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Microsoft Updates Active Directory Roadmap

Microsoft said Tuesday that it is making additions and changes to Windows Server "Longhorn" and to Internet Explorer 7 to add capabilities to better support security and identity protection.

7 Bulletins for February Patch Tuesday

Microsoft released seven security bulletins, including two bulletins that addressed critical flaws affecting Windows. The other five bulletins included patches for flaws with a maximum severity rating of "important" in Windows and Office.

Windows Vista Deployment -- Playing the Waiting Game

When Microsoft releases Windows Vista sometime in the second half of this year, two huge stars will be lining up. The first full release of a new Microsoft operating system in five years will be arriving to at least a couple of years worth of pent up demand among users. At the same time, new PCs running with dual-core processors running under the hood will be plentiful, though still a bit pricey. That leaves a big question: What should you do?

Microsoft Buys Mobile Search Company

Microsoft came late to desktop search; it doesn’t intend to make the same mistake with mobile search. The company announced Monday that it has bought MotionBridge, a French maker of "mobile search" technology.

Partner Watch, Feb. 13

Security specialists Websense and Network Engines team up with Microsoft to offer integrated solutions.

IT Weekly Roundup, Feb. 10

From the business wires this week: an application control manager for Windows servers, backup and recovery software and an authentication appliance.

Microsoft Antitrust Pot Simmers

Microsoft’s recent moves to release portions of its Windows server source code to competitors has struck a chord with the U.S. Department of Justice and the states who participated in its landmark antitrust trial.

ISA 2006 Beta Bows

Microsoft is shipping the first beta of Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) 2006, as well as early select customer betas of its Microsoft Client Protection and Microsoft Antigen for Exchange products.

Borland Ditches Developer Tools

Borland Software announced Wednesday that it is getting out of the integrated development environment (IDE) business and plans to sell off its legendary programming tools.

MCPD Upgrade Exams Get Beta Tested Mid-February

Microsoft to beta test four upgrade exams beginning next week for MCAD and MCSD holders who want quick route to new-gen MCP certs.

Virtuozzo 3.5.1 Adds Migration Tool

SWsoft is shipping a minor update to its Virtuozzo server virtualization product for Windows that adds a graphical "physical-to-virtual" migration tool to help administrators automate the process of moving from a dedicated physical server to a virtual server environment.

Symantec To Ship BindView Policy Manager 3.0

Symantec says it will ship next month an update to its BindView Policy Manager, the first major update since it acquired BindView earlier this year.

Update Lets Users Save Data with PDF Forms

Users of Universe Software’s pdf-Formserver package can now save .PDF forms together with user data.

VMware Ships Beta of Free Server

EMC's VMware unit has released a beta of its new VMware Server, a free, entry-level hosted virtualization environment for Windows and Linux servers.

A New Script for Compliance

Scriptlogic Corp. yesterday announced File System Auditor, a tool that lets corporations see exactly who has done what with company files.