Hundreds of Windows IT professionals descended upon sunny San Diego Tuesday for the bi-annual TechMentor conference, put on by Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine.
In conjunction with new Exchange-based specialist titles announced this morning, the company adds Windows 2003 versions of the security titles.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/03/2003
As Microsoft prepares to formally launch the next version of Office, the company's security team issued four bulletins for security flaws -- one critical -- in existing Microsoft Office programs. Also Wednesday, Microsoft released a patch for a low-priority flaw in Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/03/2003
Windows server sales boomed, Linux sales grew even more quickly, and the Unix bleeding slowed.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/03/2003
Microsoft adds two new specialist titles to its MCSA/MCSE tracks, follows up with some details on two new Exchange 2003-based exams.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/03/2003
Advocates say Oracle's bid is an attempt to acquire the customer base or destroy the company, but were excerpts taken out of context?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 09/02/2003
Microsoft group vice president of platforms Jim Allchin says Microsoft will "do right by our customers" in the event that the Longhorn release slips into late 2005 or beyond.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/28/2003
SQL Server 2000 64-bit and Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition 64-bit had a great run, but it looks like Microsoft's challenge to Unix and Oracle on scalability is over for now.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/28/2003
Two days after issuing an initial estimate of the Sobig worm damages, a U.K-based digital security firm has revised the damage estimate upward by nearly $1.5 billion and broken out the amount of damage resulting from the Sobig.F variant.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/28/2003
Two more exams for the Core Exams: Networking Systems portion of Windows 2003 credential, as well as an upgrade exam, go live Thursday.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/27/2003
Intel Corp. this week dropped prices by between 6 percent and 14 percent on most of its desktop Celeron processors, the economy chips for desktop systems.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/27/2003
In the wake of one of the most active weeks for computer worms yet, Microsoft is calling attention to a little-touted new feature of Windows Server 2003 that helps administrators ensure that remote users adhere to company security policies.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/26/2003
Microsoft formally extended a major deadline for Exchange 5.5 Server support, removing what had been seen as a subtle threat to get users to upgrade more quickly to Exchange Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/26/2003
The Sobig worm caused an estimated $5.6 billion in damages worldwide so far, according to mi2g, a U.K.-based security firm that estimates damages from malware.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/26/2003
Sonic Mobility upgraded its utility for remote management of Windows servers and networks from handheld wireless devices this week to add support for managing Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Organizational Units.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/21/2003
One of the most confusing aspects of Windows Server 2003 for users is sorting out the differences between free add-on services and the expensive back-end servers that build on, but also partially duplicate, the services' functionality. Analysts at Giga Information Group recently put out a clear set of guidelines laying out some differences between the free, add-on SharePoint services for Windows Server 2003 versus the $4,000 Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/21/2003
Microsoft consolidates training, Microsoft Press and Technet development under umbrella of new group headed by Lutz Ziob.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/21/2003
A market analyst is warning customers not to expect Windows "Longhorn," the code-name for the successor to Windows XP, until 2006. That date is a year later than Microsoft's most recent statements on when customers could expect the operating system to ship.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/21/2003
Several security companies declared that the Sobig.F mass-mailing worm is the fastest spreading virus yet, surpassing the initial infection rates of Klez, the LoveBug, Kournikova and other infamous malware.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/20/2003
Microsoft updated and reissued two security bulletins on Wednesday -- one from last year and one from last month.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/20/2003