More details about planned features in VS 2010 are coming to light as Microsoft slashes pricing on different versions of VS 2008 by as much as 30 percent.
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - November 10, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's announcement last week that it will offer a new software development platform for cloud computing added new energy to the debate over how and when organizations might begin turning to the technology.
                    
			            - By Wyatt  Kash
 - November 03, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A startup company called MagCloud.com is currently using Windows Azure, the new Microsoft "cloud operating system" supporting software as a service applications and storage.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 31, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is evolving its strategy for relational data services in the cloud. 
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - October 29, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday showed off a pre-beta version of Windows Server 2008 R2 at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
 - October 29, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today articulated how it will bridge PCs and mobile devices with an extraordinary blitz of announcements that included the first demonstration of Windows 7, its Live Framework, a bevy of new offerings for developers including WPF support for Visual Studio, and the first preview of Office 14.
                    
			            - By Michael Desmond  and Jeffrey Schwartz
 - October 28, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles this week, Microsoft is unveiling the end-to-end vision for its Software plus Services platform.
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - October 27, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that it did not release the next version of its Sync Framework on Oct. 13, as reported by some news outlets last week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 21, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New security appliance gives DBAs a leg up on flaws and vulnerabilities lurking in corporate database management systems.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - October 13, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As Microsoft readies pre-release bits for its Professional Developers Conference later this month, the company's Connected Services division today announced key components of its "Oslo" modeling platform. 
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - October 10, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft kicked off its BI Conference this week in Seattle with news that it's planning to enhance the BI capabilities in the next version of SQL Server database.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
 - October 06, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some internal movements at Redmond might have BI heavyweights on their toes. 
                    
			            - By Joshua  Greenbaum 
 - October 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    While many partners eagerly await the debut of the solution formerly known as "Centro," some grumble that Microsoft's midmarket server bundle leaves them with too few third-party options.
                    
			            - By Fred  Bayles
 - October 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon announced on Wednesday that it is conducting a  private beta test of Microsoft's server products running on Amazon's hosted  computing platform, which is called Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is revealing more about its plans for the next generation of Visual Studio Team System (code-named Rosario), part of the now officially named Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 rollout. 
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - September 29, 2008