Those anticipating the next Silverlight beta release may not have long to wait. In a blog post on Friday, general manager of Microsoft's Developer Division Scott Guthrie said that the beta will come "shortly" and detailed some of the features to expect.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 25, 2008
Analysts: Not so fast, partner.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 25, 2008
Microsoft veteran Raikes heads for the door; technology industry leader Elop prepares to take his place.
- By Anne Stuart
- February 25, 2008
Microsoft rolls out new programs designed to stimulate Forefront sales-and secure profits for partners.
- By Anne Stuart
- February 25, 2008
Service Pack 1 (SP1) for System Center Operations Manager has been released to manufacturing and is now available for download online.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 25, 2008
One of the great things about virtualization is that it makes it incredibly easy to add a new server -- or 10, or 100 new servers.
- By Keith Ward
- February 25, 2008
Microsoft recently announced that nominations are open for its 2008 Partner Awards, to be given out at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference this July in Houston.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 25, 2008
It's no "reduced functionality mode"; still, Microsoft has other tricks to encourage those using pirated copies of Vista to upgrade to legitimate versions.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 25, 2008
On Friday Microsoft released an e-mail sent from Kevin Johnson, president of the Microsoft Platforms & Services Division, to employees of his department commenting on how consolidating with Yahoo might impact them and Microsoft as a whole.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 22, 2008
While Microsoft's announcement yesterday that it will publish key APIs and share its communications protocols was met with skepticism by the European Commission and other critics, .NET developers we talked with welcomed the step that Redmond had defiantly resisted until now.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 22, 2008
Although 54 percent of large enterprises around the globe rate management of their virtual server environment as a critical or high IT priority, fewer than half (45 percent) think their companies are doing it effectively, according to CA's global survey about virtualized environments released this week.
- By James E. Powell
- February 21, 2008
Microsoft is placing a significant emphasis on standardization and interoperability, saying it will share its APIs and release extensive documentation of its protocols.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz and Ed Scannell
- February 21, 2008
Microsoft Corp. today released a list of known programs that experience some sort of "loss of functionality" with Windows Vista SP1.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 21, 2008
Microsoft appears to be taking the next steps in its move toward a hostile acquisition of Yahoo.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 20, 2008
Company's upcoming Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008 now under Windows Essential Server Solutions umbrella.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 20, 2008
Microsoft's new declarative programming language, code-named "D" will fall under Microsoft's Oslo software and services initiative, according to observers.
- By Michael Desmond
- February 20, 2008
Microsoft has launched a new Software Plus Services Architecture Center Web page on its Microsoft Developer Network.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 20, 2008
Microsoft is stopping automatic distribution of an update required to install Vista SP1 following reports of faulty reboots on some machines.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 20, 2008
Microsoft Corp. to give away Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server Standard and other software to college students worldwide.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 19, 2008
The first public beta of Silverlight 2.0 is expected from Microsoft in the next few weeks. By all accounts, those that have seen the private beta report that the features outlined by the General Manager of Microsoft's Developer Division, Scott Guthrie, in a November blog posting are pretty much on track.
- By Kathleen Richards
- February 19, 2008