BITS lets you take back your CPU when downloading large software and program files.
Microsoft planned to release a kit on Wednesday to help systems integrators build hooks from SAP implementations into Microsoft's Office Project Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/15/2004
Microsoft posted the first service pack for Systems Management Server 2003. While the company characterizes the service pack as a "relatively small update" to SMS 2003, which came out in November, SP1 is important to Microsoft's larger management roadmap.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/15/2004
Microsoft this week released a 180-day evaluation edition of Virtual Server 2005, its first-generation product for running several virtualized server environments on one physical machine. General availability of Virtual Server 2005 is set for mid-October.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/14/2004
A remote attacker could take complete control over computers running many versions of Microsoft software by inserting malicious code in a JPEG image that executes through an unchecked buffer when the image is processed, Microsoft acknowledged on Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/14/2004
Quick solution that allows a public folder to automatically reply to incoming e-mail.
- By Bill Boswell
- 09/14/2004
SQL Server 2005, code-named "Yukon", was supposed to be out by now. That was also true a year ago. Microsoft's next major release of its flagship database technology is well behind schedule, but that hasn't reduced the anticipation.
Oracle, the one-time Cadillac dealer of database vendors, is trying to out-cheap competitors, including SMB and small enterprise kingpin Microsoft.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 09/13/2004
Members of Microsoft’s network of business partner vendors see the gold running in Yukon, and are ready to spring into action with enhanced solutions.
- By Joe McKendrick
- 09/13/2004
Be careful who you give Power User privelages to or you may face abuse from within.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 09/13/2004
From the business wires this week: Certiport in China, e-mail spam filters, an enterprise reporting solution and a software/intellectual property protection and licensing key to fight piracy.
Celestix Networks, one of several Microsoft partners building firewall appliances based on Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2004, began shipping its systems this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/09/2004
IBM's next version of the DB2 Universal Database, code-named "Stinger," will be generally available on Sept. 17, the company said Thursday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/09/2004
Sybari Software this week updated its product line for securing e-mail through anti-virus, anti-spam and content-filtering products.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/09/2004
Intel used its annual developer forum this week to lay out a server platform roadmap that has its Xeon and Itanium server processor lines running on a common platform architecture sometime after 2006.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/09/2004
Microsoft this month released a Service Pack 1 for its SharePoint technologies to fix bugs and add support for new search functionality, larger file sizes and additional languages.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/09/2004
The fix is in for Windows Firewall settings on XP systems sitting on Small Business Server 2003 domains.
There are numerous stories out there about all the applications Windows
XP SP2 breaks. Many shops are putting off the service pack for months
until it can be fully tested -- a wise choice.
Free Internet could prove profitable.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 09/08/2004
Microsoft this week updated an administrative tool for delaying Automatic Update and Windows Update rollouts of Windows XP Service Pack 2 from four months to eight months.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/08/2004