsoft last night officially released the first beta of its Windows 7 to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. The beta will be open to all testers tomorrow.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz and Kurt Mackie
- 01/08/2009