Microsoft has extended service-pack support for its Dynamics products from 12 months to 24 months, the company announced on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 24, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week unveiled a surprise concession for users of its Office PerformancePoint Server product: a new Financial Planning Accelerator offering that could extend the life of that product.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 24, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The downturn in the economy is affecting the role and spending strategies of IT organizations, according to a Harris Interactive survey commissioned by Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 23, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week rolled out a beta of its new planning tool, which is designed to help its partners and customers migrate to products within the Microsoft stack.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- June 23, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Last month, according to Symantec Corp. subsidiary MessageLabs, the spam tally eclipsed 90 percent of all business e-mail.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 23, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week released a public beta of Configuration Manager Service Pack 2.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 22, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday will roll out a public test version of its free consumer security application, which was previously known by its code name, "Morro."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 18, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has clarified its downgrade rights policies for Windows 7 purchasers when that operating system becomes generally available. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 18, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Researchers at Finjan Software Inc. have discovered a professional network for buying and selling botnets anywhere in the world.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- June 17, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft found a problem with Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook, a new data synchronization plug-in launched by Google last week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 17, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A report shows many organizations have limited or no knowledge of the systems to which their active and terminated employees actually have access. 
                    
			            - By Jim  Powell
- June 16, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Thursday, Mississippi announced it is the latest state to settle its multimillion-dollar antitrust suit against Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- June 15, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cyber-Ark's survey reveals that a significant number of IT staff use their IT administration rights to access privileged or confidential data.
                    
			            - By Jim  Powell
- June 15, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell announced late last week that it is the first company aside from Microsoft to offer Microsoft software for sale via direct download.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- June 15, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is releasing new betas of Forefront enterprise security products, according to announcements issued this week.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- June 11, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A setting in Internet Explorer 7 running on Windows Vista can help stave off a particular remote code execution attack, according to Microsoft's security team.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- June 11, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Worldwide shipments of portable PCs surpassed desktop PCs in the first quarter of this year, marking the first time it has occurred, according to an IDC report announced on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- June 11, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    AirTight, a provider of Wi-Fi security services, recently scanned 3,632 access points and nearly 550 clients in different financial centers and found that half of them were either open -- unprotected -- or used Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 11, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft executive Bill Koefoed answered some questions about the software giant's business prospects on Wednesday at an investment firm-sponsored technology conference.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google just made it easier for IT organizations to ditch Microsoft Exchange Server.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 10, 2009