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Microsoft Expands MSDN Subscription Options

Microsoft now offers MSDN subscriptions that correspond to all three versions of the forthcoming Visual Studio .NET. The new subscription levels became available this week.

MCT 2002 Program Launched Oct. 1

MCTs who plan to retain their titles into the next year must now meet the program's annual renewal requirements.

Microsoft Retires Windows NT 4.0 Server

ENTmag.com reports that Microsoft Corp. has officially retired the Windows NT 4.0 Server operating system this week.

Compaq Achieves Record Low in Price-Performance Benchmark

Compaq enters new territory in price-performance competition by going below the $5 threshold on the TPC-C benchmark with a Compaq ProLiant running Windows 2000 Server.

Microsoft Launches Security Initiative

According to ENTmag.com, Microsoft Corp. this week launched an initiative to make Windows more secure.

Free 70-240 Voucher Offer Ends Nov. 1

MCSE candidates who want to take the quick path to MCSE Windows 2000 recertification have less than a month to order the free voucher for the 70-240 Windows 2000 Accelerated exam.

Novell Sues Over Microsoft Marketing Campaign

Taking issue with Microsoft's claims about NetWare 6 in a recent marketing campaign, Novell filed suit against Microsoft this week in federal court in Salt Lake City.

CompTIA Settles Suit with Cheet-Sheets.com

Association reaches settlement on copyright, trademark infringement lawsuit filed against Keen; other vendors keeping eyes on suit, pondering similar action.

MOM Gets Double Boost

Microsoft Operations Manager or MOM, the newly released event monitoring software for easing management of distributed Windows 2000 environments, got two boosts Monday. NetIQ shipped its MOM Extended Management Packs, and Microsoft said its MOM Application Management Packs will RTM this week.

Missing Something?

By excluding Java Virtual Machine in Windows XP, Microsoft puts users in the middle of its playground war.

Exchange Developers Encouraged to Pursue .NET

With the release of a .NET-based Exchange 2000 Server Developer Enablement Kit at the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) 2001, Microsoft is nudging Exchange developers toward building Web services.

Mobile Information Server 2.0 on Tap

Less than four months after releasing the first version of its mobile communications server, Microsoft announced a roadmap for a second release due to ship in early 2002. The new version improves Outlook connectivity. Microsoft also signs a deal to ease enterprise setup.

The Yuck Factor

IT cop? South Carolina passed legislation that might add this role to your job description.

Microsoft Claims 94 Million Exchange Seats

A year after the launch of Exchange 2000, Microsoft claims its total number of licensed seats across all versions of its Exchange Server has reached 94 million.

Exchange Platform Package Deals

To help ease the pain of implementing Exchange 2000, leading vendors and Microsoft partners have positioned Exchange Server 2000 as key standalone products. Most divide their offerings between small businesses with fewer than 250 employees, medium-size businesses, and larger enterprises.

Users Reluctant to Undertake Exchange Migration but Others Like Results

Many Exchange 5.0 and Exchange 5.5 administrators confess that they’ve opted not to make the move to Exchange 2000 because of its Active Directory requirement. Some users have been very happy with the results of the migration.

Microsoft Bolsters Exchange with Complementary Products

The Exchange 2000 product launch wasn't the end of Microsoft's messaging platform. Microsoft has shored up the platform by delivering a host of supplementary server software for various customer needs.

Taking Notes: Exchange 2000 Plus One

In the year since the release of Exchange 2000, Microsoft has improved the reputation of Exchange as an application platform in addition to an e-mail platform. Microsoft continues to gain market share against Lotus Domino/Notes.

Legato Ports NetWorker Recovery Manager to NT

Legato Systems Inc. this week made its NetWorker Recovery Manager available for Windows NT systems.

Microsoft Sets Date for XP Embedded Launch

Microsoft will launch the embedded version of Windows XP on Nov. 28, about one month after the Oct. 25 launch of the general release date for Windows XP.

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