At the SQL PASS Summit in Seattle this week, Microsoft dropped the Denali code name and called the product SQL Server 2012 officially. Also, the company released some information on its efforts to support Hadoop open source technology.
Microsoft is keeping IT pros busy this week as it issues two security bulletins rated "critical" and another six rated "important," all addressing 23 assorted flaws.
Here's a way to get beyond the usual looking into file properties and time stamps and start changing them.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/11/2011
Microsoft's advanced notification lists two critical and six important patches will be delivered in next week's Patch Tuesday update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/06/2011
NetMarketShare shows IE use still dominates but has lost some ground among competing browsers. Meanwhile, StatCounter shows a rise in Windows 7 use in the U.S.
A Microsoft guide shows that the track itself is slated for general availability in early 2012.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/05/2011
Celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month with these guidelines presented by the U.S. government. Plus: Google and Microsoft fling malware accusations; Redmond hogging credit for latest botnet take down?
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/04/2011
Three good reasons to like the next version of PowerShell.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/03/2011
An industry study of Microsoft SharePoint shows that usage of the collaboration platform is growing, but maintenance costs can be high especially given the lack of trained personnel.
Microsoft is collaborating with team members of the OpenNebula project to add Windows Server Hyper-V support.
In response to a new threat of attack caused by a flaw in the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 3.0 and Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0, Microsoft has issued Security Advisory 2588513, which contains a description and workarounds.
Debug the longer PowerShell scripts by inserting breakpoints -- and some choice PowerShell cmdlets -- that will help you see how scripts are processing information along the way.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 09/27/2011
Microsoft this month described how Windows Live will be used as a key element for its codenamed "Windows 8" OS.
Microsoft addressed a claim that Windows 8 will not allow Linux operating systems to coexist in a dual-boot configuration on PCs.
Imagine data transfers at 2GB per second. Simple, right? Now, imagine that transfer happening in a virtualized environment that leverages SMB 2.2 multichannel and RDMA. Yeah, we thought that'd make you smile.
The analysts at Directions on Microsoft highlighted "Windows 8" and "Windows Server 8" roadmap changes from Microsoft's Build event last week.
Microsoft's new extensible virtual switch in Hyper-V 3.0 for Windows Server 8 has already been implemented by 5nine, Broadcom, Cisco, inMon and NEC, among others.
Microsoft last week released a community technology preview version of Windows Management Framework 3.0.
Security Advisory (2607712) got a re-release yesterday from Microsoft after the previously flawed update failed to include all blocked Web certificates from a Dutch certificate firm.
The Get-WMIObject cmdlet will have you sniffing out what's on your network in no time. Here's how.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 09/20/2011