Salesforce.com Plugs into Microsoft Office

Company announces a new plug-in for importing Salesforce.com data into Excel, Word, and Outlook. 01/21/2004

AppSense Makes the Most of Windows Servers

AppSense firmly believes that enterprises could use its application performance management software. What makes it so confident? The software was originally developed for Dresdner Bank in London in the late 1990s, when AppSense served as a systems integrator and a development arm for an application service provider. 01/20/2004

IE Flaw Remains Unpatched

The third installment of Microsoft's monthly patch roundups came and went last week with three new security bulletins but without a fix for a well-known Internet Explorer vulnerability. 01/20/2004

Vendors Press Groupware Below Exchange Rate

While Microsoft’s Outlook has become a ubiquitous e-mail client within many companies, the market is still churning on the server. A number of e-mail server vendors now see opportunities to position their products as lower-cost and simpler alternatives to Exchange Server 2003. 01/20/2004

Update: Microsoft a Finalist for LinuxWorld Award

Microsoft's interoperability efforts got a credibility boost when the latest version of Services for Unix earned a nomination for best integration solution at a major Linux show. 01/20/2004

Have You Been Outsourced or Insourced?

Have you been involved in or affected by an outsourcing initiative at your organization? We want to hear your story. 01/19/2004

IBM Launches NT to Linux Migration Plan

Microsoft is expected to pull the plug on support for Windows NT 4.0 Server by the end of 2004, and at least one vendor -- IBM Corp. -- smells blood. 01/19/2004

Microsoft Releases 32-bit Driver for Intel Itanium 2

Microsoft posted a software driver to its Web site this week that executes 32-bit code on Intel's 64-bit Itanium 2 processors. 01/14/2004

Microsoft: SFU 3.5 Wants to be Free

Microsoft is set to release version 3.5 of Services for Unix on Thursday that will mark the product's official debut as freeware. 01/14/2004

January Patch Day Has 3 Bulletins

Microsoft issued three bulletins on Tuesday in its monthly collection of patches for January. 01/13/2004

First MCDST Exam Released

Exam 70-271 made its debut Monday; 70-272 follows next month. 01/13/2004

Microsoft Puts Plug Back in on 9.x Support

Tens of thousands of organizations worldwide running Windows 98 got a breather on Monday when Microsoft formally announced it was adding 30 months to the product's extended support phase, which had been scheduled to end on Friday. 01/13/2004

CES 2004: The IT Perspective

Gadgets with IT appeal have begun to infiltrate the ranks of devices at this predominantly consumer show. 01/12/2004

Ask Steve Ballmer

MCP Magazine is lining up an interview with the feisty and always outspoken Microsoft president and CEO Steve Ballmer. 01/08/2004

IBM Blades Cut SMP Down to Size

IBM will begin shipping four-way server blades in February that will allow consolidation-minded organizations to jam 28 Intel Xeon MP processors into 7U of rack space. 01/08/2004

Avanade Selling Process Improvements for Patch Management

Organizations looking for more than a tool to help with them cope with their patch management nightmares may be interested in a more holistic new consulting offering from Avanade. 01/08/2004

CALL FOR USERS: Looking for Exchange 2003 Implementers

Have you already implemented Exchange Server 2003 with some success? Or, are you in the midst of a migration that is/isn't going well? We want to hear your stories. 01/07/2004

Embracing Windows Server 2003: Moving a Global Firm from Windows NT

The final chapter in this four-part series discusses a global manufacturing firm's experiences in moving from NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003, an operation with 10,000 computers worldwide. 01/07/2004

Microsoft Provides Blaster Removal Tool

Microsoft posted a tool in its Download Center on Tuesday for removing several variants of the Blaster worm. 01/07/2004

OLAP Wars: Hyperion Strikes Back

With a quartet of Itanium 2-based HP Integrity servers and the 64-bit edition of its Essbase OLAP, Hyperion beats Oracle’s market-leading score in a key OLAP benchmark by 39 percent. 01/07/2004

