Microsoft will ship early next month an update to its Web hosting package that takes advantage of recently released products and technologies.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
 - July 19, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced this week it has acquired Winternals Software LP, a well-known vendor of enterprise systems recovery and data protection solutions for Windows, along with the company's associated freeware site Sysinternals.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
 - July 18, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft quietly announced Friday that its long-promised next-generation universal file system is either dead or just emerging from its pupa to take wing as a butterfly. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
 - June 27, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has finally put together a strategy for its Dynamics business applications and is pumping major resources into the product line. Partners need to be ready for what's coming. 
                    
			            - By Lee Pender and  Vicki Powers
 - June 01, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday announced it is shipping Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005, on schedule. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
 - April 19, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Learning Group also plans to launch multi-language versions of SQL Server exams in April.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - April 12, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    NetLib releases data encryption software for SQL Server backup tapes.
                    
			            - By Dan  Hong
 - April 10, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    From the business wires this week: Idera gets Front Runner status, BizTalk and NAP supporters, and recent Microsoft product delays. 
                    
			            - By Dan  Hong
 - March 31, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New exam provides MCDBAs with short path to MCITP; new developer exams for application developers now available 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - March 16, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    From the business wires this week: a file transfer client/server for heterogenous environments, SQL Server and Exchange backup solutions, and a site for SOA resources. 
                    
			            - By Dan  Hong
 - March 03, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft offers readers of MCPmag.com with promotional codes for 
select, upcoming beta exams. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - February 23, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft releases two more exams, aimed at MCITP for SQL Server DBA candidates.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - February 15, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Scriptlogic Corp. yesterday announced File System Auditor, a tool that lets corporations see exactly who has done what with company files. 
                    
			            - By Doug  Barney
 - February 07, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New-generation MCP certifications step out of the shadows with general release of three new MCP exams for SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - February 01, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Is all this integration among Microsoft components good for customers?
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - December 01, 2005