Microsoft this week began shipping the release candidate for Expression Blend, its new design tool for building Windows user interfaces using the .NET Framework 3.0’s Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/15/2007
Microsoft Tuesday began shipping the second service pack for Windows Server 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/14/2007
Microsoft and F5 Networks announced Tuesday they have signed an OEM deal that will put Redmond’s System Center Operations Manager 2007 on F5’s management appliances.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/13/2007
At its annual Convergence conference this week, Microsoft will put into place the final pieces of its Dynamics ERP strategy by announcing a handful of new applications and partner programs aimed largely at small and medium-size companies (SMBs).
Under threat of new multimillion fines, Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that it had signed up its first licensee for a scheme EU regulators told it to set up three years ago to share code that helps servers work with the Windows operating platform.
- By The Associated Press
- 03/08/2007
Microsoft Wednesday announced it will release this month the public beta versions of Office Communications Server 2007, the company's Voice over IP and unified communications server, and Office Communicator 2007, Microsoft's unified communications client.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/08/2007
Get ready for an anti-climactic Patch Tuesday. Following on the heels of last month’s gonzo Patch Tuesday event -- wherein Microsoft Corp. released 12 new patches – Redmond this month doesn’t plan to patch any security-related flaws.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 03/08/2007
The company appears as if it wants to work cooperatively with competitors.
- By Fahmida Rashid
- 03/01/2007
For the first time in 22 years, daylight saving time starts three weeks sooner and ends one week later than normal. Although the consequences from an earlier "spring forward" and later "fall back" doesn’t represent the level of threat imagined with Y2K, there are enough little snafus and "gotchas" to keep any IT manager busy for the next couple of weeks.
- By Chris DeVoney
- 03/01/2007
Microsoft says it is wrapping up the beta test code for its first service pack for Exchange Server 2007, and plans to begin testing the update in April.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/28/2007
Knowing what you have (and having the ability to prove it) is key to saving money on your licensing fees.
- By Scott Braden
- 02/28/2007
Microsoft announced Monday the formation of what it's dubbed the Microsoft Business Process Alliance, or BPA, an organization created to boost deployment and use of business process management tools with a focus on an emerging standard in that area.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/27/2007
Microsoft announced it is shipping final versions of six tools to aid in deployment of Windows Vista and Office 2007, although some had been previously released.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/21/2007
For those who are interested in Microsoft's plans for software as a service (SaaS), the company has published a sample application illustrating how it's done.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/15/2007
Microsoft Security Response Center plans to publish 12 security bulletins next Tuesday, according to Thursday's advance notification.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 02/08/2007