Microsoft received a "strong positive" rating in a study of e-mail system vendors by Gartner, which was released in mid-August.
Microsoft today announced that its new Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system has been released to hardware manufacturing partners.
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.
In a move aimed at extending its Open Cloud infrastructure, Citrix Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire VMLogix Inc.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/31/2010
Microsoft updated its security advisory today concerning a dynamic link library issue and published a "Fix it" solution to help address the problem.
Microsoft's security team noted late last week that variants of the Alureon rootkit are now capable of infecting 64-bit Windows systems.
Windows Server sales rode high as the worldwide midrange server market showed an 11 percent revenue increase in the second quarter, compared with last year's numbers, according to IDC.
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 vulnerability that Microsoft confirmed just yesterday is already being exploited, and the software giant says it can't fix the problem with a simple update.
- By Michael Hardy
- 08/25/2010
Microsoft today released Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 2010, which previously was available just as a beta.
Microsoft today announced that it has completed integrating its Bing search engine technology into Yahoo's U.S. and Canadian Web portals.
Microsoft on Friday issued an update of its Security Compliance Manager tool, which helps IT pros set security policies for some Microsoft software.
Microsoft issued a security advisory this evening about an old hacking trick that could affect Windows systems via remote servers.
Organizations have been considering alternatives to Microsoft Office, but not as replacements quite yet.
Microsoft provided more information about security for Windows Azure, publishing a talk and white paper.
Blockbuster deal will let Intel provide hardware-based security.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/19/2010
Microsoft today announced a new Technology Adoption Program designed to get product development feedback on managing Windows Embedded-based devices.
Among the oft-cited weaknesses in using passwords for authentication are that people choose bad, easily guessed passwords, such as "123456" or, even, "password."
- By Kevin McCaney
- 08/18/2010
AV-Test this week published certification results for 19 software security products running on Windows 7.
Microsoft announced on Monday that a "preview" of Windows Small Business Server codenamed "Aurora" is now available for download.