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SP1 Roadmap for Windows Server 2008 R2 Unveiled

Microsoft on Monday announced virtualization and other improvements coming with Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.

Active Directory Use Profiled in Study

IT pros mostly manage their Active Directory groups manually, according to an industry-sponsored study published late last month.

Microsoft To Deliver Large Number of Patches for June

Three "critical" and seven "important" fixes will be coming your way.

Collaboration Considered 'Essential' and 'Time Wasting'

An industry-sponsored survey finds that the majority of business leaders and executives see team-based projects resulting in waste of time.

Report: Worldwide Server Market Earnings Finally on Upswing

Server market earnings grow on the back of strong sales in the bladed market sector.

Kentucky Shifts Education System to Live@edu

Kentucky switched over its PK-12 public education system to Live@edu to meet its e-mail, communications and collaboration needs.

Windows Embedded Compact 7 CTP Released

Microsoft today rolled out a community test preview (CTP) version of Windows Embedded Compact 7.

Microsoft Brings Back Big Easy Offer for June

Looking to boost sales in the final month of its fiscal year, Microsoft has brought back The Big Easy program for the month of June.

DARPA Builds Cyber Range To Test Security Measures

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and industry are developing a National Cyber Range to test network attack-and-defend strategies.

Alloy ITIL Tool Integrates With Exchange

Alloy Software has released Alloy Navigator 6, an update to its Navigator integrated IT operations management application.

IE's Market Share Stabilizes in May

Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser showed a U.S. market share gain in May compared with competing browsers.

Microsoft IT Consolidates Outsourcing Contracts with Infosys

Deal puts much of Microsoft's IT operations into a global contract with major Indian SI.

Microsoft and Intel Unveil Dev Platform for Digital Signage

Microsoft and Intel Corp. released an embedded technology platform for digital signage applications that offers an interactive screen and the ability to track users.

Windows Use Said To Be Restricted at Google

Google restricts the use of Windows by its employees, according a story by the Financial Times on Monday.

Microsoft Releases Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint

Microsoft has released Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint, which provides protection against viruses and spyware being spread through shared files.

HP To Lay Off 9,000

Hewlett-Packard announced Monday that it will lay off 9,000 workers after completing its new datacenters.

ERP, Dynamics and Convergence in the Cloud

Never before has the word "convergence" been so appropriate a description of enterprise-software offerings from Microsoft.

Microsoft Releases ADFS 2.0 and Shuffles Its Cards

Microsoft has released Active Directory Federation Services 2.0, a key component of its effort to provide single sign-on federated identity management across enterprise domains and to cloud services.

11 Things to Know About... WPC Sessions

With a little more than a month until the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C., session descriptions are beginning to appear in earnest on the Microsoft Partner Network Portal.

Top Windows Exec to Head HP Software

One of the main architects of the Windows 7 success left Microsoft in January. But he's back, and he's going to ply his trade for the software business of one of Microsoft's biggest and oldest partners.