Mac Has a Future with Microsoft

Microsoft unveiled a short-term roadmap for Apple Macintosh products this week at Apple's Macworld conference in San Francisco. 01/07/2004

Making Amends: Microsoft Gives Away SBS CALs

Microsoft is offering an olive branch to Windows Small Business Server 2003 customers after an embarrassing problem with Windows SharePoint Services blocked users during installation of Small Business Server. 01/06/2004

ScriptLogic Acquires Small Wonders Software

ScriptLogic Corp. bought privately-held Small Wonders Software, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday. 01/06/2004

Microsoft Releases Beta of Windows for Opteron

Microsoft launched a customer preview program for its Windows Server 2003 operating systems for AMD's Opteron processors. 01/06/2004

Messaging Exam Beta Set for Mid-January

Microsoft to release 70-285, Exchange Messaging exam for Jan. 16-22. 01/06/2004

Microsoft Partners with Citrix on CCIA

Six Microsoft exams figure into the requirements for Citrix's vaunted, revamped CCIA title. 01/05/2004

Take Control of Your Career

It’s time to try some new tricks that will help you stand out from the crowd. 01/01/2004

70-284: Master of Messaging

This exam review jump-starts your study efforts to becoming an expert in Microsoft's newest messaging system. 01/01/2004

If Cars Were Like Windows…

New frontiers for certification 01/01/2004

Unwinding the Road to Whidbey

Microsoft has pulled out all the stops in announcing where its development tools are heading, but it's important to keep a sense of perspective. 01/01/2004

Microsoft Crashes Anti-Spam Party

See what's been added to the mix. 01/01/2004

VB.NET for Whidbey Aims to Wow

Chris Dias, group program manager for Visual Basic .NET at Microsoft, talks about the present and future of the language, including the target audience of this tool. 01/01/2004

Take Control of Your Vendors

You’ve seen it all when it comes to vendor shenanigans. Here’s how to fight back. 01/01/2004

PowerQuest to the Rescue

Disk Imaging Tools Bring Systems Back from the Dead. 01/01/2004

A Server Room with a View

ELM provides flexible real-time Windows monitoring. 01/01/2004

Navigate the Road to Whidbey

The next version of VS.NET includes a plethora of enterprise and RAD features, but the tool remains geared more toward higher-end than occupational or hobbyist programmers. 01/01/2004

Use the Best Security for SQL Server

Learn tips for administering SQL Server securely. 01/01/2004

Provision Servers With Automated Deployment Services

Identify when to use which tool to provision the servers in your network. 01/01/2004

Taking This Discussion Offline

Clearing the air on Windows Server 2003 offline file servers and offline file clients. 01/01/2004

WinForms Gain Ground in Whidbey

New controls, enhanced data binding, and improvements to existing controls make WinForms programming with VS.NET's upcoming version easier and more versatile. 01/01/2004

XML Advances on B2B Front

Version 2 of the .NET Framework introduces XML-to-relational data mapping, support for XQuery, and typed APIs. Find out why these changes are great news for B2B app development. 01/01/2004

Little-Known Wireless Facts

What you need to know to set up your network. 01/01/2004

Rally 'Round the Tri-Mode Flag

Here's a minor Windows annoyance that Microsoft should send back to development. 01/01/2004

Identify and Isolate Code Problems

Your first look at IBM Rational PurifyPlus for Windows. 01/01/2004

Exchanges; Migration Move; A New Job; Getting SMS Right

Maximize Productivity With ASP.NET

Web development is about to take another great leap forward. Powerful features in the new version of ASP.NET will save you time and reduce your code-writing requirements. 01/01/2004

Books: Implement Security and Cryptography

NET Security and Cryptography by Peter Thorsteinson and G. Gnana Arun Ganesh lays down the foundation for .NET security features and shows you how to use them properly. 01/01/2004

Separation, No Anxiety

Separation of duties is a good idea in the business world. It’s also a good one in the IT world. 01/01/2004

Take Control of Your Security

Here are five things you can do right now— this minute—that will increase security on your networks. 01/01/2004

Eyes of the World SID

How to find the Everyone group where you might not think to look. 01/01/2004