Responding to public reports of a wild bug, late Monday Microsoft issued a security advisory to address a potential vulnerability in its Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server software.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/19/2009
The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 bits became available to MSDN subscribers Monday. A public beta is scheduled for release on Wednesday.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 05/18/2009
The Microsoft Learning group introduced its first virtual lab-based MCP exam this week.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/14/2009
Microsoft Office Groove 2007 will get a name change next year that's more in tune with the SharePoint side of things.
Like an electron microscope, the OutVariable parameter offers a peek deep into your pipelined PowerShell expressions.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 05/12/2009
As expected, Microsoft rolled out only one patch for this month's Patch Tuesday, a critical bulletin for PowerPoint.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/12/2009
The second community technology preview of Microsoft's System Center Service Manager is now available for a virtual test drive, according to a Microsoft announcement last week.
- By Herb Torrens
- 05/11/2009
Microsoft plans to roll out only one "critical" patch on Tuesday, affecting PowerPoint, for its May security update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/07/2009
IT pros can now get a package of remote server management tools that work with the new Windows 7 release candidate, which Microsoft released to the public on Tuesday.
Microsoft announced that the Windows 7 release candidate (RC) is now available to the general public.
Plus: Worms that start with Win; Facebook phishing.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/05/2009
There are as many ways to do things with PowerShell cmdlets as there are ways to skin a cat.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 05/05/2009
Microsoft laid off an undisclosed number of employees today as part of a cost-cutting plan that was initiated back in January.
Microsoft announced that it is seeking customers willing to test their databases in a cloud-based data connectivity project.
Microsoft announced some SharePoint product updates that may have gotten trampled under a stampede of information flowing out of Redmond this week.
The general release date for Windows 7 on new PCs could be as early as this October, according to an Acer executive.
The release candidate (RC) of Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system, can be downloaded today by Microsoft TechNet and MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) subscribers.
Microsoft rolled out Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 in its "release to manufacturing" form.
Microsoft moves to make worms less effective. Plus: RSA kicks off security conference season; Google to school IT pros on the perils of cross-site scripting; and the FBI weighs in on Conficker.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/28/2009
Service Pack 2 for the Microsoft Office 2007 product family is available for download at Microsoft Update.