Developers do not have access to the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows Phone 7 "Mango" that was released on Tuesday; instead, Microsoft said, they will receive an early release candidate (RC) version.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 27, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft officially released Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 on Tuesday to MSDN subscribers, with general availability -- via Microsoft stores and resellers -- slated for this Thursday. 
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
- July 26, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bob Muglia, the former president of Microsoft's Server & Tools Business, has joined Juniper Networks as the vice president of that company's Software Solutions Division. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- July 25, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and SUSE are extending their interoperability and intellectual property (IP) indemnity program through Jan. 1, 2016, the two companies announced on Monday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 25, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Will business meetings one day use Microsoft's Avatar Kinect? According to Craig Mundie, head of Microsoft Research and the company's chief research and strategy officer, it's a distinct possibility.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 23, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite a drop in Windows revenue, Microsoft beat expectations with its fiscal fourth-quarter results, which it announced on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 22, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Capgemini are extending their collaboration efforts on Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform, according to a joint announcement this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 22, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After disclosing its plans to shed 6,500 employees earlier this week, Cisco on Thursday announced more structural changes, this time to its Worldwide Partner Organization.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- July 21, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Microsoft "license mobility with Software Assurance" (SA) program can also apply to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon announced last week. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 20, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The former head of Microsoft's Server and Cloud Division (SCD), Amitabh Srivastava, has joined EMC Corp. as the president of that company's Advanced Storage Division.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- July 20, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) suffered outages on Tuesday may have hampered e-mail services for North American users for about three hours. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 19, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The beta of System Center Operations Manager 2012, Microsoft's application and infrastructure performance monitoring tool that supports private and public clouds, became available for download on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 19, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has added cloud assessment capabilities, including the ability to assess if a computing environment is ready to migrate to Office 365, to the free Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.0 (MAP 6.0), which became generally available on Monday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 19, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference, which was held in Los Angeles this year, just wrapped up. Here's a roundup of all of RCPmag.com's conference coverage.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft alert issued on Wednesday warned users against applying its "Update Rollup 4" (RU4) to Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 14, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft also released the first service pack (SP1) of the current SQL Server 2008 R2, though its announcement took a back seat to all of the WPC news this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 13, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    "Windows Server 8," the code name for Microsoft's next-generation server that's still has not officially been announced, was shown off on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 13, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cloud.com, a provider of software for building private and public clouds, have been acquired by Citrix System, announced today. Terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- July 12, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New Dynamics CRM Online capabilities and benefits to the partner community will be coming from Microsoft in the fall. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 12, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Today Microsoft unveiled a list of System Center Operations Manager 2012 improvements.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 12, 2011