The green trap is real. Going green with your IT environment requires a clear set of goals, target metrics and execution.
- By Ric Merrifield
- 07/22/2010
Microsoft on Tuesday added an automated means to address a zero-day Windows Shell vulnerability described in a security advisory released late last week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/21/2010
Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be released "within the first half of calendar year 2011," Microsoft announced this week.
Reader wants to know how low he can reduce Exchange servers in his migration efforts, yet retain HA functions.
- By Henrik Walther
- 07/20/2010
Dell Kace today rolled out a free browser virtualization solution that can help protect against Web threats.
Microsoft's Windows Phone engineering team announced yesterday that Windows Phone 7 Series has reached the technical preview stage.
Stuxnet is on the attack. Plus: old-school encryption makes a comeback; sniffing out threats, more.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/19/2010
Active Directory cmdlets come as modules, not PS snapins. Managing AD is easy with this new PowerShell goodie.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 07/19/2010
Microsoft's decision last week to offer Gold and Silver tiers to its new partner network has done little to console those who will effectively be demoted due to new certification requirements of the new program.
- By Scott Bekker, Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/19/2010
Microsoft issued a security advisory on Friday about a Windows vulnerability associated with shortcut icons on USB drives.
The majority of Internet security threats come from unpatched vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat/Reader and Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
DARPA's top crowdsourcing guru is stepping down from his post to join Microsoft, reports Wired.com's Danger Room blog. Peter Lee, head of the agency's Transformational Convergence Technology Office, served only one year with the government.
- By Henry Kenyon
- 07/16/2010
Microsoft last week released the next version of a free tool that provides upgrade advice for those using the company's flagship software products.
GFI Software on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Clearwater, Fla.-based Sunbelt Software, a maker of Windows security products.
Microsoft on Monday announced two new "previews" to come for its Windows Small Business Server product suite.
Microsoft has extended Windows 7 downgrade rights for those buying new PCs from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Group-Object, we hardly knew ye. One more tip before we close the book on you.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 07/13/2010
Microsoft, as expected, released four fixes in its July security update. Three are rated "critical" and one is deemed "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/13/2010
Microsoft's partners should get onboard with Microsoft's business shift to the cloud or be left behind.
Microsoft today announced the beta release of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.