Expect nine patches in Microsoft's August security update, five "critical" and four "important," according to an advanced notification from Redmond.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 07, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Subscribers to Microsoft's professional services -- TechNet and the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) -- can begin downloading Windows 7 RTM editions starting today.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 06, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has released a beta version of its App-V 4.6 application virtualization technology.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- August 04, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's financials continued to decline, with the company reporting $13.1 billion in revenue for its fiscal fourth-quarter -- a 17 percent decrease compared with last year's fourth quarter.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 24, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft popped the champagne corks in Redmond today by announcing that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have both reached the "release to manufacturing" stage. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 22, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week released tools for IT pros and partners planning Windows deployments.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced product names for its latest claims-based identity management server platform, dropping the "Geneva" code name.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 16, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft rolled out beta 2 of its Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) enterprise security solution this week.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- July 15, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week announced the availability of beta 2 of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week released a public beta of Configuration Manager Service Pack 2.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 22, 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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The release candidate of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now available for public testing, Microsoft announced on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Intel on Wednesday touted the ability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM to expand to meet multiple user needs when powered by Intel's Xeon 5500 processor.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- June 03, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will be generally available on Oct. 22, 2009.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 02, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Almost every aspect of the Microsoft stack -- from OSes to tools to apps -- is up for renewal in the coming year. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- June 01, 2009