The release candidate version of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 can now be downloaded.
Microsoft today announced a partnership deal with Cloud.com to help integrate Microsoft's proprietary hypervisor into the OpenStack project.
Software security provider Symantec commissioned a study on Windows 7 migration experiences that was published this month.
Microsoft on Tuesday released a new beta test version of its desktop virtualization solution for organizations.
Why, when it comes to virtualization, do-it-yourself design is often a bad thing.
- By Greg Shields
- 10/01/2010
Citrix Systems is on the move yet again, virtually speaking, having formed a desktop virtualization partnership with Cisco Systems.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/09/2010
Microsoft last week described a different way to use desktop virtualization to maintain legacy applications and still move users to Windows 7.
As companies prepare to migrate to Windows 7, IT professionals can implement new virtualization capabilities provided in the new desktop operating system. We offer a primer on the various options now available.
- By J. Peter Bruzzese, Lee Owens
- 09/02/2010
RemoteFX represents a significant update to the graphics-processing capabilities of the Remote Desktop Services (RDS) core Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
- By Greg Shields
- 09/01/2010
The defragmentation software for server virtualization offers useful features and unique value.
Microsoft is at VMworld in San Francisco this week, but it can't show off its Hyper-V virtualization product because it competes with VMware's products.
Microsoft calls Windows 7 its "fastest selling" operating system, but the new OS may represent increased costs and greater logistical pain for IT shops over the next two years.
A flaw with curious name, "binary planting," grows out of iTunes on Windows. There's a workaround for that.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/23/2010
Microsoft used the occasion of an open source conference last month to advance its vision of an open cloud by breaking it down into four basic principles.
Plus: Adobe readies Reader patch; Google engineer may get formal recognition for Windows flaws.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/09/2010
Microsoft releases fix early due to exploits out in the wild. Plus: Microsoft, Adobe team up on flaw research; IE 8 privacy controls handling debated.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/03/2010
An annual survey of IT organizations found rising trends toward deploying Windows 7, desktop virtualization and unified communications solutions.
Amped up 'responsible disclosure' gets toned down to 'coordinated vulnerability disclosure.' Plus: Redmond won't pay for bugs, and hacking has its own rewards.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/26/2010
Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be released "within the first half of calendar year 2011," Microsoft announced this week.
Dell Kace today rolled out a free browser virtualization solution that can help protect against Web threats.