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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A fully baked beta release of Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 is  now available for testing.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- February 19, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced the recent promotions of 14 executives, seven to senior vice president positions and seven others to corporate vice president.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- February 15, 2008