Now that it's free and has "official" Linux support, users find Virtual Server 2005 R2 a more compelling option.
- By Joanne Cummings
- 10/01/2006
Microsoft is shipping Release Candidate 2 (RC2) of its PowerShell 1.0 command line environment and scripting language for Windows Server 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/28/2006
Symantec Corp. accused Microsoft Corp. of abusing its monopoly in deciding which security products can run on its upcoming operating system.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/28/2006
Microsoft announced Wednesday that it has released the first beta of its Forefront Security package for SharePoint, the company's portal technologies.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/28/2006
An overhaul of how Microsoft deals with disability access technologies will take form in the next generation of the company's flagship programs.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/27/2006
Microsoft Tuesday announced the broad public release of a beta developer kit for the .NET Micro Framework at the Embedded Systems Conference being held in Boston.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/27/2006
Microsoft has begun beta testing its upcoming System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) version 2, the company said Wednesday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/27/2006
Partway into testing of Windows Vista Release Candidate 1, Microsoft has released an interim build of the system to be tested on the side by a subset of beta testers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/26/2006
A key Microsoft executive disclosed this week that the coming Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2005 may not be totally compatible with Windows Vista -- though it remains unclear what his statements mean.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/26/2006
With Windows Vista nearly ready for rollout, two of Microsoft's “frenemies” -- Adobe and Symantec -- are taking their complaints of bundling to the European Commission, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/21/2006
Windows CE 6.0, the latest version of Microsoft's embedded device operating system, has been released to manufacturing -- "RTM" in Microsoft lingo.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/20/2006
Included with Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 is a new tool for aiding help desk personnel in recovering from installations of the new system that have gone south.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/20/2006
Microsoft is shipping Beta 2 of its new System Center Essentials 2007 systems management product.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/19/2006
Microsoft is shipping the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Windows Server "Longhorn," according to statements posted on a company blog last weekend.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 09/14/2006
One of the last remaining consumer class-action antitrust lawsuits filed against Microsoft Corp. in a state court is set to go to trial in November, and Bill Gates is on the witness list.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/13/2006