Microsoft made its first overt move into the dedicated storage server space in September with the release of Windows Storage Server 2003. In a field of Windows Server operating system versions that seems to be growing by the month, the company is still struggling to define what distinguishes its Storage Server SKU from all the other versions of Windows Server 2003. The company recently embarked on an education campaign to clarify its intentions for the product.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/22/2004
While Microsoft isn't saying how much it will charge for Virtual Server 2005, the company is promising the price will be low.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/18/2004
Microsoft is forging ahead with plans to offer its two flagship management products, Systems Management Server and Microsoft Operations Manager, in a package called Microsoft System Center later this year.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/18/2004
A few details dribbled out this week at the Microsoft Management Summit about two feature packs Microsoft will ship for Systems Management Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/18/2004
In honor of MCDST's release, winners of help desk heroism/horror submissions announced.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/18/2004
Software Update Services 2.0, Microsoft's next release of a patch management technology for small and medium organizations, is getting a major overhaul and a new name -- Windows Update Services.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/17/2004
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer cancelled a planned keynote this week at the Microsoft Management Summit to go to Europe and negotiate with the European Commission as the antitrust case there reaches a critical stage.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/17/2004
If you think that the days of the mainframe are numbered, you’ve got another thing coming. With sales of mainframes and mainframe-related software and services picking up last year, and with strong growth in the early months of 2004, it appears that reports of Big Iron’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 03/16/2004
LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft demonstrated features of the new Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, which entered its final beta stage on Tuesday, and unveiled a new version called MOM 2005 Express that is aimed at smaller and medium-sized businesses.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/16/2004
The official line out of Microsoft is that delays in the SQL Server roadmap will not affect delivery of the "Longhorn" version of Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/11/2004
Four of the largest e-mail and Internet Service Provider companies in the United States this week launched the first major industry lawsuits under the new federal anti-spam law.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/11/2004
It's a repackaged CRM Midmarket Edition. The product's lower price should appeal to small and mid-sized companies. Siebel is working with third parties to provide fixed-price integration and implementation services.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 03/10/2004
Users who use Outlook Today as default folder at risk for privilege elevation attack.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/10/2004
Microsoft officials said on Wednesday that the next version of SQL Server, code-named "Yukon," and the next version of Visual Studio, code-named "Whidbey," will be delayed until the first half of 2005.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/10/2004
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- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/09/2004
Microsoft released its monthly security patches for March on Tuesday. Three patches were released -- one for Windows 2000 Server, one for Office XP and one for MSN Messenger. None of the patches is critical.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/09/2004
Microsoft and EMC launched a 10-city tour this week to promote a joint solution for consolidating and protecting data in branch offices and other remote sites.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/05/2004
Microsoft will release an update to Windows Server 2003 to bundle in some of the add-on components the company has put out since shipping Windows Server 2003 last April, a company official said Friday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/05/2004
The incessant flood of variants of three major new worms -- Bagle, NetSky and MyDoom -- may be more than a coincidence.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/04/2004
The availability of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 at the beginning of next month will mark the end of Microsoft's once-grand "Jupiter" project.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/04/2004